Classification of clothing worn for swimming
(1) Bathing suit
Women's swimming clothing. Generally made of cotton or chemical fiber fabric, smooth surface, monochrome or with patterns. The rules state that the swimsuit used in competition must be a dark colored (or dark patterned) one-piece, while recreational or fitness swimsuits are not subject to this restriction.
(2) Swimming trunks
Men's swimming clothing, mostly made of cotton, wool or chemical fiber fabric, triangle shorts, monochrome or with various patterns. The rules for race trunks state that they must be dark and not shorter than 10 cm on each side. Boys Swimwear
(3) Resistance swimming clothes and pants
Special clothing for swimming training. The appearance is the same as that of ordinary swimming clothes, except that there are several pockets in the front and back of the clothes, with the mouth facing upwards, for practicing stroke, water or swimming. As the swimmer swims forward, filling the pocket with water increases resistance and strengthens the muscles in all parts of the body.
(4) Shark skin swimming clothes
Smooth fabric, swimming competition can reduce water viscosity, reduce resistance.
(5) Buoy clothing
Swimming AIDS for beginners have the same structure and shape as ordinary swimming suits. There are several pockets sewn on the swimsuit and foam plastic blocks can be placed inside. For children and beginner swimmers. The swimsuit has the characteristics of good buoyancy and easy to wear, so as to increase buoyancy. After wearing it, the swimmer can float in the water for a long time, which is good for learning swimming movements. Foam blocks can be increased or decreased at any time according to the needs of teaching. When scholars learn to float or have initially mastered some swimming positions, foam blocks can be completely removed.
(6) Buoy sleeve
One of the auxiliary equipment for beginners, made of plastic soft film stamping, soft film thickness about 02 ~ 03 cm, armband shape, hollow, with two air bags, each with a safety valve. To use, swimmers wear a pair on their upper arms and inflate them with their mouths into an airbag. Wearing this arm cover and fully inflated, beginners can float in the water for a long time, the head is always above the water, the two arms can freely dip water, easy for swimmers to maintain normal breathing and learn various swimming movements, since the 1970s began to popular in foreign countries, in the 1980s began to appear in China.
Things to look out for when buying
When buying a swimsuit, you can touch it or refer to the ingredient list of the material to see how it is made. Fabric of good swimsuit is soft, elastic, the grain of cloth is relatively close, cut out delicate, sew uses elastic line, won't cause line to break because of motion. Try on, in order to fit, comfortable for the principle, too big easy to take water, increase the burden of the body and swimming resistance, too small is easy to cause marks to the limbs, causing poor blood flow.
- Fabric and structure. The best choice of spandex content of more than 15% of the elastic fabric, so that the swimsuit can follow the body movement and freely telescopic; When swimming in the swimming pool, we should pay attention to the adaptability of the fabric to the chlorine molecular content of the water in the swimming pool. At present, the swimsuit made of three-dimensional elastic fabric, the most popular in the world, is most suitable for low temperature water or swimming. Because the fabric is more hollow, it is easier to retain heat. Try to buy less or do not buy imitation of the so-called "import spandex high elastic fabric". One is the clothing fabric spandex content is generally about 15% - 20%, the second is imitation fabric due to component variation, water resilience is very poor.
- Work and safety. Because the swimsuit belongs to the sport practical clothing, tensile strength is strong, it is best not to choose more stitching style. When the amount of movement is large, it is easy to open the line from the splicing place. In sewing seams, three stitches and five stitches are basic, and three stitches and six stitches are the strongest. The elasticity of the thread should be consistent with the tensile strength of the fabric. Beach outfit series had better choose to draw pleated line, so both beautiful, elastic stretch is stronger.
- In terms of hygiene, the surface layer of silk cover cotton swimsuit has the advantages of bright and clean chemical fiber fabric, and the inner layer is made of pure cotton, which has no irritation to the skin, and is especially suitable for people who are prone to skin allergies. The crotch of a swimsuit should have an interlining, which will last longer. Use it after washing and drying.
4, safety, to the natural river, seashore and deep water swimming, to choose the color contrast with the water of the swimsuit, in danger, the target is obvious, easy to first aid.
- Body and skin tone. If the chest is too large, it is suitable for v-neck suit with wide shoulder strap; Strapless swimwear should be avoided if the chest is too small. A suit with flat breasts and decorative pleats; Hip circumference is too big might as well choose ultra short swimsuit; Waistline is thick, lack moving curve person, assemble type swimsuit can make up defect, wear after effect is very good; The leg shape is thick and short, and the leg should be cut high and the lower part is an acute Angle style. Long and too thin legs lack a sense of symmetry, flat foot pants swimsuit should be the first choice. Emaciated woman, want to emphasize the line of the body with bright colour, avoid by all means wears brunet swimsuit, had better wear the swimsuit that has design decorative pattern all over, the line of vision that makes a person is attracted by those design place, won't notice flat figure easily, still should avoid to choose the swimsuit that does not have aglet on design.
Obese women will not appear slim because of wearing tight swimwear, on the contrary, too tight will reveal the shortcomings of the figure. Young and obese women can choose the colorful swimsuit with vertical stripes, in order to show fitness and youthful vitality, style by all means avoid three points, choose "backless outfit" swimsuit is more appropriate. Smocked bikini.
Primary and secondary school girls' swimsuits should be brightly colored and dazzling, showing girls' fitness and liveliness. Chest smaller person, appropriate wears the swimsuit that has horizontal line design or drape, double leg thicker person chooses leg edge the swimsuit that has black frame design, can make double leg generation slender feeling.
Those with larger breasts can opt for a twill pattern or a large floral print, both of which draw attention away from the top of the chest to achieve the effect of camouflage. When the figure of abdomen bulge is pear, three-color swimsuit can be chosen, the color on the waist is crossed and matched, and the abdomen of waist is brunet and can cover up the bulge.
