Triathlon Wetsuits Explained for Beginners
Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast
Taren Gesell
4.7 • 843 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The idea of a wetsuit can be an overwhelming prospect for a new triathlete. On the podcast, we explain what to look for in a wetsuit, how you can get something affordable but great quality, and the first steps you need to take before you use your wetsuit in a race!
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| 0:00.0 | What's up Motivators, Taryn here if you are a triathlete, thinking about getting into the sport |
| 0:04.6 | and fretting about all of the money that you have to spend on all of the gear between bikes |
| 0:10.2 | and swim gear and run gear and then wetsuits. Today we are going to talk about everything that a |
| 0:16.0 | beginner triathlete needs to know about buying or using their first wetsuit. Why would you do it? How much |
| 0:23.0 | should you spend? What should you look for? What we're going to say here is going to be designed |
| 0:26.8 | specifically for the beginner triathlete in mind, so it's going to save you money, getting you absolutely |
| 0:31.8 | everything you need, getting you really close to that absolutely perfect wetsuit while not breaking the bed. |
| 0:38.3 | My name is Taryn Gazelle. In my 20s, I was overweight, unfulfilled, and couldn't even run to the end of the block. |
| 0:43.3 | Over the following years, I found endurance sports, lost 65 pounds, won age groups, race world championships, broke records, |
| 0:50.3 | and trained and learned from some of the best athletes and coaches in the world. |
| 0:55.0 | You too can use endurance sports to change your life and accomplish your fitness goals. |
| 1:00.0 | You just need a system, a system that's meant for us amateurs who want to be our best while |
| 1:05.0 | feeling our strongest and healthiest. My company Motive offers that system and I want to share some of the tips from it today. |
| 1:12.1 | So let's dive right into it and get into why would you need a triathlon wetsuit over some other wetsuit? |
| 1:19.6 | Maybe a scuba diving wetsuit or a general swim wetsuit or a surfing wetsuit or anything like that. |
| 1:24.6 | Well there are some specific design elements to triathlon |
| 1:28.1 | wetsuits that are going to be absolutely ideal for the scenario of doing a triathlon. Those |
| 1:34.9 | other wetsuits aren't really designed for a triathlon. Namely, the triathlon wetsuit is going |
| 1:40.4 | to be a lot tighter. That makes a big difference because it's not going to hold as much |
| 1:45.9 | water, so it's not going to create as much drag in the water. It's going to actually narrow |
| 1:50.6 | your entire profile because it's going to squeeze you in just having a teeny little layer of water |
| 1:55.9 | between your body and the wetsuit. This is key because you don't want to be dragging your way |
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