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# 🏊‍♀️ How to know if your wetsuit is the right size?

Before your next competition, take 3 minutes to check that your racing swimsuit fits properly.
**The right size gives you comfort, performance, and freedom of movement.**

# 👇 Here are 5 simple signs to check
### 1️⃣ Was it hard to put on? That’s usually a good sign!
A racing swimsuit should feel very tight.
👉 If it slips on easily like a regular swimsuit,** it’s too big.**
Technical fabrics are designed to sit close to the skin and slightly compress the muscles.
**Impact:**
* Better hydrodynamics
* Less muscle fatigue
* Optimized blood circulation
||| ⚠️ Difficult ≠ painful: if it hurts, it’s too small.

### 2️⃣ No visible air pockets
If the suit is too big, it creates folds in certain areas: back, hips, thighs…
These folds become air pockets that let water in: guaranteed parachute effect!
Impact:
Water gets in
Less compression = less performance
Unpleasant floating feeling

### 3️⃣ You can lift your arms without forcing
A good racing swimsuit should not restrict movement around the shoulders and neck.
If the size is too small, it pulls on the traps and shoulder blades.
**Impact:**
* Faster fatigue
* Irritation and muscle pain

### 4️⃣ No irritation, even after 200 m
Flat seams and technical fabrics are designed to reduce friction.
If you come out of the water with redness under your arms or around your neck, the size — or cut — is not right.
**Impact:**
* Reduced performance
* Risk of injury
* Bad race experience

### 5️⃣ In the water, you almost forget it’s there
The right size is the one you barely feel: not too rigid, not too stretchy.
It follows your movements naturally, without discomfort.
**Impact:**
* Better glide and speed sensation
* Less technical fatigue
* Optimized result
💡 If you swim “free” and fast: **your racing swimsuit is perfect!**


# 📏 Want to be 100% sure?
Check our size guide by brand: Arena, Speedo, TYR…
👉 [**View the size guide**](https://www.nataquashop.com/size-references)

# ⁉️ How do I put on my racing swimsuit?
🎥 Watch these tutorial videos to put on your racing swimsuit without damaging it and get the right fit 
👇👇👇

👩🏼 **Women’s version:**
Find it on YouTube: ▶️ [**How to put on a racing swimsuit**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIZWUaQteG0)
👨🏼 **Men’s version:**
Find it on YouTube: ▶️ [**How to put on a racing swimsuit**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SiaI1MlSi8)

| 💡 Tip: take your time, put it on slowly and step by step. A well-fitted racing swimsuit already does half the work!