Legskin vs. Body suit?

Question

I am planning on getting the new lzr racer for this years high school season. Please do not tell me that im wasting my money, its an investment im willing to make. I mostly swim backstroke, and hope to win state in the 100 back this season. ive never worn a fastskin of any kind before, and i notice on the olympic trials some of the guys wear legskins and some where the body. Personally, I feel like the legskin would be better because of the way arm rotation is with backstroke. Which is best? Also, I noticed that the olympians are wearing 2 caps..? what is the purpose of this?

Answer 1

Yes get the leg skin, the body suit is not right at your level yet...But if i was in your case I would not go with the LZR but start with a earlyier and cheapier technical suit because you have never worn one before..

The Olympic trial Swimmers wear the latex on the bottom and silcone on top to reduce drag (Removes the wrinkles).

also swimoutlet will have cheap suits and gear..

www.swimoutlet.com

Answer 2

I DO NOT think you are wasting money, it's a good suit the only issue however is if your school is willing to let you use it but hey it's all in the school, well as a swimmer for 15 years, I can tell you that for something like backstroke, the legskin would DEFINETLY be loads better because as you mentioned with the body suit being so tight it would definetly cut off on some of your arm rotation so definetly go for the leg more free movement in the arms.

2 caps are often used because

the first cap is to cover the top portion of your hair and the goggle straps [which should always be placed INSIDE the cap] and often the 2nd cap worn on top is a long hair cap that fully covers the ears and the top of the neck so it smoothes it out and reduces drag.