Skiing and Compression Tights

gaffmaster

Hi there,

I have read that compression tights can reduce build up of lactic acid in the legs and increase your endurance.

Has anyone got hands on (legs on hoho) experience with compression tights while skiing? If so did you notice a difference when wearing them? Are they solely worn during recovery?

I usually wear a base layer on my legs anyway, and was wondering if compression tights are worth the extra money?

Do they work?

Cheers!

robinph

I have compressions tights, but I've not yet worn them for skiing. I have only used them for recovery after marathons or very long training runs or other races. I've only worn them a couple of times actually during races out in the open, and it's not something I'd care to inflict on the world too often if at all possible.

I am pretty sure that they do work for me for recovery though and I will be wearing them whilst skiing in January. I think they would be of use for during skiing, but I've not been convinced of their benefit during running, although that could be down to a fear of getting done for indecent exposure. Skiing is a very different leg action though to running and I think they may actually work better for skiing than for running.

Sparkyd2002

First time I skiid i suffered cruelly with the legs(Snow plough groannnn) Since then I always wear compression tights and never again had the same problems. Not sure if this was down to better technique after the intro year or the fact that I made sure i did my keepi uppie excercises religiously before my trips, or the compression tights, Prob a mixture of all 3 but i for one am not experimenting as they are part of the gear now and Im sticking with them :-)

Fattes

I use the Skin Compression leggins couldnt reccomend them enough for skiing in keep you plenty warm and really do work kn reducing Lactic acid build up.

gaffmaster

Thanks for the replies.

It seems unanimous that they are useful. So would these do a good enough job? They seem about half the price of the cheapest skins ones.

Cheers

robinph

Not sure that they are compression tights or not, might just be skin tight which isn't quite the same thing. The brand I have is 2XU and I got them from Wiggle.co.uk, you should pay close attention to the sizing charts for any of them though.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/2xu-compression-tights/

Fattes

The Nike Pro stuff is top quality and have used the top half as a base layer before and was very happy wiht the results.

You can prbably get them cheap in Kildare village to