Les t-shirt de compression offer real advantages in running and are no gimmick. Nor are they reserved for elite competitors — they can bring genuine, undeniable benefits to everyone, and you'll feel them pretty quickly.
Better muscle support with a compression t-shirt
Whether for tops or bottoms, the most technically advanced garments are designed to provide enhanced muscle support. This is the case with compression t-shirts which, through shapes and seams that perfectly follow the body's contours, support your muscles. Kept in place during exercise, muscles "vibrate" far less and you use less energy.
That said, core strengthening exercises are still worthwhile for improving muscle control, but your muscles will move in a less disorderly and random way. You reduce parasitic movement and, in endurance activities, over the kilometres you avoid significant energy losses.
Improved microcirculation
Muscle compression effectively improves microcirculation in the upper layers of the muscle. Not only does this ensure better muscle oxygenation, but it also delivers more efficient venous return.
The primary benefits of muscle oxygenation are felt directly in its output — meaning you improve your performance.
When it comes to venous return, improving it ensures a better capacity to recover after exercise.
Wearing your compression t-shirt during and after exercise will provide a significant saving in recovery time — estimated at around 25% less recovery time, with a more effective recovery overall.
Finally, improved microcirculation means your VO2 max will be higher and your anaerobic threshold greater.
Wearing a compression t-shirt won't automatically make you a champion — but it does deliver appreciable "marginal gains" that you'll feel more and more with each session.
Greater comfort
Wearing a compression t-shirt gives you an undeniable boost in comfort. It moulds perfectly to your body, allowing a wide range of movement.
It also reduces the risk of chafing and irritation. Finally, unlike cotton, modern fibres wick moisture away quickly, offering far greater comfort and avoiding that unpleasant sticky, damp feeling against the skin when you sweat.
Today, compression t-shirts can be worn for body training, fitness, cardio training, trail and running in general, and for all running activities. In most cases, these garments are soft and lightweight, delivering a "second skin" feel thanks to seamless constructions that reduce areas of friction.
Furthermore, the highly breathable weave and quality fibres used to make a compression shirt place it firmly in the category of high-tech textile products.
In CimAlp's range of trail products, these t-shirts are made with technical fabrics to satisfy the most demanding runners. Developed with, among other technologies, COMPRESSION 3D-Flex® technology — which provides excellent muscle support under the pectorals and improves posture through its Body Mapping construction — CimAlp running t-shirts meet every quality expectation for such products.
Stop hesitating and choose a compression t-shirt for running — it's a guarantee of comfort and better recovery, all while optimising your performance!
