| Triathlon wet suits are designed with state-of-the-art | | | | not only in speed, but also in all-around efficiency. |
| materials to help athletes get in and out of the water | | | | Because the triathlon wet suit enables a competitor |
| quickly, efficiently and of course, to keep the wearer | | | | to spend less energy on the first leg of the |
| warm. Triathlon wet suits are much more than the | | | | competition, he or she is able to reserve energy for |
| normal wet suit employed by divers simply to slow | | | | the other two legs of the process. This can be a |
| heat loss underwater and keep warm. | | | | huge edge over the rest of the field, assuming of |
| Triathlon wet suits are designed with state-of-the-art | | | | course, that you are not all wearing the same suits. |
| materials to help athletes get in and out of the water | | | | To begin with, the rubber used in most of these wet |
| quickly, efficiently and of course, to keep the wearer | | | | suits, regardless of the brand name featured, comes |
| warm. Triathlon wet suits are much more than the | | | | from one supplier - the world-famous, Japanese |
| normal wet suit employed by divers simply to slow | | | | rubber manufacturer, Yamamoto. There is an |
| heat loss underwater and keep warm. Designed | | | | important difference in the thickness of the rubber |
| specifically for athletic competition, their first priority | | | | used in each and every different brand name of wet |
| is to keep a competitive swimmer on top of the | | | | suit produced. Some manufacturers opt for the 2mm |
| water, reducing drag and stalling muscle fatigue, | | | | thickness, going towards producing a suit that weighs |
| enabling the swimmer to race faster and for longer | | | | less and subsequently feels lighter to the user and is |
| periods of time. | | | | more flexible. |
| Furthermore, the rubber used on the outside of the | | | | Other manufacturers go with the thicker rubber, up |
| wet suit is of the slickest and most slippery materials | | | | to 5mm thick, following the rule of thumb that shows |
| possible to emulate the scales of a fish as closely as | | | | that the thicker the rubber used, the more buoyant |
| possible. The manufacturing technology employed in | | | | the suit will be and ultimately, even though it weighs |
| creating these wet suits has been a bone of | | | | more, will save the user more energy. In the end, it's |
| contention between athletes and committee | | | | the swimmer himself who must decide which option |
| members because they reduce the difference | | | | best suits his style. |
| between weaker swimmers and stronger swimmers, | | | | |