Thursday 6 September 2012

Testing the SUB RX


The SUB RX compression baselayer is one of our newest garments. We believe the RX is up there with the best compression garments on the market, but before we could release it, we wanted to make sure that it had the best levels of graduated compression. We went down to Progressive Sports Technologies to see if they could test it out.


Progressive Sports Technologies, based at Loughborough University, have some of the world’s leading sports scientists who have worked with some big name brands.

To test the RX, they carried out the Hosy compression test using British standardised leg forms and human participants with varied leg size. The results gave a mmHg (mercury millimetre) compression rating which shows how much compression is applied to certain points on the leg form. Ideally the rating needs to be higher at the extremities, then gradually decreasing back towards the heart.
The results show that the RX consistently provides the optimum amount of graduated compression in order to accelerate blood flow to and from the heart, keep muscles supported and to ensure you perform for that little bit longer.

1 comment:

  1. We've only just discovered your kit and been using it for about a month now and we're eell impressed.
    We've posted a review here - http://www.mudandroutes.com/archives/reviews/sub-rx-sports-compression-leggings-and-shorts-baselayers

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