Adidas Clima TechFit Olympic powersuits
By Ryan Block 
posted February 20th 2006 9:54AM
posted February 20th 2006 9:54AM
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posted February 20th 2006 9:54AM
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"Why you'd need this getup for firing your rifle, however, is entirely beyond us."
Triathalon?
biathlon = shooting and _skiing_
>> "Why you'd need this getup for firing your rifle, however, is entirely beyond us."
Biathlon maybe?
because, in the Olypics, shooting first requires miles on end of cross country skiing
QUADRATHLON?!
QUINTAHALTON?!
MIAGLATRILLIONATHLON!?
Americans are ignorant about the biathlon mostly because the American television networks refuse to run any coverage of it.
Why?? ....Because they are very anti-gun.
Just wouldn't do to show responsible young adults safely handling and showing expertise with firearms.
And bondage gear helps increase viewership.
A bit old, but still worth mentioning ((c) Seinfeld)
Some of the events in the Olympics don't make sense to me.
I don't understand the connection to any reality...
Like in the Winter Olympics they have that biathlon.
That combines cross-country skiing with shooting a gun.
How many alpine snipers are into this?
Ski, shoot a gun... ski, bang, bang, bang...
It's like combining swimming and strangle a guy.
I think that outfit looks like Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid.
Trust me, when you have to hit a target 50 meters away, about 4 cm across you're gonna want a steady hand. This of course after just skied a few km! Oh and dreampc, triathon is swim, bike, run and they wear even less!
#5.
1.Countercurrent bloodflow deals more with not radiating heat outwards from the skin surface. By vasoconstricting surface veins and dilating deep arteries, a layer of heat insulation is created. Less heat gets to the skin, thereby reducing heat loss to the environment due to convection and radiation. Yes, the visceral shunt is thrown in there, but that really is different from countercurrent blood flow.
2. Thermoplastic means changing shape with heat change, not conducting heat. The thermoplastic urethane is simply molded using heat and resists shape change at low temperatures. These webs are linked to the core for one purpose: to act as an anchor. They do not transmit heat from the core to the extremities. The core acts as the proximal anchor, similar to muscle attachments. In effect, they act as an added muscle
In low temperatures, the thermoplastic resists stretching slightly. By pulling against them during a phase of movement, potential energy is increased in the web. During the counterphase of movement, the added potential energy is converted to kinetic, aiding the muscle groups. This is what returns the effiency and power. By properly fitting and aligning the web, in theory (and it seems in practice), the loss of power is minimized and return of energy maximized.
3. Synthetics are not used so much for insulative purposes as they are for drying. You sweat like mad during activity. The more fit a person, the greater and faster the sweat response. These guys are elite athletes, so they are going to sweat a lot. Synthetics allow water to be wicked away from the skin and to the surface of the clothing much faster than cotton and with an added benefit. All natural fibers (with the exception of wool) pull body heat away from the skin with the water, effectively cooling a person. Synthetics don't. So, they allow for the athlete to dry off faster, preventing loss of core temperature.
Believe me, at the level of aerobic activity those biathletes are performing, they're not going to worry about the cold that much.
Just a quick nota bene: The percentage of body heat lost through the head is closer to 10-30% than 75%. Trust me, I'm bald, I know things about heat loss.
here's a quick referential link:
http://www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/segment.php4?seg=335
80 Hair bands wore these at one time. Oh wait that was spandex..
Rubber-band powered athletes! They removed the little wind-up key to save weight on the outfit.
Rubber-band powered athletes! They removed the little wind-up key to save weight on the outfit.
Whoa, the sarcasm detectors are off today. The engadget writer was probably kidding about the biathlon thing...
The suit is needed to fire a rifle because that is an olympic event called the biathlon, as other have already mentioned. I suspect that the chose this particular event out of the many because the next market they would like to sell this technology into is the military. Just a guess.
Aloha
The "compression webbing" in the butt crack may explian the improved running speed. If my coach told me to put that thing on I would faster just to get away.
Where can you buy them at ?
