She swore by compression gear as a means to increase oxygen blood flow to the muscles, helping them to recover faster.
After wearing compression sleeves over my calves following the Women’s Half Marathon later that month, I was a believer. I wasn’t sore and loved the snug fit of the sleeves.
I knew then that I wanted to try out compression shorts since my hamstrings and quads are often sore after long runs.
Thanks to the kind people at Aspaeris, I was able to try out the Aspaeris Pivot compression shorts and my belief in the benefits of compression clothing was further solidified.
The Aspaeris compression shorts are tight and thick, but comfortable. They don’t dig into my skin. They are snug, but don’t make me feel strangled.
According to Aspaeris, the shorts “offer a unique two-layer design. The top layer supports your muscles while the bottom layer guides you into position. Breakthrough, patent-pending compression bands are cross-knit into the fabric that creates muscle memory to help prevent ACL injury and improve your performance.”
Snug as a bug in a rug. 
The shorts come in a variety of colors including black, white, red and navy blue.
And now YOU have a chance to win a pair of Aspaeris Pivot compression shorts!
To enter this giveaway, simply comment below telling me about your greatest athletic achievement or a personal athletic goal you have for yourself in the future.
I will randomly select a winner on Monday morning.
Good luck!
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I have put myself on a schedule to run a half marathon this year!
One of my running goals is to run a half!
I just signed up for my first half marathon here in Boston, and I’m about to get into the longer distance runs. I’m sure these compression shorts would great in helping me along the way!
I have (my first!) two half marathons coming up (april 15th and may 6th! So excited!
My greatest achievement thus far is having worked my way to running 6 miles 🙂
I will be running a half marathon this year! So excited!!
I’ve run three half marathons and would love to run a full marathon.
My goal this year is to complete a half marathon on a trail! I’m shooting for June!
I am training for my very first marathon, The Kalamazoo Marathon, on May 6th!
My greatest accomplishment was running my first half marathon in December of 2011 even though I was injured and sick. My goal is to run my next half marathon in 2 hours!!
My goal is to run a half marathon! I attempted one time and it didn’t work out. One day it will happen, I am determined!!! 🙂
Running my 2nd half in 2 weeks! I’ve been curious about compression gear.
my goal is to run 3 halts this year I have been out with a hip knee injury so this would due great to see if it worked
The goal is to get a PR for a 5K and 10K this year after having had my third baby. First 5K after baby is coming up in a month!
my goal is to compete in a triatholon some day!
My goal is to incorporate more weight training into my exercise plan. I want to try to do it 2 or 3 days a week.
i’m training for a 25k in May! and one of my goals is to become a more confident swimmer so i give triathlons a shot!
My goal is to run a half marathon this summer.
I hope to run a half-marathon this upcoming fall!
My goal is to PR this year for a 1/2. Under 2 hours 🙂
Hey, PBF! My greatest athletic achievement actually came yesterday in the form of an 8-mile run! I have been reading your blog since October and you’ve convinced me to run a half marathon in April! As new runner training for the half, I’ve had my fair share of soreness and I’ve been interested in compression clothes ever since you sported those hot-pink calf sleeves!
I am also currently training for my first half marathon, May 6th! I am super excited and super nervous as I have never been ‘a runner’. My goal was to get past that mental block by just getting to two miles, which turned to three, then four and once I was running five I thought I needed a challenge! 😉
Right now, my goal is to finish marathon #2 in March! Just finishing is an accomplishment for me!!
My goal is to run a 10k this summer.
In the future I want to play college soccer and I want to begin running half marathons and hopefully complete a full marathon by the time I’m 25! 🙂
My athletic goal – to run a half marathon this year!
My personal athletic goal is to run my first half marathon in April! I am so excited!
I want to train for a half marathon in the future. I recently was given compression socks and love them. These shorts sound amazing!
I am getting fit and training for my first 5K in ten years. These shorts sound awesome and would be perrrrfect!
I’m training for a half marathon with myTeamTriumph-Wisconsin, and would love to try out compression short for my long runs and to help with recovery!
My greatest achievement is learning to ride a mountain unicycle. Now I need to learn how to hop with it!
My greatest achievement has been completing 7 Avon Walks for Breast Cancer. I have walked the entire 39.3 miles twice and 26.2 the other five times. This year I will be walking in Chicago and hope to complete the 39.3 miles again!!
Half Marathon on St. Pattys Day!!
I just got done with my 2nd Ragnar Relay yesterday and I would consider those my biggest accomplishments, mentally and physically! And I could REALLY use those shorts right about now, haha!
As a relatively new runner, I would love to run a half marathon this year! I’ve done a 5K, 10K and doing a 15K next weekend so a half will be next!!
My goal is to run the Army 10 Miler in under 90 minutes.
My goal is to run my second marathon in under 4 hours!
My goal is to be in the best shape of my life and drop my 2 mile time by 15 seconds!
My goal is to finish my first half marathon April 1st! whoooooooo 🙂
I have completed 1 marathon, 6 half marathons, 1 sprint triathlon, and swim 3 days a week. I am contemplating doing an Olympic distance triathlon.
I’m training for my first 5k 🙂
I’m not a runner, but I’d love to run a 10K someday (or maybe even a half) just to say I did. 🙂
I’m training for a 5k and a 4 miler! So happy and proud to call myself a runner!
I ran my first 5k last november, training to run another one and better my time. My goal is to run my first half marathon by the end of this year! I know I’ll need some compression clothing for that!
my next goal is running a 5k in under 23 minutes! (:
My goal is to fun my first 5K since I was 10!
my goal is to complete my first triathlon!
I won a breast cancer awareness 5K–it was a small race, but it was co-ed, so i was thrilled to beat the boys 🙂
my goals is to complete my first marathon and be injury-free during my training! almost every year i’ve had some knee/hamstring/leg issues during training and it’s held me back on what i’d like to accomplish. compression shorts may just be the thing that helps me stay strong and healthy during my runs!
One of my 2012 goals is a sub-2 hour half marathon!