Let's take a woman's perspective and see how she exercises in a day. In the morning, when you get up, put on a sports vest and go to the gym or go for a morning run outdoors. At noon, you will do some stretching to ensure that you wake up from your sleepiness. At night, there are strength-based, high-intensity sports like CrossFit waiting for you from time to time. Obviously, this is a daily routine for women who love sports. In such a scenario, the more frequently you come into contact with sports, the greater the demand for sports vests, and the higher the functional requirements for sports vests.
What are the characteristics of ordinary sports vests?
The material is relatively light: ordinary sports vests generally use synthetic materials such as polyester fiber and spandex, which are relatively light in weight and have certain moisture absorption and perspiration functions.
Basic design support: Ordinary sports vests are designed for low-intensity sports, such as yoga, plank support, etc., and its design can provide mild fixation and shockproof functions.
Style and price: Although the colors and patterns of ordinary sports vests are relatively rich, the style design is generally relatively simple, and most of them adopt a fully wrapped compression structure. Prices generally tend to be low, catering to the consumption of the low-end market.
What are the pain points of ordinary sports vests?
Insufficient support: During medium and high-intensity exercise, the chest shakes significantly, which is very easy to affect the exercise experience. If you are in an uncomfortable state for a long time, it is easy to cause health problems. In addition, ordinary sports bras lack the multi-level support design of professional sports bras.
Poor breathability and sweat absorption: Most ordinary sports vests are made of cheap materials, which are easy to stick to the skin after sweating, and the feeling of stuffiness is very obvious. Especially in high-intensity exercise scenes, it cannot meet the requirements of moisture absorption and sweating. Moreover, the friction between the seams of the fabric and the skin will cause redness, swelling and pain of the skin.
Size adaptation problem: Some sports vests cannot accurately match the difference between the chest circumference and the cup size, resulting in chest compression or empty cups during exercise. If the hem is too loose, it is easy to slide up, and if it is too tight, it is easy to squeeze out fat.
Poor durability: Due to fabric problems, ordinary sports vests will encounter problems such as deformation, pilling, and weakened elasticity after multiple washes, and can no longer meet the functional requirements of sports. Labels and seams are prone to cracking, affecting the wearing experience.
Design defects: Some shoulder strap designs, especially thin shoulder straps, are easy to slip off during exercise, and multiple adjustments are required, which affects the experience of exercise. The buckle design on the back will hurt the back during certain movements. Problems such as the displacement of the built-in chest pad will affect the comfort of exercise. The design of some sports vests is easy to expose the side breasts.
Function and beauty are difficult to balance: Some styles of ordinary sports vests, while meeting the support needs, are often bulky and rigid in design, lacking beauty and fashion.
What are the characteristics of high-intensity sports vests?
Strengthening of support structure: Many high-intensity sports vests on the market now use independent cups, seamless molding and other technologies to fit the chest curve, disperse pressure, and reduce horizontal or vertical shaking of the chest. Widen the shoulder straps and thicken the lower part to avoid shoulder strangulation and prevent the vest from sliding up during exercise.
Technological fabrics and crafts: High-intensity sports vests generally use highly elastic and quick-drying fabrics, and integrate certain fabric technologies such as Coolmax to make moisture absorption and perspiration more powerful. Antibacterial and deodorizing technology is now also used in the field of high-intensity sports vests to inhibit the breeding of bacteria in sweat and protect skin health.
Ergonomic design: High-intensity sports vests generally use ergonomic designs such as cross-back and hollowing to enhance heat dissipation. Balance support and flexible movement for the pressure of chest, back, and flank partitions. Reduce friction at the seams and improve the comfort of exercise.
How does a high-intensity sports vest improve sports performance?
Reduce energy loss and improve movement efficiency: During high-intensity exercise, excessive shaking of the chest will force the shoulder and back muscles, such as the trapezius and rhomboid muscles, to compensate for the force to maintain stability, resulting in energy waste. The design of a professional high-intensity sports vest can reduce more than 80% of chest displacement, allowing the core muscles to focus more on the target movement and improve the accuracy of the movement. Ordinary vests with too tight lower bands may compress the ribs and restrict diaphragm activity. High-intensity vests use elastic gradient design to ensure smooth breathing during exercise and maintain oxygen supply efficiency.
Delay fatigue and extend exercise time: By reducing the friction between the fabric and the skin, the skin is prevented from becoming red and swollen, and the probability of stopping exercise due to pain or discomfort is reduced. During exercise, there is no need to frequently manually adjust the sports vest, which further helps to extend the exercise time and improve the exercise effect. High-intensity sports vests made of cool technology fabrics can lower the body surface temperature more than ordinary sports vests, delay the increase in heart rate and dehydration in high temperature environments.
Reduce the risk of sports injuries: Severe shaking of the chest can cause the Cooper ligament to stretch or even break, which may cause sagging in the long run. High-intensity sports vests can greatly reduce the pressure on the ligaments, reducing the risk of injury from the source. Some designs use the linkage between the back cross belt and the abdominal pressure belt to assist in maintaining the neutral position of the spine and reduce lumbar muscle strain caused by trunk shaking.
Enhance sports confidence: High-intensity sports vests eliminate worries during sports, allowing people to fully devote themselves to the sports themselves, eliminating embarrassment and anxiety. Through the design, visual power is transmitted, psychological hints are stimulated, and the state of training and competition is improved.
Conclusion and suggestions
When choosing sports with relatively low intensity, such as yoga, Pilates and other projects, ordinary sports vests can cover some of the needs of such sports. But when the intensity is increased to a certain level, such as sprinting, ball games, fighting and other projects, ordinary sports vests no longer have strong functional help and are easy to affect the state of sports performance.
Choosing a high-intensity sports vest is a very critical and necessary thing in the field of high-intensity sports. High-intensity sports vests can not only cover various scenes of high, medium and light sports, but also have an irreplaceable role in protecting the human body and improving sports performance.
For women who have their own sports pursuits, high-intensity sports vests are not only important "functional equipment", but also a "weapon" in long-term health management. Its value far exceeds basic protection. Especially for the competitive field, the difference in equipment has an impact on performance, which is often decisive.
For female sports groups, high-intensity sports vests play an important role in their sports career.