Compression clothing for sports

People who play sports for a long time periodically experience discomfort in their legs - heaviness, fatigue, pain. This is due to the fact that physical activity (running, lifting weights) significantly affects the state of the vessels. In addition, female legs are often prone to varicose veins, regardless of whether she attends a gym or not. However, even if you are faced with a similar nuisance, this does not mean that you will have to leave sports loads. To improve the condition of the vessels, there is a special compression clothing for sports, which facilitates the work of the circulatory system.

What is compression clothing for? In order to ensure normal blood circulation in your limbs. The fact is that nature intended that the human body worked like a Swiss watch, but under the influence of adverse factors in the system fails. For example, ideally the blood flow in the legs is carried out without delay. Blood circulates from the bottom up, and in this it helps the valves of blood vessels. They “open and close”, pushing blood to the heart, preventing it from accumulating in the veins. If for some reason the vascular valves stop working normally, then swelling occurs in people, veins swell and blood clots can form. Usually, the cause of edema in the legs is a long standing (sales consultants), serious running loads (players, athletes), and lifting weights (bodybuilders, fitons and crossfitters). Edemas are dangerous because they put a significant load on the cardiovascular system, the pulse quickly increases, and the pressure rises.

Sports compression clothing was created in order to exert the necessary degree of pressure (compression, data compression) on those parts of the body that are under heavy loads; help the vascular valves push blood without delay.

"Compression" is divided into two types: competitive and restoring.

Competitive compression clothing is used by athletes in order to train, making it easier for vessels and muscles to work, reducing the risk of injury and improving the quality of training. These clothes are class 1, which can be purchased at a sports store or pharmacy. It is in the public domain and has no therapeutic effect, only prophylactic.

Clothes of grade 2-4 are sold only by prescription and are "medicine". It is used to recover from surgery and serious injuries. And also “written out” by doctors to those who play sports at a professional level.

It should be noted that any clothing with the effect of compression is suitable only for those who are in motion. If you exercise once or twice a week, do not give yourself heavy physical exertion, do not walk at least 7 km a day, then you do not need compression clothing. On the contrary, it will have the opposite effect: will disrupt the work of the cardiovascular system.

Compression clothing exists in all varieties: socks, socks, pants, shorts, T-shirts, T-shirts. Each athlete can choose a necessary accessory.

• When buying, first of all, it is worth remembering that the clothing is taken strictly according to size. There should be no “for growth” or “here's a little thinner and fit.” If the clothes are larger than necessary, then the desired effect will not be, if less - then it will greatly overpress blood vessels, which will cause a disruption of the cardiovascular system.In addition, the price of it is quite high, the service life of a maximum of a couple of years, so it is a shame to spend money in the empty. Losing weight women to buy underwear with compression also does not make sense: firstly, there is psychological stress (obtyagivanie "imperfect" forms), secondly, after a month or two, the woman will lose weight and sportswear will have to be changed;
• Before you buy the right clothes, you should know exactly for what purposes you need them. If you run a lot, but do not set a goal to beat the bench press record, then you do not need a compression jersey or t-shirt, but golfs and pants are needed. If you are engaged in rowing, tennis, volleyball, then you will need not only shorts and leggings, but also sleeves with compression effect;
• When choosing, you should not be completely given to advertising. Many manufacturers write on the labels "compression", but in fact the clothing itself is not. The maximum that she is capable of is wicking moisture during a workout, working as thermal underwear. Medical compression clothing for women and men is marked with the standard RAL-GZ 387.
• Choosing clothes, you need to focus on the manufacturer. Currently, many manufacturers of sportswear have opened their line with a compression form, but it is better to give preference to those firms that deal only with compression clothing: Skins, CEP, Venum and others.

Anyone who wants with the help of compression clothing to get +100 to the speed of running, endurance, strength and health, will have to give up - these are all myths that are not supported by research.

But it is not all that bad! It has been scientifically proven that running in compression socks or gaiters reduces the heart rate (pulse) of an athlete by several beats per minute. The use of special underwear while running at a distance of 10 km reduces the possibility of pain in the legs the next day to 14%. Wearing underwear for 24 hours after heavy strength training (professional athletes, not visitors to fitness centers) increases the speed of muscle recovery.

I would like to repeat once again: compression clothing of the first class is an “additive”, which is used to help the body during intense sports activities. It is not suitable for daily use, without movement will only bring harm to the heart.