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Stretching and warming up before undertaking any exercise is actually important in a number of ways. For one, it prepares you psychologically for the task ahead. But most importantly, it raises your body temperature, increases your heart-rate and, at the same time, it enhances the circulation of blood in your muscles, ligaments and tendons. That said, how can you prepare your body before engaging in any exercise? Psychological Preparation After you've collected all the appropriate gear for your workout routine, your next step should be to prepare yourself for the...

Shin splints is a term that refers to the pain that arises in the shins - the front of the lower legs. Shin splints, medically referred as medial tibial stress syndrome is basically an inflammation of the muscles, bone, tendons and tissues around your shinbone or tibia. The pain which is usually felt along the shinbone from the knee and ankle is caused due to strenuous activity, more commonly in stop- start sports such as tennis, squash or basketball and generally occurs in athletes, dancers or aggressive walkers. However, learning...

Compression sleeves have lately been seen all over the sporting industry. Whether it’s professional athletes on the court or field, serious marathon runners on the streets, or casual fitness enthusiasts at the gym, it seems like everyone is now wearing compression sleeves. However, for those who are not as familiar with compression gear, they may be wondering why exactly some people are opting to wear them. Here is a further look into arm compression sleeves and the multitude of benefits they have for athletes. Proper Circulation For some athletes, having...

Photo courtesy Flowingdata.com & Nathan Yau Do you wonder what are the most popular running routes in the major cities? With the advent of gps basedapps and cloud computing, it is now possible to see which routes are used most often. Lots of people jog in places they consider lovely, however these running maps look even more like masterpieces themselves in their own right. Statistician Nathan Yau, Ph.D., at FlowingData tested public information records from exercise app RunKeeper to map where individuals run in 22 cities throughout America, Canada and...

Want to train harder and recover faster? You need to get the competitive edge in your training and recovery - legitimately. Here is a new video that explains how our calf compression sleeves can help you perform better. [youtube video="HwdrU8IaXGU"]

Calf compression sleeves are essentially tightened pieces of special compression clothing that go around your leg to protect the muscles and the skin around your calf. They compress around your leg to aid in recovery and durability in the leg. Warm up safely & quickly During training wearing a calf sleeve increases durability and the ability to warm up quickly as well creating protection to the leg itself. By increasing blood flow to the area due to heat and compression a warmup will go much more quickly as the body...