By
eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
Step1
Dismiss any thoughts of trunks, board shorts or string bikinis. They may make a serious fashion statement, but they're liable to sink any serious swimmer.
Step2
Optimize your performance, gentlemen, by choosing a tight-fitting brief. Hip cuts vary from a narrow 1 1/2 inches to a wider 4 inches, and nonslip drawstrings are a must for successful dive entries and wall turns.
Step3
Try on a few one-piece suits, ladies, selecting styles that promise nonslip straps and unencumbered range of motion. Depending on your body type, you may do better with the wider straps of a U-front or the skinny straps of a racer-back.
Step4
Choose durable nylon models with plenty of spandex. Ask about sophisticated synthetic fibers that resist the harshness of chlorine, sea water and the sun.
Step5
Look for flat and locked stitches that help prevent drag and skin chaffing in the groin and, for women, around the shoulder area. Stretch the elastic in your hands a few times to ensure it's durable and doesn't stretch without retracting firmly.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 To know if your new one-piece will fit, haul up on the shoulder straps. If they reach above your ears, it will be comfortable once you get it in the water (even if it feels too tight when you're in the store).
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 If you are in the market to get a new practice suit, use your old, faded, stretched out, practice suit as your drag suit. Still not enough drag for you? Try a pair of nylons under your suit.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 If you're looking for a drag suit, get it a few sizes bigger than your competition suits. A suit that has perforations in the fabric is usually longer lasting.