If you’re an athlete, you’re constantly looking for ways to up your game to make bigger gains. While you’ve probably changed your nutritional and training habits, have you considered changing your ...

Part sports bra, part crop top, this compression crop top will hold your boobs in place no matter what type of workout you put it through. The Wolaco Walker Crop ($74) is, however, perfect. It’s made ...

The PoloTech shirt is a compression top, meaning it hugs and pulls at your body to promote circulation and make you look ripped -- if you're actually ripped in real life, at least. Because of that, ...

Two Indiana University studies examined the influence of compression garments on athletic performance and both found little influence: Abigail Laymon, researcher in the Department of Kinesiology, is ...

A new study questions the supposed benefit of compression clothing for athletes. Many athletes swear by expensive compression shorts, socks, tights, and other garments. These tight-fitting items are ...

Researchers have examined whether compression garments for the lower legs and upper thighs influenced athletic performance and found little effect. Two Indiana University studies examined the ...

If athletic events were accessorized with coffee, comfy pajamas, and a particular knack for sedentariness, well, we'd be champs. Alas, sports are more typically characterized by movement which, we're ...

Manufacturers claim compression clothes improve athletic performance, but there is little scientific evidence to back that up. This story first aired March 30 on Morning Edition. Compression clothing ...

Two new studies from researchers at Indiana University suggest that the new fad of athletes wearing compression clothing to enhance performance may be little more than that, a fad. In two separate ...