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 am training for my second half marathon this upcoming April!
It sounds like nothing for most people, but my greatest athletic achievement was finally reaching my goal of running for 30 minutes without a walk break yesterday! I’ve been working on it for months! I’d like to run a 5k this spring.
I’m training for my first half!
I hope to complete my second 10k!
i would like to try skiing. but i am afraid.
my goal is to make it to NCAA regionals meet in the 800 this year!
I would absolutely LOVE a pair of those shorts! I’ve been dying to try compression for so long but it’s just so expensive. My greatest athletic achievement was last weekend, I ran my first half marathon and sub 2-ed, which was my only goal! But oh my goodness my quads burned the next day – I definitely need to try compression shorts now I’ve signed up for my first marathon!
I’m running my first half in April! I have been looking to buy compression gear but always stop at the last minute because of the price. Great giveaway!
My greatest acheivments have been completing 2 marathons, and winning a Big Ten Championship in field hockey!!
My biggest achievement was running my first marathon back in December and qualifying for the Boston Marathon. I completely surprised myself!
Currently training for my first 1/2 marathon post baby!
I’m training for the Long Island Half Marathon in May with Team in Training! My first ever!
I would love to do a sprint triathlon! I have run half marathons before and really enjoyed them, but would like to venture out and try something different, and develop my biking and swimming skills!
I think I’ve seen those shorts on one other blog I read… they look really interesting! My biggest athletic accomplishment probably has to do with Ironman. I’ve crossed the finish line at 3 of them and I LOVE the sport. I had to take a little break after my last one in Sept 2010, but I’m coming back later this year. 🙂
My goal is to run a half marathon in the next year!
My greatest achievement is going to be completing my marathon at the end of April! I am currently training and some compression shorts would be wonderful to help with all the soreness!!
My goal is to finish the Nashville Country Music Half Marathon in April – my first one ever!!
my goal, as funny as this may sound, is just to be ABLE to run. i started couch 2 5k in the summer, but kind of stopped doing it. i just started back up again yesterday. i know i’ll never be someone who really enjoys running, but i’ll feel pretty accomplished when i can run a 5k.
My goal is to run my first half-marathon this year!
My greatest achievement was completing my first half marathon! Before I started training, I never thought I could do it!
I used to be overweight and in high school could not run a mile to save my life. This week, I ran over four – my furthest distance yet. And I am looking to increase that in years to come.
Heading to do a half marathon in the snow today, in Montana! My best is a 1:38 but since today is a post pregnancy half, I’m aiming for a 140 ish!
I’m signed up for my first half marathon this summer and would love some compression shorts to wear! I’m planning on signing up for a full marathon this fall too!
I have been having super sore hamstrings after my long runs and so I am hoping that compression shorts will help with recovery! My biggest goal is to run a PR in my upcoming half marathon in April!
I ran a 3 hr marathon!
I ran two half marathons last year and was on a roll until I got runners knee and had to stop running for 6 weeks. I have finally gotten back on my feet running with a different form to avoid injury. I’m excited to run my first half since my injury in a few weeks 🙂
My fiance and I have a pull up bar that I never use. I simply CANNOT do a pull up. My goal is to be able to 10 of those babies before June!
The first race I ever ran in was a full marathon. Since then I’ve run 4 full marathons and am currently training for my 5th.
My greatest achievement is getting a scholarship to play college soccer at SDSU. I have one more season to go and my goal in the future is to run a marathon 🙂
I completed my first marathon last year at this time in Virginia Beach. I had never been so proud of myself! It was an indescribable feeling crossing that finish line.
My greatest athletic achievement is definitely being able to run my first two half marathons within 4 weeks of each other! I’m currently training for my third half marathon in hopes of making it a sub 2 hour one!
My goal is to qualify for Boston!
I’m currently training for my first half marathon! It is in April – can’t wait!
I injured myself training for my last half-marathon so my goal is to run a half-marathon injury-free! I learned that running for fun means learning when to slow down and when to challenge yourself.
My greatest athletic achievement was finishing my first half-marathon in March 2011. Since I have run 5 half marathons and numerous other distance races. Would love to try compression clothing because I have heard great things!
I ran two half marathons this year for the first time. The second one was a 17 minute improvement over the first. My next goal is to run a full marathon either this fall or next Spring.
Run my first half-marathon within the next 5 years!
After running 2 marathons, I have discovered how important it is to wear the right clothes! The first marathon I wore a running skirt. The shorts underneath the skirt were unlike the compression shorts you have because they kept riding up and made for an unpleasant chafing experience!
I would really love to win the shorts for my friend who is my inspiration for keeping fit. She will be 58 yrs. old this year and does 2 marathons per year, many triathalons yearly and rides her bike summer and even winter when it’s not too cold. She never spoils herself with too many running items but I think she would love these. Thanks Julie, hope you are having a great weekend.
My fitness goal is to begin a program like C25K, to start learning to run. At my current weight, I’m not fit to run, but I have goal in mind, and am very excited to start. I love post’s like this, it’s helping me learn some on the do’s and don’t of running, and is helping to prepare me for when I start running. 🙂
I’ve ran two marathons (Chicago and Madison) and one half (Des Moines) and my goal is to *eventually* run a full or a half in every state. 🙂 It would also be awesome to qualify for Boston or another race but I’ll have to work on picking up my speed for that to happen :o)
My greatest athletic achievement was getting first team all state in high school for volleyball and going on to play in college. Right now my goal is to run a half marathon before I’m 25 ( I turn 24 later this year)
Ran my first 1/2 marathon last fall and now starting to set my sites on a full…scary!
My greatest athletic achievement was completing a marathon. I still don’t know how I did it! I felt such a sense of accomplishment at the end, all my hard work had paid off!
Years ago when I ran a 10k race. It doesn’t seem like much, but I didn’t like running and I did it to prove I could. 🙂 I am still running now!
I’ll be running the Disney Princess Half Marathon tomorrow so these would be perfect for me!!
I’m a new runner and I’m planning to run my FIRST race next weekend! I’m registered for the Gasparilla 5+3K next Sunday and I’m nervous but super excited!
My greatest athletic achievement is running a 1:31 half marathon… never thought I could run that fast! My goal is now to get that under 1:30. 🙂
My goal is to finally conquer my persistent shin splints and run a 5k.
I am currently training for my first half marathon in April which is my fitness goal 🙂 My hamstrings and quads are always sore after long runs. Compression shorts would be great!!!