INDIANAPOLIS — For all the high-tech suits and advancements in training techniques, there is one time-honored — and sometimes painful — tradition that swimmers cling to before every big meet: shaving ...

A shaving scandal has cost a swim team in Maryland a championship. No, not point shaving - just regular get-the-hair-off-the-body shaving. The Broadneck High School girls swim team was originally ...

Is Shaving Worth It? A Look at the Age-Old Process By Mark McCluskey (From the Archive) You are sitting in your bathroom with shaving cream and a razor - maybe multiple razors, depending on how much ...

Getting the perfect shave ahead of summer beach days can be tricky. You need more than just a razor and some shaving cream to get that ultra-smooth, close shave that you are aiming for this summer.

is what I was told. Swimmers contend with water "drag." The flow of water over a swimmer's body slows the swimmer. It acts like friction. It's a slowing force imposed by water on all swimmers.