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’m running my very first half marathon next month! I’m super nervous but I’ve been trying to stay really dedicated to my training, and I’ve been doing negative splits so far. And I’m up to nine miles on my long runs! That’s farther than I ever thought I’d be able to run, so I’m really proud just of how far I’ve come already. 🙂
My goal is just to be able to run double digit miles!
I am not a natural runner, and I have made it my goal to complete my first half marathon the day before my 25th birthday!
Greatest accomplishment was definitely in my senior year swimming and my final race. I put so much pressure on myself in the previous events about pace and times, that I said for this one, to just go all out and forget about any regrets. I dropped more time than i ever imagined and it was an awesome way to end my college swimming career!
I’m hoping to break the 100-minute mark for my half-marathon on the 17th of March! I’ve trained harder than I ever have before and I can’t wait to get out there on race day and put all the work to use 🙂
My achievement was to run a half marathon in under 10 minute miles. And I did!! Next up: sub 2 half! 🙂
running a half marathon after a knee injury!!
I’m training for a marathon in Denver…my first race higher than sea level! 🙂
My athletic goals would be to get back into running and try something new- I’ve signed up for a bar method class and I am excited!
I signed up and have been training for my first half-marathon at the end of April. That will definitely be my biggest achievement in running.
My greatest achievement thus far was training for and running a 1/2 marathon with two of my best friends! 🙂 Crossing the finish line holding hands together was amazing!
I’m running my first half marathon next month! These compression shorts would come in handy since I’m getting into my longer runs and tend to be pretty sore afterwards!
I want to run a relay race this year. I did it two years ago and it was the most fun running event I’ve ever done!
Hoping to qualify for Boston! These shorts would definitely help me along the way!!
I am in my second month of half marathon training and it’s tough!
My big goal for this year is to run my first full marathon this fall! Great giveaway!
Up until now I would’ve talked about highschool rugby… but I totally PR’ed at my half marathon (not amazing, but finally under 2 hours!)
My goal for this year is to run another half-marathon and to beat my time from my last one!
I ran my first 5k last year my goal was under 30 minutes and i did that. It was the biggest accomplishment in fitness that i have done. Next half marathon. I can’t wait!
This past January I ran my first marathon – Houston Marathon- and ive only been running for 2years!
My ultimate goal would be to run in the NYC marathon, but since I have a while to get there, my small easier goals would be to run a 5k, 10k, then a few half-marathons! These shorts look so awesome and since my quads and hamstrings usually are sore after a run, I’d really love to try them!
My goals is to complete my third half marathon this year!
My proudest moment was completing my first half marathon! I’m training for my second one now (if only my knee would cooperate…) and I hopefully can run a full in the future!
RUNNING MY FIRST HALF MARATHON IN JUNE!
My greatest athletic acheivement has been qualifying for The Boston Marathon!! I am looking forward to running it this year in April! Love the shorts!! 🙂
i’ve been trying to do more yoga recently to balance out my running – especially since i also get quite sore from long runs – and i’m working on mastering a headstand!
I really want to run my first half marathon in the fall. These shorts would be great for training!
Hi Julie,
Running makes me feel stronger, improves my confidence, and reinforces that my most important relationship is always going to be with myself. Running benefits nobody but the runner and demonstrates positive affirmation on a day to day basis.
I have been continuously running for quite a few years, but never challenged myself in a race. My goal is to run the Nike Women’s Half Marathon in Vancouver, BC, and I want to kick some serious butt!
I am dying to run a half marathon this spring!!!!!!!
Training for my first half marathon this fall!
My goal for this year is to balance training, life, and work while still being competitive in triathlons.
My first big achievement would have to be becoming a scholarship Division I athlete! And to keep at it for all 4 years is certainly something to be proud of. I also ran a half-marathon the other year and am running a 10 miler soon…so these compression shorts would be great to have!
Running my first half marathon back in May!
My goal is to run my first 5k next month! : )
My goal is to run a marathon… those shorts sure could help during the training!
I’d love to run a half marathon!
i have my first half marathon coming up!
I’m currently training for my first half marathon in April! I’m also hoping to run a full marathon at some point in my life just to say that I did it! 🙂
My goal is to make a DISNEY marathon my first marathon!!
i am currently in training for my first half marathon! 🙂 this will be a huge achievement for me. i’m so excited!
I just ran my first half marathon! that’s huge for me especially since I don’t even like to run that much I much rather cross train
I want to run for 40 minutes straight, no stops! Haha I just started to run this year and I can only do about 25 minutes right now 🙂
My goal is to run a 10K and a half marathon. I am signed up for both this year! 2012, watch out! 🙂
I’m hoping to complete a half Ironman one day!
greatest achievement to date: running my first marathon this past january & two weeks later followed with a half marathon PR. next accomplishment: marathon #2 in 3 weeks!
I’ve run 5 half marathons and I think I’d like to do a full…maybe!
I’m currently training for the Broad Street Run in Philadelphia and cannot get enough of running lately. I’m loving it! After my longer runs, I often thing about how good compression clothing would feel
I completed my first sprint tri last fall and I’m preparing for a 7mile race this St.Patricks day!!
My proudest athletic accomplishment was placing in State Championships for Swimming for three of my four years in high school. I was working so hard, swimming twice a day, five times a week, and the feeling of accomplishment after swimming my heart out in a sleek, Olympic size pool in an intensive, close race gave me such a high! I don’t swim as much as I used to, but I’ll never forget those extremely proud moments I had in high school.
Myhusband and I enjoy doing active things together and our goal right now is to get six packs 🙂 wish us luck!