That's an intentional act, and it gets you locked in on the training task to come. You aren't just putting on a pair of jeans or sweats your donning ultra-tight material on your thighs and calves. Because something happens when you don a pair of compression tights. A 2021 study found potential performance benefits in wearing compress leggings, from supporting blood flow to helping with post-workout recovery.Īnd even if you don't believe in the physiological performance benefits of compression wear (which we can understand, since the scientific evidence still isn't indisputable), you just may reap benefits psychologically.

Plus, wearing a pair of compression tights might actually be able to help mitigate soreness.