wesuit: sleeveless v. full
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mdd posted 1 year ago.
Could you rent it early enough to get in a practice swim or two with it? If you can then you will probably be fine using the full suit especially if you are a good swimmer already. Otherwise you could play it safe and go with the sleeveless. I guess it also depends on how you are built. Some people with rather board inflexible shoulders have more trouble with a full suit and can struggle a bit getting adjusted. Bottom line is get a suit if the water will be that cold! :)
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Jstyle posted 1 year ago.
I have tried both and I didn't feel much of a difference between full and not. It's kinda your own choice so I stay with sleevless but thats just me.
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LongTime posted 1 year ago.
If you can rent and try the suit, that will solve the dilemma. The pros use full suits, but I've had friends that dished out a lot of money for fulls and felt constricted in their shoulder movement. If at all possible try the suit on and swim in it once before purchasing.
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severymt posted 1 year ago.
thanks for the ideas....I'm going to go with the sleeveless. Sounds like the cold issue won't be much of an issue based upon comments. I'll try a full suit some other time when the risk of it not working well is a little less of an issue and I have time to try it out in advance. Thanks for your help.
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Looking for advice. Here's the situation. I will be in the Steelhead 1/2 ironman on 8/4. I am not a fast swimmer and the goal is to finish. The current Lake Michigan water temp is 64-66 degrees. I will rent a wetsuit. I have raced one race in a sleeveless wetsuit but I have never used a full wetsuit. Would I be better off in a sleeveless because I know it and just suffer the cold a bit or would I be better off in a fullsuit to be warmer/more buoyant but perhaps less mobile?
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Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. Mia Hamm