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Monday, 20 February 2012 00:00
Week Seven - Men in Tights!
Yes that’s right, I wear tights and next week there will be a picture to prove it!! But not as some sort of weird fetish thing, but something called Linebreak ‘compression clothing’ which is a lycra type clothing scientifically proven to increase performance and also aid recovery (I wear the compression tights as a recovery aid and the shorts and top for whilst training). From my professional sport days, we made all the players wear these for training and also as a recovery tool (they also keep you really warm when running in the cold!). You won’t see it on the TV when watching a player interview but many of them will wear these under their clothes as part of the recovering process!
As it’s time to kick on with my training and start getting the results, I need to focus as much time as possible on recovering as quickly as possible and the Linebreak Compression clothing is a great starting point. As mentioned ideal for keeping warm when training, but also improving performance whilst exercising and speeding up recovery. If you want to find out more about this, how it works and the science behind it, go to http://www.linebreak.co.uk .We don’t often recommend products but we can recommend these!! If you enter code WC12 you’ll get a huge 30% discount, even off their special offer stock – compliments of Healthy Performance!
I’ll be adding in some of the training tips I know work and make a difference however as mentioned right at the start of the diary, please don’t try some of the exercise I’ll be doing over the next 6-8 weeks! My aerobic capacity is starting to improve and I’m noticing this when running however when I went out for a run with my wife (who naturally has an amazing aerobic capacity without really trying – annoying I know!) she managed to talk for the whole run when I was answering with a quick yes or no!!