Comments on: Cardiff players to put on Superman clothes to beat Portsmouth in FA Cup Final

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:58:31 +0000

P.S. i’d like some samples too….

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:27:43 +0000

Is anyone doing a ‘live’ minute-by-minute commentary on the match?

By: Liviu Bird

Liviu Bird — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:23:26 +0000

“perhaps itâ€™s more common (and therefore more likely to be scientifically significant) than we thought earlier”

I always wear compression clothing or “second skin” clothing when I play. It’s just part of the game now.

By: Martin Ballantine

Martin Ballantine — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:41:06 +0000

For you, Ahmed, I’m sure Skins would be happy to. Send me your height/weight and chest size – with Skins, due to the technical nature of the product, the fit needs to be based on a body mass index algorithm. In other words, it isn’t just ’small’, ‘medium’ or ‘large’. Feel free to post here or email me!

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:22:08 +0000

Nice – Martin, how about arranging some samples for ‘consumer testing’?

By: Martin Ballantine

Martin Ballantine — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:23:15 +0000

Hi – I work for Skins here in the UK and originally sent the piece to Ahmed. He’s asked me to post a follow-up to the ‘update’. I’d like to pick up on players wearing tight under-tops or compression clothing â€“ because any kind of skin tight clothing will help prevent muscle tear full stop, but most clothing like that is based on compression being equally applied. In other words, the fabric comes out in one complete, circular, cut â€“ meaning the compression can only applied equally over the body/limbs/etc.

Where Skins differ is the fact that theyâ€™re based on gradient compression. This means that the fabric is comprised of individual panels stitched together which apply different levels of pressure to the appropriate body parts. So, for instance, in the long leggings, the compression on the calf is twice that of the thigh â€“ forcing blood back up to the heart. That has a direct, positive, physical pay-off.

As well as being recommended and endorse by the Australian Physiotherapy Association, many Aussie sports associations now insist on their athletes wearing these post-competition and on long-haul flights.

If youâ€™re talking a 2.7% improvement in power output for ionized shirts, well…hmm…Iâ€™d suggest that Skinsâ€™ 31% increase in actual physical blood flow sounds and is, a lot more impressive, surely?! Not that I want to stir things up!

By: John

John — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:59:33 +0000

Yes Ahmed, Skins are a large brand here in Australia.

Funny you posted this! I was at my physio yesterday, being the old rotting bastard that I am, getting some much needed treatment, and I popped the question around Skins, as he stocks them also.

Now the gist is this. Blood flows through the body, during physical exertion, especially highly intense, “lactic threshold” type exertion such as soccer, thus, we accumulate lactic acid in the working muscles.

When the blood flows down the body to the feet, the body exerts tremendous effort pushing the blood back up into the heart and then back down again in a cyclical fashion.

Skins, especially leg length types, help stimulate blood flow quicker than normal back around the body, thus helping flush out the lactic acid quicker..

Now here is the rub…you see many athletes wearing them like they are literally a “second skin”. But although they do work during physical exertion they should not been worn too regularly, as my physio has seen some clients do.

But yes, Skins are an Aussie brand, and are a great way to help enhance performance whilst training or playing at high intensities. Keeper Skool recommends!

By: Exeterexile

Exeterexile — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:23:09 +0000

Bit late – Pompey have been wearing the New Zealand ‘Cantebury’firms equivalent all season – with an exclusivity clause preventing any other Prem Teams from using it.