"Compression" tops.....

[john0]

Maybe your moobs have grown a bit since you bought the top and now need a bigger size.

 

[patricks148]

The ones i had where when still played Cricket, and those were supposed to keep you cool, always roasted in them TBH. They were given to everyone in the team by one of the Equipment sponsors. wore them for golf a couple of times but you roasted in them then as well.

I do have a couple of Lycra polo necks i got from Aldi and they are great.

 

[NST]

does anybody else feel like they are in a straight jacket wearing them????

Yesterday, compression top, shirt, jumper, waterproof jacket.
No wonder I was swinging like a mad axe murderer...


Maybe I'm just looking for excuses???

Were you fitted for it?

 

[Jay1]

I love them in winter, and even when it warms up a bit until it's t-shirt only temps. I've got a couple of thin Nike ones and a couple of thicker Under Armour. Both are excellent. Yes they are tight but I don't find them at all restrictive, can only think that if you find them restrictive you may have a size too small.

 

[ruff-driver]

You may require something less restrictive

http://vic-dustrael.deviantart.com/art/Men-s-Straight-Jacket-Corset-Back-335594856

 

[Val]

I have a couple of "Skins" ones and they are superb, not restrictive at all. As suggested already maybe you have the wrong size, too small.

 

[Break90]

Wore them this winter for the first time, I've got a skin tight UA one and a looser one as well. Both keep me warm and dont feel restricted as usually only wear a jumper over the top. Better than wearing a vest, polo, jumper, windproof top IMO

 

[North Mimms]

We women are used to playing wearing a bra, so adapt better to wearing compression tops than men!

 

[patricks148]

We women are used to playing wearing a bra, so adapt better to wearing compression tops than men!

There you go Smiffy, your answer.... you need a bra under it

 

[KhalJimbo]

does anybody else feel like they are in a straight jacket wearing them????

Yesterday, compression top, shirt, jumper, waterproof jacket.
No wonder I was swinging like a mad axe murderer...


Maybe I'm just looking for excuses???

I wear one and don't feel very restricted in it at all, I use it for mountain biking in the winter to keep me warmer. So treat it more as a thermal layer, keeps cool when I get hot and warm when its cold, I feel quite comfortable in it. I am busy getting Physio for my shoulder from a mountain bike crash I had and I feel having the compression across my chest\upper back actually helps a lot for the pain too.

 

[Foxholer]

does anybody else feel like they are in a straight jacket wearing them????

Yesterday, compression top, shirt, jumper, waterproof jacket.
No wonder I was swinging like a mad axe murderer...


Maybe I'm just looking for excuses???

That's certainly too many layers for playing Golf! A standard 'base layer' feels less like straight-jacket. The waterproof top should eliminate the wind chill, so certainly no need for the jumper, and maybe not even the shirt - though that does add warmth without much bulk. If more is required, a natural-fabric mock, replacing the shirt, is best imo.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

That's certainly too many layers for playing Golf!

It isn't... on Saturday I had a base layer, a tee shirt, a jumper and a waterproof jacket on, and still managed to knock it around in 9 under my handicap :whoo:

 

[Foxholer]

It isn't... on Saturday I had a base layer, a tee shirt, a jumper and a waterproof jacket on, and still managed to knock it around in 9 under my handicap :whoo:

Think of how many more under your handicap you'd have played if you weren't hampered by so many layers! :rofl:

Though maybe that excess padding actually helped an otherwise too jerky/quick swing! Monty lost his swing when he lost 5 stone and I know a couple of low-cappers who did the same. Their previous bulk smoothed their swing out!

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Think of how many more under your handicap you'd have played if you weren't hampered by so many layers! :rofl:

Though maybe that excess padding actually helped an otherwise too jerky/quick swing! Monty lost his swing when he lost 5 stone and I know a couple of low-cappers who did the same. Their previous bulk smoothed their swing out!

You're right, I could have broken 80 if I was wearing just a tee shirt

Karl Petterson lost his swing when he lost weight, but conversely I'm playing much better since I got rid of my beer gut.

I couldn't really have played much worse though :rofl:

 

[Smiffy]

It isn't... on Saturday I had a base layer, a tee shirt, a jumper and a waterproof jacket on, and still managed to knock it around in 9 under my handicap :whoo:

Well it certainly proves your handicap is too high if nothing else

 

[mashleyR7]

I waer compressions tops all the time, for golf, running, football and sometimes while just out for a walk. If you've got the correct size it should be tight but not too restrictive. Cheaper ones seem to be poorer quality and loose there compression pretty soon.

 

[Oddsocks]

does anybody else feel like they are in a straight jacket wearing them????

Yesterday, compression top, shirt, jumper, waterproof jacket.
No wonder I was swinging like a mad axe murderer...


Maybe I'm just looking for excuses???

If I'm wearing a waterproof the jumper has to go.

 

[Rooter]

4 layers as per above is my limit for free moevement, and when i say a jumper, i mean a thin one and a thin rain jacket. Long johns are still out down here, i was not born for this climate!!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Yep still wearing compression long johns as well - great for circulation also

 

[USER1999]

I don't know why I am reading this thread. I have no interest in discussing men's under garments. It puts horrible images in my head, which I don't want.