Changing suits when lap swimming

[Swimmboy]

If you want to actually swim for health/exercise, I wouldn't recommend wearing an unlined suit, or any suit that is 'over the top' in terms of skimpiness or sexiness. I'm afraid you may end up looking silly. Please keep the 'special' suits for more private encounters, not a public pool.

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

agree with the post above on unlined and extra tiny. As to change-ups, I alternate suits everyday.

[BothWays145]

@Swimmboy and @SwimTeamSpeedo - do you guys consider the Sporti Euro suit "special" or "extra tiny"? Are 1" side suits to small you think?

[sebbie]

I think these are cool looking suits with the diagonal rep stripe. I have the one with the gold.
Skimpy but not embarassingly so
http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/...htm?color=9599

[PSDave]

Originally Posted by Swimmboy

If you want to actually swim for health/exercise, I wouldn't recommend wearing an unlined suit, or any suit that is 'over the top' in terms of skimpiness or sexiness. I'm afraid you may end up looking silly. Please keep the 'special' suits for more private encounters, not a public pool.

This is definitely true. Too skimpy or revealing looks more like a guy trying to score and not a serious swimmer. The pool or beach are the places to go trolling for guys - not in a lap pool.
Any Speedo suit is considered a good lap suit -- unless you cut out the lining of a light color to achieve sheer or it is 5 sizes too small. A good rule of thumb when picking a lap suit is -- if it is made by N2N -leave it home. Speedo, Arena, Nike, TYR. They are designed and made for serious swimmers.

[Swimmboy]

I think a 1" side on a suit would be inappropriate - it more a 'bikini' than a serious swimsuit. The brief water polo suits many if us admire on guys are usually 2", most Speedo/TYR swimsuits are 3". Either style would be fine for lap swimming, in my humble opinion.

[MicroRon]

I have quite a few Speedo Endurance suits and a few other brands. These suits are intended for serious lap swimming. All have liners... any linerless suits that I have are reserved for beaches that I go to. ~ ~ ~ I rotate thru suits that I like - both for their fit and style. I've found that a couple of the splice suits look silly on me... I'm nearly 70 years old... so they just get by passed.. I favour blues and blacks. A few of the suits have patterns on the front... a couple have 'Speedo' written across the butt. I wear them when I'm feeling a little 'sassy` ~ ~ ~ old guys can do that too you know! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I've always worn a speedo... for a period of time in the 60's speeodos were made from nylon tricot... it was quite normal for a guy to pluck the suit from his genitals when he got out of the pool.. well most guys 'plucked', unless they were a bit exhibitionistic. ~ ~ ~ Those of you who know the Endurance suit will recognize that it is a fairly low-rise fit. ~ ~ ~ No body makes any particular mnetion of my suit ~ ~ ~ old guys get a pass if they are seen to be lap swimming. Well actually... most of us are hardly worth noticing, so we don't attract the same kind of criticism that some of you younger 'nervous types' might attract.
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Cheers form the Big Island, Vancouver Island, BC.

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

The euro cut sporti is fine, a little tighter and smaller than most, but it is well in bounds. I actually have a few Sporti suits, euro cut. I like the fit and look. I would not go 1 inch though at a lap swim. Same reasons as others have said.

[sebbie]

Here you go!

[BothWays145]

Guys thanks for your input. I'm for sure not going to try the unlined suit, glad I asked, though I'm not sure I would of had the guts to do it any way.

I'm a bit surprised some think a 1" isn't appropriate, the Speedo Solar was sold at JC Penny's and is still sold at Macy's. I've used that suit most of the time, for sure one of the small suits I've seen but didn't think it was inappropriate.

I use to use a square cut before I had a somewhat better body and the range of motion with a brief/bikini was noticeably better.

Keep your thoughts coming! Thanks.