11-01-2007, 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old  If I knew how to take a quote into the out-of-context thread, I would point out that there's more than one way to do that! | Gotcha covered.
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11-01-2007, 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by oiuyt Gotcha covered.
-B | That's what she said.
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11-01-2007, 08:29 AM
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#23 | | Feline Groovy
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old I would point out that there's more than one way to do that! | Well durr, of course there is. That was the whole point!  | |
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11-01-2007, 08:30 AM
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#24 | | Feline Groovy
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Originally Posted by Peach  I'm going to quote my T-shirt at you: Society of Menopausal Swordswomen. Be afraid . . . be very afraid. | LOVE IT!! | |
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11-10-2007, 02:19 PM
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#25 | | Member
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| I'd be more worried if you weren't sweating so much, ecspecially without air conditioning. Sweating is a vert natrual part of fencing and many fencers (including me) could fill buckets with the sweat we give off in just one practice session.
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11-18-2007, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by lanyingjie So here's my question, is this sweat thing a personal genetic thing, or is it because I'm not very fit or something. Quite irritating to be basically a wet slopping bucket after ten minutes of warmup and standing around in the training area. | It's both genetic and physical. I've asked a few people in sports medicine and they've said that it's just the rate on which you work, but it's also genetics.
My response to the sweat problem is Underarmor, Nike dri-fit, or something along those lines.
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11-23-2007, 01:48 AM
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| The unfortunate bit is that Dri-Fit materials rarely absorb sweat and hence cotton tee shirts feel a lot better, since once you take them off and put a new one on, you're good to go. The Dri-Fit ones leave me dripping all over, such that sweat often drips from my shirt.
I reckon the situation's going to get worse, when I get my men's chest protector for the Novices in January. One benefit however, is that my lame won't get that wet, particularly around the trouble spots like my chest. Now that's something to look forward to, having wrecked a lame in 3 months  . | |
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11-28-2007, 11:42 AM
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#28 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by lanyingjie The unfortunate bit is that Dri-Fit materials rarely absorb sweat and hence cotton tee shirts feel a lot better, since once you take them off and put a new one on, you're good to go. The Dri-Fit ones leave me dripping all over, such that sweat often drips from my shirt.
I reckon the situation's going to get worse, when I get my men's chest protector for the Novices in January. One benefit however, is that my lame won't get that wet, particularly around the trouble spots like my chest. Now that's something to look forward to, having wrecked a lame in 3 months . |
The dri-fit stuff doesn't absorb sweat, it simply wicks it from the skin and moves it to the outside of the material. Ideally, the sweat will evaporate from there. Of course, for foil fencers - the sweat is simply absorbed in the plastron, jacket, and lame.
Two things will help the situation. 1) Open your jacket, lame between bouts to let air evaporate the sweat and cool you down. 2) Get a stainless steel lame. My first lame was copper, developed green spots in a month. My second was steel, and is still going strong years after I switched to epee... | |
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12-01-2007, 03:49 AM
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| Stainless steel? Where can you get those? I'd really want them, we've only got copper ones around here. And well, in Singapore, letting the air dry your thing out is pointless. The air is just too humid. | |
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12-04-2007, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by lanyingjie Stainless steel? Where can you get those? I'd really want them, we've only got copper ones around here. And well, in Singapore, letting the air dry your thing out is pointless. The air is just too humid. | Mine is a Santelli, unfortunately Santelli went out of business. Leon Paul makes a "silver??" lame.
Here is a site with Stainless Steel (Inox) lames - http://www.allstar-fencing.com/modul...th=5_520_52005
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02-02-2008, 01:39 PM
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#31 | | Just Joined
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| Moving from Ontario Canada to Atlanta Georgia, i got used to sweating through all my clothes in 95/96 some of the hottest years here. I mountain biked before fencing so i had a few nice jerseys, they work better then underarmor ive found. I'm recognized by my purple skeleton one :P.
I become much more paranoid when i dont start sweating. Ive gone through pools without sweating before and afterwards i felt off, shaky, almost pent up and sore. Its not a nice feeling when your body doesnt want to keep homeostasis and is having a slow day. I always do some sort of cardio before fencing now, just to wake my system up.
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