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A Legskin is a type of competitive swimwear
Competitive swimwear

Competitive swimwear generally refers to the apparel, equipment and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, triathlon and water polo....
 worn by male swimmers. Most legskins are made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased drag
Drag (physics)

The term drag is widely used in Physics and Engineering and is central to the field of fluid dynamics. "Drag" refers to forces that oppose the motion of a solid object through a fluid ....
 resistance in the water. The legskin covers from the swimmer's mid-waist to his ankle and resembles leggings
Leggings

Leggings are any of several sorts of fitted clothing to cover the legs. Originally leggings were two separate garments, one for each leg.In contemporary usage, leggings refers to tight, form-fitting trousers that extend from the waist to the ankles; in the United States, they are sometimes referred to as tights ....
. One advantage of the legskin over other suit styles that cover the arms is flexibility, especially for strokes that require broad arm movement.

Most competitive swimwear brands such as the Speedo
Speedo

Speedo is a manufacturer of swimwear and accessories. The company was started by Alexander MacRae under the name of MacRae Hosiery Manufacturers in Bondi Beach, New South Wales, an inner-eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia....
 Fastskin line, Arena
Arena (swimwear)

Arena is a brand of competitive swimwear created in 1973 at Adidas France, by its president Horst Dassler. Sold by Adidas in 1990, the brand now represents two unrelated product lines....
 Powerskin, and TYR
Tyr Sports, Inc.

Tyr Sport, Inc. is a manufacturer of competitive swimwear and goggles, founded in 1985 and based in California. Contrary to popular belief, its name is not an acronym....
 Aquashift
Aquashift

Aquashift is a high-end swim suit made by American swim suit maker Tyr Sports, Inc. which was released in early 2004. It incorporates years of research that TYR performed with the Center for Research and Education in Special Environments, or CRESE, at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York....
 include suits of this type.






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A Legskin is a type of competitive swimwear
Competitive swimwear

Competitive swimwear generally refers to the apparel, equipment and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, triathlon and water polo....
 worn by male swimmers. Most legskins are made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased drag
Drag (physics)

The term drag is widely used in Physics and Engineering and is central to the field of fluid dynamics. "Drag" refers to forces that oppose the motion of a solid object through a fluid ....
 resistance in the water. The legskin covers from the swimmer's mid-waist to his ankle and resembles leggings
Leggings

Leggings are any of several sorts of fitted clothing to cover the legs. Originally leggings were two separate garments, one for each leg.In contemporary usage, leggings refers to tight, form-fitting trousers that extend from the waist to the ankles; in the United States, they are sometimes referred to as tights ....
. One advantage of the legskin over other suit styles that cover the arms is flexibility, especially for strokes that require broad arm movement.

Most competitive swimwear brands such as the Speedo
Speedo

Speedo is a manufacturer of swimwear and accessories. The company was started by Alexander MacRae under the name of MacRae Hosiery Manufacturers in Bondi Beach, New South Wales, an inner-eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia....
 Fastskin line, Arena
Arena (swimwear)

Arena is a brand of competitive swimwear created in 1973 at Adidas France, by its president Horst Dassler. Sold by Adidas in 1990, the brand now represents two unrelated product lines....
 Powerskin, and TYR
Tyr Sports, Inc.

Tyr Sport, Inc. is a manufacturer of competitive swimwear and goggles, founded in 1985 and based in California. Contrary to popular belief, its name is not an acronym....
 Aquashift
Aquashift

Aquashift is a high-end swim suit made by American swim suit maker Tyr Sports, Inc. which was released in early 2004. It incorporates years of research that TYR performed with the Center for Research and Education in Special Environments, or CRESE, at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York....
 include suits of this type. The price is often more than $150.