I read in a advertisement (I forget what brand it was for.. Adidas, Castelli, etc) , anyways it raved how it had a certain level of compression fitting , and thus helped improve "recovery" after cycling. I've asked around, and I guess Skins has been making cycling apparel that helps aid muscles in recovering faster (by promoting increased blood flow into the area/region that has the piece of apparel around it/compressed).
Is this for real ?
Personally, I've found that firmer wearing(8-pannel shorts) tend to be good during colder weather(under 50 degrees) , in that it does keep me warmer. In the late spring/summer time where I live, it gets to 100- 110 degrees , and I use an older pair of Castelli Squadra bib shorts(but I cut off the leg grippers.. since they were cutting off my circulation ) , and they are very comfortable while riding (the short is like a 6-pannel.. but I have a great synthetic chamios system in there- Comfortemp. which is very comfortable). I personally find it favorable to give my booty a quality chamios , and at the same time let my legs be less constrained by having fabric compress them for extended periods of time.
Is comfort of cycling short more important, then potentially having the ability of a cycling short compress your muscles to possibly aid in slightly faster muscle recovery ?
Is this for real ?
Personally, I've found that firmer wearing(8-pannel shorts) tend to be good during colder weather(under 50 degrees) , in that it does keep me warmer. In the late spring/summer time where I live, it gets to 100- 110 degrees , and I use an older pair of Castelli Squadra bib shorts(but I cut off the leg grippers.. since they were cutting off my circulation ) , and they are very comfortable while riding (the short is like a 6-pannel.. but I have a great synthetic chamios system in there- Comfortemp. which is very comfortable). I personally find it favorable to give my booty a quality chamios , and at the same time let my legs be less constrained by having fabric compress them for extended periods of time.
Is comfort of cycling short more important, then potentially having the ability of a cycling short compress your muscles to possibly aid in slightly faster muscle recovery ?