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Athletes have been frustrated by the onset of muscular fatigue for quite some time now. Muscular fatigue results in loss of power and efficiency and occurs as a result of the depletion of muscular glycogen, a lack of oxygen and an increase in muscle lactic acid (increase in hydrogen-ion concentration). Muscular fatigue occurs during brief intense exercise. However over an extended period of time by training without significant recovery from muscular fatigue you will experience accumulated muscular fatigue. And recovery from this is not just a few days to a week… so you may want to avoid that.

It is important to avoid muscular fatigue during training, especially accumulated muscular fatigue as this will affect your technique. (Look out for the “Perfect Execution” piece in a few days. This will give some insight into the importance of technique.)

Applying graded compression by using LineBreak Compression Garments to working muscles improves blood circulation which means that you will:

Improve your performance

Compression gets oxygen rich blood from your heart to your muscles faster. This means that they perform better. This also means that you get fresh blood into the muscle and thus getting nasty by-products out of them. (Yes – Lactic Acid. You may proceed.)

Recover Faster

Again, getting oxygen rich blood to tired muscles is the key. Like a massage, compression promotes better blood flow to traumatized muscles. Better blood flow means faster and more effective recovery to the muscle cells. It’s recommended they be worn for a couple of hours after exercise for maximum benefit.

Reduce your Risk of Injury

Picture a “Time-Warp” (New show on Discovery Channel – super-slow-mo video) of a runner’s foot striking the ground. Imagine the downward shockwave through the thigh followed by a reverberation as the quad bounces back up. All this violence causes the muscle fibres to tear. This is the natural degradation of muscles that lead to fatigue. Quite simply compression reduces the shock. This means less damage so you can go for longer and have less damage to recover from, thus avoiding accumulated fatigue.

Oh, and Linebreak Compression Garments also help regulate body temperature.

Need I say more?

Keep it tight!

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