Wednesday 9 July 2014

TECHNICAL SWIMMING SUITS HELP SWIM BETTER

A streamlined shape can glide through water with ease and a tquite a fast speed. To make yourself hydrodynamic you should use technical swimming suits that compress your body from different parts. The skin tight swimming suits help you swim better rather than becoming a hindrance in your breathing.

BRIEF HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF SWIMMING SUITS.
Till the seventeenth century there was areas in Europe and America where people used to swim without wearing any clothes, especially men did not wear anything. In earlier days the swimsuits were designed to help people stay modest, rather than helping them to swim better and with speed. When the pioneer in making swimming suits ANNETTE KELLERMAN in early 1900s designed a swimming costume for women which was a thigh revealing style, people were shocked. Do you know what urged Kellerman to design these swimming costumes? It was the heavy clothing which women used to wear ,they even tried to swim in the same clothing which became even heavier after getting wet, this fact increased the drag and women could not swim good.So,the reason behind Keller's efforts was the enhancement in safety and comfort of swimmers. As time passed and experts struggled to reduced the drag in swimming the size of swimming suit shrank to a much smaller size. But research shows that covering the body with swimming suits that compress the body parts is better than swimming nude.

ABSORBENT VERSUS NON-ABSORBENT SUITS
From the very beginning till date experts have been trying to use different materials to make swimming costumes, from wool to cotton that is rubberized,LycrA and even Spandex. The swimming suits got tighter and hugged the body to compress it for better swimming experience. Till 2004 most of the materials used to make swimming costumes were made of absorbent materials, but for the 2004 Olympics Speedo with the help of NASA engineers created a swimsuit with a non-absorbent material which repelled water and in result decreased the drag to a great extent. This material had a water slicking Alle soorten zwemshorts voor heren en dames action that helps reduces the friction caused when water comes into contact with the fabric. The latest swimming costumes are not seam stitched, a latest ultrasonic technology is used and these streamlined suits are welded rather than stitched.
Today’s fast moving world is a challenge for everybody, in sports when it comes to swimming competitions the latest swimsuits in the market are very helpful in decreasing drag and results in fast speed. Most of the swimmers prefer these swimming costumes over anything else

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