Looking to get a pair of compression socks for those long drives to races. I have heard that you can just get a pair of medical (varicose vein) socks from the drug store. It looks like the are rated by mm Hg. Anybody have an idea of what rating I should get?
Thanks
I like the 25-35 compression. They’re tough to get on but feel good. I wear them for recovery too.
Thanks much!
8-15mmHg for racing, 25-30mmHg for recovery
Check out Ameswalker.com. I get the coolmax 25-30 socks for ~$15 and you can usually find a coupon for free shipping.
Zensa are great. Not sure what pressure they are but I do know they use a graduated pressure. Highest around the ankle and gradually less up over the calf. I love mine. I hear they are the best sellers so they must be good ones
I like the 25-35 compression. They’re tough to get on but feel good. I wear them for recovery too.
Recovery is the ONLY place that studies have shown compression clothing to give any kind of advantage. Anything else is just placebo.
John
I like the 25-35 compression. They’re tough to get on but feel good. I wear them for recovery too.
Recovery is the ONLY place that studies have shown compression clothing to give any kind of advantage. Anything else is just placebo.
John
Is that strictly recovery following a race/training with no aids compared with outcome when used during both race and recovery?
I like the 25-35 compression. They’re tough to get on but feel good. I wear them for recovery too.
Recovery is the ONLY place that studies have shown compression clothing to give any kind of advantage. Anything else is just placebo.
John
Is that strictly recovery following a race/training with no aids compared with outcome when used during both race and recovery?
Oh, god…seriously?
They’ve studied it during exercise and post exercise, but no, I haven’t seen anything where they studied it during and post in the same session.
There’s more kool-aid in the back for you.
John
I have no idea what on Earth brought that on. It seemed to me like a perfectly reasonable question about the methodology of studies which apparently allow you to make sweeping statements like "Recovery is the ONLY place that studies have shown compression clothing to give any kind of advantage. Anything else is just placebo. "
Gotta chime in here because I have noticed polarized thinking on an increasing number of topics (e.g., compression ice-baths, stretching, optimal fueling, beet-juice, etc.). Yes, more information is always better, and the scientific method striving for results is most-certainly a good thing, but when it comes to training/racing, I really have come to see in myself that is completely a balance of art and science. I think that on a lot of these topics the answer is highly individual and often grey, not black and white like lot of the debate would suggest. I would say that if financial and/or time resources are not a limiter, experiment with these types of things and do what allows you to adapt as much as possible and race as fast as possible. Once there are outside limiters (e.g., money and time) then maybe start prioritizing based on lab-findings.
For instance, I find my legs feel much better after wearing compression socks but I actually feel like they limit circulation during racing so I wear them for recovery. I find that ice-baths only make me stiff, but targeted icing of sore spots works great, but only fro 20 minutes a day, any more seems to make no difference. Static stretching before a workout is a disaster for me, but if I didn’t stretch certain areas (hip flexors, glutes, groin, calves…yup, static style too) after workouts I would always be injured. So, the point of my rant is do what works for you. Placebo or not, there are so many variables at play with how your body responds to training and races, and when these variables interplay with each other, on top of the complexity of human physiology, lab findings are just that; lab findings.
I prefer 30-40 but they aren’t all that expensive if you wanted to try a few out. Make sure they are graduated in their compression.