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Dottore's thread got me thinking...

I've recently taken up swimming again after a 10 year hiatus.

I swim a mile 2-3 times a week. It's important to understand that I don't just pound out laps freestyle, but I alternate between five strokes because my desire is to work muscles that otherwise wouldn't get worked while getting a good cardio workout. At my pool, 36 laps is a mile, and I do four laps of sidestroke, resting backstroke, racing backstroke, breast stroke, and freestyle until I am done. Usually after the second session of the week, I notice I am chafed in what I call the "leg pit", but only on the left side. This leads me to believe that the sidestroke does it, as I have better technique on one side versus the other, though I do both sides.

The best I can come up with is to use some petroleum jelly "down there" to minimize the chaffing, though I haven't had the courage to try it yet as I change in a public locker room.

Any tips?