Tips on Caring For Athletic Clothing

Introduction

If you feel tired, exhausted after a hard practice or an event, have you ever thought that clothing athletic like you wear can make a lot of difference on how you feel and perform? There are many factors, such as fabric, design, fittings and many others that can really make a lot of difference on a workout or an event.

Step 1

The Right Fabric

There is one type of clothing athletic activists will loves to wear on a sunny day is breathable synthetic fabric. It pulls the sweat away from the skin. These breathable synthetic fabrics help to evaporate the sweat quickly by collecting latent heat from both the body and the fabric and thus keeps the body cool, more the athlete sweats more cool and relaxed he feels. The fabrics which are made with “polypropylene” contain this property of wicking. The SUPPLEX and COOLMAX brands are good choice for fabrics with polypropylene.

Cotton is also good clothing athletic can wear when the heat is not so intense. Although they absorb the sweat out of the athlete’s body but cannot pull away it from your body like breathable synthetic fabrics. This property of cotton makes clothes wet and heavy when you exercise.

There are few other types of fabrics that are unsuitable in tropical climates, are made from plastic based or rubber based material. These fabrics do not allow the sweat to evaporate and keep the body temperature high and confined during a workout—only very useful in extreme cold condition.

The Right Fit

The clothing athletic performers should wear must be fit to their body as per the need of the game.

The clothes should be loose and comfortable. But a biker should avoid loose pant or wide leg.

Yoga, gymnastic and some other events demand fitted, stretchy fabrics.

Change with the Season
In hot weather during the summer months prefer to wear fabrics that allow your skin to wick sweat away and breathe.

Comfortable and Cool clothes allow free movements.

During the cold season wear something that will keep your body warm and at the same allow you to move freely. It must be light and insulated.

So, from the above we may conclude that the perfect clothing athletic performers should choose for enhanced performance must have the following properties:

It should be light in weight and at the same time durable.

It must have moisture management characteristics with ability to evaporate.

Breathable fabrics are recommended in humid temperature—it keeps the athlete’s body cool.

To be used as a jersey it should be consistent in type of manufacture, quality and nature.

It should be stain resistant.

Tips

The most widely used fabric in today’s sportswear is polyester. Even few years ago it was considered as uncomfortable as too sticky and uncomfortable. Cotton was preferred by many but it failed to pull away the sweat from the athlete’s body like breathable fabrics and easily becomes wet and heavy. Modern polyester clothing athletes prefer have the comfort of cotton and at the same time have the durability of synthetic fabrics. They are double knit, poly cotton, mesh, dazzle fabrics and air knits.

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