Could compression clothing benefit your recovery?

If recovery is essential to better training, shouldn’t we all be wearing compression socks after a hard session, asks Stuart Clapp

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Train hard, recover and go again. We’ve seen the photos of the pros post-race in their compression clothing, but is this gear worth investing in for our own recovery after a hard day in the saddle?

After all, we’re hardly doing three-week stage races where recovery needs to happen, quite literally, overnight.

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