Does shaving make you swim faster?

[@CNCTurboStep]

To say you did it all for us is not the whole truth. The smile on Lucy‘s face at 7:28 say‘s shes lovin it too 😂

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Very true! The whole team enjoyed giving Reece a wax 🤣

[@michaelr.8402]

@@LucyCharlesBarclay poor Reece...🙄🙊

[@r__9_1____a34]

Lucy, Reece. I need that wax strip! That would be too hilarious 😂 best swim distance is 2.4mi

[@davidfitzwater1022]

I suddenly do not like to swim at all. No distance is my favorite. But I did love the video

[@adammacfarland6415]

Since there are only 50 some comments, I’m assuming there are wax strips left😂. Favorite for technique swims is many many 50m reps on about 3:1 work:rest. Favorite for endurance is 60 min straight swim, which I know isn’t technically a distance… I have found with my own hair experiments, the delta is 3-4s/100m. This is much slower pace, however. Like around 1:50/100.

[@amheron]

Yes do the lakesman 🙌🏻🙌🏻 it’s a great race would love to see you there

[@reitheartist]

more Reece content please! 😂

[@erkutgurun]

You should do a comparison of the same with cut (hand) nails, and 1cm long nails.

[@raywall1]

Should have gone with 'VEET' much less painful for hair removal on men, especially when the hair is that long - Very brave 😁

[@samanthakennedy4416]

I’d love to see some videos on your new injury prevention exercises…like the PT stuff you’ve incorporated to stay healthy running.

[@yetogoicolea586]

awesome videos as always love you guys

[@siskatrainingsystems]

Simple idea , but great and entertaining vid!

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thomask2092]

@Holly I feel like a new intro is coming soon. No Pickle in the current one :(

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Yes I was thinking this today 😂 will need to make a new one soon! -Holly

[@ashley1scott]

Lucy seemed to be having far to much fun doing that. We now need a camparison of Reece waxed Vs veet, just to see if the extra pain of waxing is worth it over using the cream.

[@alanswain7868]

Great video again , funny as f@#k just like the film 40year old virgin . Idea for new video . Could you do a winter typically off season training day including food, bike service, and physio session . Magic thanks 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍

[@HenningFCB]

Still no Pickle in the Intro 😢 Lucy loves to torture you 🤣

[@WILDFOXRUNNING]

no mercy lol, Lucy was having fun there haha

[@mjeffn2]

Sharksuits increase the drag next the skin so that a boundary layer of water travels with the swimmer, and water to water friction is much less than water to water friction. Wouldn’t hair have same or similar effect as sharkskin swim stuff? In the water, is friction the same as drag? It seems to me that hair of some length would make you go faster. I know from my sailboat racing days that waxing the bottom of a boat is slower than if the boat has a sanded bottom because of the boundary layer effect. This really confuses me from a hydrodynamics and physics point of view about swimming.

[@irondistance4313]

Come over here to the pacific NW for Ironman Maple Valley 70.3 if you go I bet IM will add a pro field.

[@DiscoStu1970]

Was half expecting Lucy to say, during waxing, something like “…and that’s for hogging the remote”!!!

[@sarahhokanson5391]

How merciless Lucy was 😂😂

[@lukaduma]

Hey. Can you share and compare the HR of the test.

[@mikegogel381]

This was good content!😂

[@johnmccord4975]

Well done! I'm a little sad I didn't win the signed towel, but I think I'll pass on the hair strips. lol

[@triwithsmiley-middleagedtr6023]

This video!!🤣 Just shave so less painful!

[@DavidFritzIII]

Crazy, no one has posted theor favourite distance... weird

[@CNCTurboStep]

Everyone's afraid of winning a hairy wax strip! How would I explain that to the wife? For the record, my favourite distance is the length of my bathtub. Swimming is not my sport. I'd also MUCH prefer the bin bag to the wax strip😬

[@donaldalbro810]

Kelly clarkson!

[@DenverTide]

My first thought too! 😄

[@r__9_1____a34]

My favorite swim distance is 3.9km!

[@fastantio]

Oh my... I feel your pain, Reece...

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thank you 😅

[@garylucas7050]

So how much time would you save doing this ?

[@TheB0dies]

2000m for training, 1500m for racing. Looking out for that strip :P

[@cristiansan]

why you didnt use a shaving machine? gillette or electric one? :o

[@vits-swimtrainingevolution9886]

Ho Ho Ho 👍 👏 👌 Brasilian Waxing next ... 🤣

[@Daimoku1938]

Lucy The Queen Consort and her Vallet... Reece The Wing Flyer.

[@charlottebrodeur6674]

Hahaha!! What a prize to put in my pain cave!! 100 m all out is my favourite!!

[@mawajekot]

Don't pull up!! Pull in the same direction but more horizontally. It's just as effective at removing hair but hurts less.

[@ashley1scott]

and that was the reason they di it upwards :D

[@maggiesmith1757]

Had a face pack once before Reece ...remember think it was green

[@wendels16]

I couldn't finish the video. Poor Reece :(

[@JLW3113]

Poor Reece! I think they enjoyed waxing you way too much. Question: How were you measuring effort to make sure it was the same on both days?

[@katl6632]

You guys are so hilariously weird 🤣

[@juicyfruit100x]

"now the dolphins will come because they'll think you're one of them" 😂

[@ericomarpaboncrespo6005]

What bet did the poor Reece lost to have him do this?

[@mollya1110]

Reece we love you but WHERE'S PICKLE!?!

[@alexanderrussell2553]

Shaving legs for cycling increases your drag. Hairy legs increases your aerodynamics.

[@sodaresoda]

I just spent 10 mins of my life watching a guy "being waxed"... lol

[@nicoheidenreich]

being a pro athlete is only sometimes glamorous.

[@onepunchbud1472]

Waxin is actually way more painful for men because the leg / chesthair whatever is way thicker. That's why pro bikers shave and don't wax 😉

[@deanb61]

I have slightly less hair than a gorilla, I think I'll stick with coving it up with a wetsuit :)

[@jimgonzales3366]

So if you're feeling faster would the mental cause you to swoon faster🤔😁

[@notmyrealname6272]

Ow

[@8701sara]

That was painful to watch 🙈 next time just Nair and shave 😂

[@jase2990]

40secs for all that pain ,,, sod that !

[@heikkisanelma6625]

thats not the reason, i bet there was not even many questions about it.. lucy just wants him to be slick :P

[@heikkisanelma6625]

i dont know what it is about women and waxing, my gf also wanted to bring me along to her waxing salon pre ironman :D

[@heikkisanelma6625]

after this video i think i need proper alco anesthesia before i get on with it some day :D