Speedo's LZR Racer Elite Jammer is their top-of-the-line swim jammer. It's constructed using LZR Pulse fabric and thermo-bonded seams. All-in-all it's one of the best suits on the market today.
Description
The LZR Racer Elite Jammer is one of Speedo’s most popular technical race suits for men. Speedo, based in London UK, is the world wide top-selling race swimsuit company. Many of the planet’s best swimmers compete in Speedo’s swimsuits and the majority of the present-day world records were established by swimmers using the suits. The brand has been one of the leaders in using new textiles along with new manufacturing methods to build a faster race swimsuit.
In 2010, FINA prohibited the use of full-length swimsuits. Since then, jammers quickly became the most used style of competition swimsuits for males. The jammer suit must abide by strict FINA rules before they will approve them for racing. The suit can cover the swimmer’s upper legs but not their knees and should be made using a weaved textile.
The fabric of the swim jammer is perhaps the biggest thing to consider when selecting a swimsuit. There has been a lot of developments in swimsuit fabric over the last few years. Many of these enhancements have been aimed at creating a swimsuit that’s light as well as water-repellant. The LZR Racer Elite Jammer is Speedo’s top-of-the-line suit and uses their most advanced fabric, called LZR Pulse. The fabric is water repellant, chlorine resistant and fast drying. It reduces skin friction drag 24 percent more that Speedo’s Fastskin fabric, which is used in the FSII and FS-PRO Jammers.
In addition to introducing inventive fabrics, many swimsuit providers are also adding innovative manufacturing procedures. These techniques are geared towards reducing the drag factor of the swimsuit. For instance, production procedures that use bonding, rather than the conventional stitching, help reduce drag produced by the swimsuit’s seams. Again, the LZR Racer Elite Jammer delivers cutting edge performance. Using bonded seams, the suit creates a flexible and streamlined surface.
A last thing to consider when picking a swim jammer is the suit’s fit. Using optimal fabrics and production techniques, competition jammers try to compress the swimmer’s muscle mass. This muscle compression not only helps in cutting drag but also helps with oxygen circulation, supporting a faster recovery. Speedo took 3-D body scans of some of the world’s elite swimmers to help develop the suit’s pattern and construction. Speedo claim that the LZR Racer Elite provides 15% more muscle compression than other suits which results in an optimum biometric fit.
The swimsuit has been accredited for competition by NCAA and FINA. The LZR Racer Elite is available in black and in sizes 24-32. The LZR Racer Elite is Speedo’s top-of-the line swim jammer. They also offer the LZR RacerPro Jammer, Fastskin FSII Jammer, FS-PRO Jammer and the Aquablade Jammer
Ratings & Reviews
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[starratingmulti id=1 tpl=32]“Suit is great-Took time off with the help of a lot of hard work in the pool! You must tie it very tight, as if any water gets in, it traps alot of water”