1: When buying a new suit, make it less tight by wetting it a couple times, preferably when you are in it. 2. Use body glide. 3. Use two plastic bags on your feet when putting the suit on. 4. Use baby oil. 5. If you tend to get chilly, use an insulated thermos with warm water and put it down your wetsuit. 6. When you dry the wetsuit flip it inside out. 7. When storaging it, keep it away from the sun, keep it dry and flip it frequently. My brain got a tad confused with all the other info integrated in this video. So here you are!
AWESOME. I've been swimming at bird's hill evey wednesday & Sunday for the past 3 weeks and it's soooo nice. My wife and I moved to the north side of the city specifically to have easy access to the park :)
Dude--- I am new to triathalon (almost got Roka but Xterra was on sale)..and it took me 25 minutes to mostly get it on! I was a sweaty mess. I couldn't even swim because I was exhausted from putting it on !! HAHAHA The plan was to swim in an outdoor pool. Using the bags were mostly good, but man was I sweaty.
If you are going to use baby oil put a plastic bag on your hand and use like a glove to prevent getting the oil over your hand. Its not great for the neoprene but it does make it easier to take the suit off.
Just use a shorter plastic bags on your wrists( why change what you do for your ankles ) Just take scissors and cut a bag to length , instead of baby oil .
I'll save you some time... ... To make a new wetsuit 'ready', shower the wetsuit a few times... So, shower it, let it dry... (how to dry it, see below...) Shower it agian, let it dry again... After a few times... try it on (you being DRY and the wetsuit being DRY...)... Take a shower wit it and move around a bit... Let it dry after your 'trying it on session'. ... Putting it on before your going in the water to swim or surf: Take of your (damn) watch and all other stuff... Put plastic shopping bags over your feet and the legs will go in pretty easy... Pull the leg-favric up high enough and then work your way up bit by bit... You can put some baby oil on your wrists (wich is bad for the environment and all water-life)... ... and some 'slippery' stuff ('body glide' or so) on the areas that move a lot, like neck and armpit-area... ... To let it dry: dry your wetsuit after using it, turned inside-out... Let it dry out of the sun... If you let it dry over a bar or something, flip it over after a day... When, after a(nother) day, it is dry, turn it back to inside-in... So, like it would normally be...
I guess if you put it on a coat hanger with WIDE shoulders ( not a thin wire hanger) then you don’t need to have the bother with remembering to ‘flip’ your drying suit . Always ask a lazy person how to do something , they will know ( or think of) the easiest way . ( you can then decide if it’s the best way or not )
Another Tip: When you are done swimming, I put the wetsuit in my washer inside out and put in on cold water and hand wash for a very short cycle. I don't use any detergent, just water with a bit of baking soda. Then put it on a wide hanger out of the sun in my garage to thoroughly dry before storing it. Gets it fully clean by removing and containments you might have picked up while swimming.
