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April 19 , 2010
Are you wearing a sleeveless wetsuit for the first time? Here is a tip to avoid chafing. You want to apply some anti-chafing product like Body-Glide in a US-silver-dollar sized circle in the middle/inside of your bicep muscle (see picture). This will save you from the itching of a silver-dollar sized welt that you would have otherwise received.
In a sleeveless wetsuit, the seams are sewn very close to the armpit, and protrude ever so slightly. As the arm recovers in freestyle, it will likely brush against this coarse seam in the inside middle of the bicep muscle. Most people have pretty soft skin in this area. Over a great distance, this will result in a lot of chafing unless you are prepared.
This tip is only applicable to sleeveless wetsuits. In a full-sleeve wetsuit, your arm is covered, so there is nothing rubbing against the skin.
March 22, 2010 - Toe Placement while Swimming Freestyle
March 8, 2010 - Improving your Freestyle Catch
February 22, 2010 - Shave the Sideburns
February 8, 2010 - Reducing Water Resistance
February 1, 2010 - Turn Buoy Race Strategy
January 25, 2010 - Make Goggles Last Longer
January 19, 2010 - Make a Swimsuit Last Longer
January 11, 2010 - Maintaining Momentum while Surfacing
January 4, 2010 - Pushing Off a Slippery Wall
June 1, 2009 - Getting your Feet Tapped While Swimming
May 18, 2009 - Avoiding Rashes
May 4, 2009 - Weight Training
March 9, 2009 - Testing a New Wetsuit
March 2, 2009 - Finishing Your Stroke
February 23, 2009 - Warming up before a Triathlon Race
February 10, 2009 - Improve your Pulling Power and Efficiency
February 2, 2009 - Getting Tackled in a Triathlon Swim
January 19, 2009 - Cooling Off After a Challenging Swim Practice
January 12, 2009 - Figuring Out Your Average Swim Time
January 5, 2009 - Swimming with Water Jets
December 15, 2008 - Training in a Hotel Pool
December 8, 2008 - Training Swimsuit Advice
December 1, 2008 - Remembering your Workout
November 24, 2008 - Adjusting to a new pool
November 17, 2008 - How to Hold a Kick Board
November 10, 2008 - Timing in different pools
November 3, 2008 - Checking out your Opponents
October 27, 2008 - How Water Temperature Effects Performance
October 20, 2008 - Gasping in the Morning
October 13, 2008 - Counting Repeats
October 6, 2008 - Loose Goggles
September 29, 2008 - Improve Your Freestyle Finish
September 22, 2008 - Faux Swimming
September 15, 2008 - Ankle Stretching
September 8, 2008 - Breathing
September 1, 2008 - Pull
August 25, 2008 - Timing Chip