Looks like a Dominatrix disguise if you ask me.
Too bad this did not help the US team hit ANY targets.
Until it recycles my pee into drinking water, I ain't buying one.
Damn, he's a hottie.
At what point will they prohibit the use of all synthetic performance enhancers? They have outlawed drugs, soon it will be the athletes apparel.
And I thought Aeon Flux wore these for looks only!
And I thought Aeon Flux wore these for looks only!
http://www.gizmag.com/picture.php?s=24&p=5234_20020661036.jpg
17: damn you beat me to it.
Actually showing a biathlete (model) in this suit is showing off the features in two ways.
As stated above, the Adidas suit consists of tensile bands connecting extremities to core. As stated in the copy, this is a benefit for efficiency in motive activities, skiing, running, etc.
In Olympic marksmenship, the shooters wear an odd suit that not only makes the position more comfortable, it is perfectly restrictive in the final positition: the shooter's limbs all pull up tight against the suit so standing, seated or supine, the shooter's body is stressed against itself. These suits currently are no where near as ...um... flashy, but providing even an approximation of this tensioning benefit to a biathlete would be a considerable advantage.
And no, I am not referring to a "Ghillie" suit, that's strictly for camouflage.
I wouldn't be shocked to see this or something like it on a banned equipment list. They've got banned substances and something like this will be next. The skiers are wearing fancy suits that help them, the swimmers do too, runners wear clothing and special shoes.... I could see a weight lifter wearing something like this. I'm not sure what a "5.3% increase in energy output" means to someone competing in the clean and jerk (giggles to himself) but I'm sure it would help. The rate the drug testing is going and with this kind of proliferation in equipment you won't be able to compete in the olympics unless you haven't taken asprin in the last 12 months and you'll have to compete nude. Maybe that's what it takes to boost TV ratings ;)
#21: You final statement about competing in nude? Well that will set the event back to the way it is supposed to be performed (as in Ancient Greece) were men competed in nude. I guess the only change is there are nude women too?
#22, Chris
"you'll have to compete nude"
well, the ancient Greeks did, and I'll bet it would boost TV ratings now.
Turin? As in, The Shroud of?
WTF...
I just wanted to second Chris' comment at #8. Dude's totally wearing a sneaking suit
how can this increase your energy? i understand it can store it, but that means YOU have to put it there. the first law of thermodynamics. so even though it may feel like its snapping back quicker, its only because it took you more energy to get it there in the first place.
Exacly when is this going to stop? Are we going to see weightlifters in powered suits lifting 3.26 tonnes in 20 years? I thought the Olympics/sport was about YOU performing your best, not you performing your best then getting a 10% boost from you clothes.
Unless everyone wears the same thing, all this "performance enhancing clothing" should be banned.
#29: Not all the energy and movement expended by an athlete goes into the actual task. The human body isn't perfect (especially at certain sports) and inadvertently uses energy making movements that don't contribute to the goal. Athletics is about making your body produce more energy (so you have more to work with) as well as refining your form so that more of this energy goes towards what you're trying to do--a suit like this helps with the latter.
#30: A "powered" suit would obviously be a means of helping the former, which is quite a different matter. Clothing like this just makes sure less is wasted and more of YOUR body is put into the sport. It's the same reason swimming caps and tons of currently existing "normal" garb are allowed.
And like it or not, it's impossible to make things equal for every athlete. Richer countries can afford more advanced diets and training facilities for their athletes--or should equality be forced there as well? In which case there's really nothing a country contributes to its athletes' Olympic success beyond the luck of genetics if everything else from training to equipment must be the same.
this is big boss' sneaking suit, not solid snake's. she had the funky silver disco outfit.
Hey, hes a german athlete, in order to win the olympics, they NEED this kind of equipement! LOL (FTR i'm German)
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so why they sarcasm, I've cross country skiied, it's great fun and if you are very good you compete, and if you compete you want the best gear. Are the sarcastic comments from overweight people who would be embarrassed to wear a tight suit, oops! sorry for the sarcasm