Compression Clothing: How It Enhances Performance

The first time you saw some compression clothing, you might have assumed it was some kind of fad. Why was everyone wearing skin tight cycling shorts all of a sudden?

However, this type of sportswear has become so popular not because of what it looks like, but because of what it can help the athlete achieve. (I use the word 'athlete' in a general sense, meaning any professional or amateur sportsperson who takes their sport seriously).

This article will look at some of those benefits.

The first way that it can help your performance we can call fast food for your circulation. Imagine a fast food outlet that only stocked super nutritious food and drink. Now imagine that it can be delivered to your office whenever you needed it. The net result is that you work better and you can concentrate more productively.

What is all this got to do with your sports performance? In the above scenario, the restaurant food is the nutrients your muscle needs to exercise, the delivery service is your blood and the office is your muscles. The work you do is of course how well you perform in your chosen sport.

Compression gear has been specifically designed in such a way as to promote your blood circulation.

Another major benefit of that this type of clothing that helps increase your performance is its ability to keep your core body temperature from going too high. "Ah!" I hear you say - "It's breathable fabric." And the answer to that is... not exactly. The fact is that many lower quality fabrics are called breathable, giving the impression that they help keep you cool. This is true - up to a point.

The truth is that compression clothing goes a step further. Whereas your perspiration will tend to just stick to your skin and pool in your pores when you're wearing bog standard breathable fabric, specialist clothing actively carries the sweat away from your skin.

They go to saying that not overheating means ultimately faster times and more success under greater physical duress.

Performance enhancer number three is to do with muscle oscillation, more commonly known as body shake.

What is this? Every time the human body moves, it creates tiny tears in muscular tissue. No problem so far - however, if your body is experiencing a build-up of lactic acid, you're going to feel some degree of pain in this situation.

Compression sportswear reduces muscle oscillation, thereby helping you run or cycle or move in any way you choose... faster!

These are just three ways that this type of clothing enhances your sports performance.

Harriet Morris is a keen amateur sports enthusiast. To see some compression clothing for women visit Bourne Sports

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Improving the Performance of the Female Athlete

Women in sports are not a new phenomena, but the rate at which the athletic performance of women has improved is just such a phenomena.

Each and every year now we are seeing female athletic records in all sports being broken, and then broken again. The reasons are many, more women involved in sports from an early age, more competitive environment in women's sports, better training methods, and better more knowledgeable coaches.

I'm a father of three daughters, and a son who all played sports over the past 20 years or so. If you are of the baby boomer era, you may be able to relate. There always seemed to be a coaching difference between the successful mens/boys coaches, and the successful girls/women's coaches. Not so much in terms of what defense or offensive system was run, but in general the coaches personality whether male or female was different. In recent years this has changed Pat Summit is just as tough on her girls as any male counterpart, and she is the mentor for many successful women's coaches today. The competitive nature of female sports has caused the competitive personalities of both coaches and players to grow to a level of certain equality amongst the males of the sports clan.

The one area of female athletics that has only more recently evolved is the specification of training for the female athlete. Coaches, Trainers, Doctors have all worked in tandem to realize that athletic training needs for females requires a different program than that of males. One of the best examples are the knees, women in sports suffer a much greater number of ACL injuries. In college basketball 4 times as many as males, in gymnastics 3 times as many. The reasons are many, there is anatomical difference of the makeup of the knee muscular and skeletal area which some doctors feel is the main cause, proper physical training can improve the strength of the inner and outer muscles which protect the knee.

Female sports programs today, parents of female athletes today, all want their teams, their daughters to perform to their highest sports potential. Take the time to find out how you as the coach or you as the mom or dad of that athlete can make sure you have a physical conditioning program designed to protect and to improve upon the physical attributes of the female athlete.

Mike Gladbach is the father of three daughters and one son, who were all heavily involved in sports throughout their young lives. He has discovered a new physical training program which can help your daughter live up to her potential as an athlete - Training for the Female Athlete!

If you are a girls/women's coach, or a dad who wants his daughter to play safe and play hard, this program could be for you.

If you would like more information, please email me at mcglad00@yahoo.com

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