Compression clothing for training

The strangest question that can be heard is: what unites the elderly and athletes in terms of clothing? It is worth thinking about what helps one calmly move from home to the grocery store, and others to increase strength, speed and endurance, without getting hurt during the lesson? The answer is very simple - it is compression clothing!

Novice athletes often heard about clothing, which reduces the risk of damage to blood vessels during strength and lengthy training. Indeed, during exercise, not only muscles, but also the blood circulatory system, and dilation of the veins and arteries can lead to serious consequences. Doctors do not in vain recommend that people who are engaged in weightlifting or standing work wear compression stockings or leggings.

When “pumping” a certain muscle group, the vessels that permeate the human body expand to conduct a greater blood flow. In this state, the walls of the veins can change their shape and become curved, which can lead to the development of varicose veins and other equally terrible diseases. Compression clothing does not allow the vessels to reach such a state by straightening them, and stops the development of ailments if they have already taken root.

There are four categories of "compression". However, only the first category can be purchased freely in pharmacies, other types can be obtained only by prescription. Without expert advice, you should not set yourself a diagnosis, because compression clothing is not created to increase muscle tone, but to maintain good health. This is not an element of clothing for permanent socks, because prolonged compression also adversely affects the vessels.

The main advantages of compression clothing are:

• maintaining a constant temperature of the muscles, so that they are always in a heated state;
• greater blood flow to the muscles due to the suppression of vascular deformity;
• decrease in lactic acid excretion in muscles, which leads to accelerated recovery after exercise;
• reducing the cost of human energy during exercise due to the support of the muscles during their contraction and stretching.

It is also important to distinguish between slimming underwear and compression clothing. At first glance, they are very similar, but these two types work according to different schemes. Thermal underwear significantly warms up the muscles during prolonged aerobic exercise, which leads to the burning of extra calories. But there is no compressive effect like that of compression underwear. Heating muscles leads to a greater increase in the arteries and when switching to strength exercises or staying in a standing position for a long time, the bulging of blood vessels can adversely affect a person's condition.

The main indications for the use of compression clothing are:

• continuous loads;
• power training;
• susceptibility to varicose veins (swelling and asterisks on the limbs, enlarged veins);
• recovery after heavy operations.

In these cases, when wearing compression underwear, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of diseases or to stop their course.

Compression clothing quickly spread among professional athletes, not only because of their qualities to improve body tone, but also a huge variety of equipment. Starting from the simplest accessories: elbow pads, knee pads, gloves, and ending with a complete set of clothes: T-shirts, shorts, tights, or leggings, underwear, and solid suits.

It was found that when wearing special clothes, the heart rate decreases and blood flow to the muscles increases. This allows you to increase endurance athlete and increase results, but to increase the speed or power of speech can not go.

It is worth noting that compression clothing has got accustomed perfectly in such a direction of sport as fitness. People engaged in long and cyclic loads, feel great in compression clothing. Firstly, it does not hinder movement (this seems only at the beginning), and secondly, it reduces pain or removes them altogether, which allows you to practice longer and more effectively.

Compression clothing basically fits the unisex category, which allows both men and women to wear the same models. However, if we consider the whole costume and certain types, then immediately noticeable differences.

For girls and guys there are special models of compression clothing, which are divided by gender:

• tops or tank tops;
• Underwear;
• solid suits that take into account the anatomical features of the body.

Clothing for girls perfectly emphasizes the waist and wraps the body, giving the mind more sexuality and desire.

Male models also emphasize the waist and effectively secrete muscles, in particular the torso, giving the look of masculinity and aesthetics.