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Wetsuit - how tight?
Jules
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I've bought a wetsuit as I'm entering at least one open water race this year, probably two.
I bought it online, I check all the measurements in the size guide and was sure i'd picked the right size.
It's arrived and it is very tight. I know it's meant to be tight, but I'm wondering if it's too tight?
I can get it on allright, and move fine when it's on, but I can't pull the zip up, someone else has to do that. I can get the zip down fine and get it off OK.
It does make my stomach look rather large. [:D] I'm hoping that's just the effects of Christmas and I can lose a bit of weight there which may help.
Anyway, I can't decide whether it's so tight I need to send it back and get the bigger size. Any thoughts appreciated!
I bought it online, I check all the measurements in the size guide and was sure i'd picked the right size.
It's arrived and it is very tight. I know it's meant to be tight, but I'm wondering if it's too tight?
I can get it on allright, and move fine when it's on, but I can't pull the zip up, someone else has to do that. I can get the zip down fine and get it off OK.
It does make my stomach look rather large. [:D] I'm hoping that's just the effects of Christmas and I can lose a bit of weight there which may help.
Anyway, I can't decide whether it's so tight I need to send it back and get the bigger size. Any thoughts appreciated!
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In regards to fitting, it should be tight fitting, but as andre says the indicator is in the arm movement which should be unrestricted. I can't zip my wetsuit up, but i have no restriction on arm movement.
As andre said it is not a good idea to go bigger. A wetsuit works by trapping a thin layer of water between the suit and skin, and heating it up. If the wetsuit is too big it will allow too much flow of new water coming in, which will hinder the heating and you will freeze!
Also, make sure you have it in the correct place up in the crotch etc, otherwise the upper body will be too tight.
Zipping up issue is not a problem; look around at an open water race: more then half of the people need help to zip it.
One small tip: after zipping, put the zip cord inside the suit through the neck. Seems like quite a few people find it usefull to unzip others swimming in front of them. Looks like a trend last season, suppose its mainly people who didn't train enough that use this technique[:'(]
If you can't pee in it when your wearing it (if you had too) its probably too tight?
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