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Originally posted by deadbabiesrhot
and it sounds like you swimmers are just lazy, cutting off all your hair so you don't have to train.
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and it sounds like you have no fucking clue what you're talking about. oftentimes, serious swimmers do what is called resistance training. when they practice (which they gradually increase in intensity and distance), they wear extra clothes to add double the resistance and stop shaving to get as hairy as is possible. the day before the meet, or sometimes day of the meet, they have a shaving party.
this is the equivalent of running with weights on before a track meet, then the day of the meet taking them off. you're so used to that extra resistance that when you finally do compete, your body is less strained and more efficient.
it's not a matter of being lazy, it's a matter of practicing in a tougher environment so that when you do compete it's easier. shaving without training before a meet defeats the whole concept.