The function of running compression pants The difference between compression pants and leggings

First, the role of running compression pants

1. Reduce leg shaking during running

Many people’s first impression of compression pants is 'very tight and difficult to wear'. This is because of its high content of spandex, which can compress and support muscles, and can help during exercise Fix muscles and joints, reduce jitter during running, and relieve fatigue. This will make you run more efficiently, run farther, and last longer.

2, keep warm

Compression pants can help you keep your legs warm during running. In winter, compression pants and a pair of trousers can cope with most cold weather, without the need for three layers inside and outside three layers. In addition, compression pants can quickly drain the sweat on the surface of the skin, keeping the skin during exercise in a relatively dry state.

3, speed up recovery

Compression pants will use gradient compression, that is, the farther away from the heart, the stronger the compression force, which can accelerate blood circulation and speed up the delivery of oxygen to the exercise muscles. Better blood circulation on the one hand helps to increase athletic performance during exercise, and on the other hand, it helps to remove certain muscle metabolites (pH, H +, lactic acid and K +) related to reduced athletic performance.

If you still feel more sore after running, you can still wear compression pants during the rest time to speed up the recovery.

4. Provide some protection to the skin

In hot weather, compression pants can protect you from direct sunlight. For example, 2XU's ICE-X series can inhibit the penetration of infrared rays, play a role in sun protection and reduce heat absorption. In addition, if you accidentally fall during running, long compression pants can also help reduce the appearance of bruises.

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Two, the difference between compression pants and leggings

1. Price

There are more leggings to choose from. Sports/outdoor brands have been very popular in recent years and will be released. Most of the leggings for girls are leggings. The original price is basically around 500, and it can be done within 1-300 at a discount.

Compression pants are expensive, and they are considered a light luxury product in running/sports equipment. The official price is often more expensive than the price of top running shoes, or even doubled.

For example, the price of domestic CWX top compression pants is around 2,200, and the skins a400 trousers are around 1,000 yuan. If it's the overseas shopping or discount season, the general starting price for a pair of compression pants is 500-1000 yuan, which is considered a big piece of running equipment. And because the performance of compression pants will decay as you wear them, in fact, they are consumables just like running shoes. The unit price for each use is really not cheap.

2, performance

The leggings are made of wicking and breathable materials, and they also contain a certain amount of spandex (generally less than 18%), which plays the role of wicking, ventilation and wrapping. In addition, some leggings may also have heat dissipation meshes in the heat dissipation area such as the roots of the thighs, which are designed with reflective strips (enhance the safety of night running), personal pockets (put money and keys), adhesive strips (fit the muscles to prevent strain), etc. . It is recommended that runners with thick legs wear tights, the jitter is reduced after the muscles are wrapped, and the friction at the base of the thigh is much less. The pain of grinning after running for a long time is very torture.

Compression pants are based on leggings. First, more elastic fabrics such as spandex are used. The elasticity is much stronger than that of leggings, and the weight of different parts is different; in addition, a gradient knitting process is used in the knitting. Make a pair of trousers, the compression feeling brought by different parts is different. The measurement will use mmHg, heat map, etc., for example, the pressure on the calf is stronger when wearing, and the pressure on the ankle is weaker, which has a 'compression' effect. Such a progressive compression and decompression design can achieve what they say in the promotion to improve exercise performance, reduce lactic acid accumulation, help recovery, improve venous return, and so on.

3. Purpose

It's just normal middle-distance training, such as jogging within 15 kilometers, generally without compression pants, or it is recommended to wear it when recovering after running. Normal leggings are enough.

Compression pants completely crush the tights in terms of breathability and perspiration wicking and wrap-around feeling. After high-intensity and long-term exercise, the body feeling wearing compression pants will indeed be better than that of tights.

To relax and recover after exercise, wearing tight pants is basically useless, and wearing compression pants will indeed recover faster.

In addition, compression pants can also be used for medical purposes. For example, people who have not exercised for a long time after surgery and have symptoms of varicose veins can play a much better role than tights.