The Pool Isn’t a Runway. It’s a Workout.

Contributed by Splashwear Marketing

Read Time: 2 Minutes

Summary: Pick the suit, pattern, color, coverage and support that make you feel comfortable. Then get in the water.

If you are new to the pool, or a Masters swimmer finding your way back to it, our lead image might make you smile.

Maybe you think the guy is wondering how he looks. Maybe you think the woman beside him is checking him out.

Maybe.

But if you have spent enough time around serious swimmers, something much less dramatic is probably happening.

He’s thinking about his workout.

Wear What Works

There is always plenty of discussion about what people should wear around a pool.

Brief or jammer? One-piece or two-piece? Open back or more coverage? Higher waist? More support? Less?

Swimmers tend to develop a much simpler philosophy:

Wear what works.
Get in.
Get the workout done.

For one swimmer, that might mean a classic men’s brief. For another, a jammer feels better. Someone else wants more support, more coverage or simply a cut that disappears once the first set begins.

Maybe you prefer a solid color. Maybe you want a pattern nobody could possibly miss from the other end of the pool. Both approaches somehow continue to coexist peacefully.

The goal is not to satisfy somebody else’s idea of what a swimmer is supposed to look like. The goal is to find a suit that feels right when you move.

Comfort Looks Different on Everybody

Splashwear carries everything from traditional men’s briefs to women’s performance one-pieces, athletic two-pieces, fitness suits and designs with different levels of coverage and support.

The Speedo Men’s Solid The Speedo Brief 1.5 Inch is a good example of the classic minimal-cut approach. It is designed around freedom of movement and a compact fit for swimmers who simply prefer less suit.

On the women’s side, the Arena Feel Women’s Solid Lightdrop Back Bra Swimsuit takes a different approach, combining a one-piece design with stretch, support and a comfortable fit intended for fitness and recreational swimming.

Neither is the universally correct answer because there is no universally correct answer. Different bodies, different workouts and different preferences rather inconveniently refuse to fit into one swimsuit recommendation.

Most Swimmers Aren’t Watching You Anyway

This is the part people new to lap swimming sometimes underestimate.

If you are worried that everyone at the pool is studying what you are wearing, spend a little time around swimmers.

They are usually looking at:

• The pace clock
• The wall
• The lane line
• Their coach
• Their next interval
• The bottom of the pool
• Absolutely nothing because they are exhausted

Or they are trying desperately to remember whether they are on number seven or number eight of ten.

Confidence Doesn’t Have a Dress Code

As we get older, many of us become a little more aware of how we look. That is normal.

Some swimmers want additional support. Some prefer more coverage. Others feel best in the same style of suit they have worn for years.

None of those choices needs defending.

Confidence does not always mean covering more, and it does not mean wearing less. Sometimes confidence is much simpler than that.

Sometimes confidence is simply being comfortable in your own skin.

Pick Your Suit. Then Forget About It.

Pick the fit you like.

Pick the color.

Pick the pattern.

Pick the support and coverage that make you comfortable.

Then jump in.

Because the pool isn’t a runway.
It’s a workout.

Splashwear Aquatics