Python has created a new line of fitness clothing aimed at providing support, compression and recovery properties. Python Performance is a British sportswear company. It has worked with sportswear designers and exercise physiologists to develop garments that combine the benefits of technologies such as compression, joint support and kinesiology tape. The fitness clothing is based on the proprioceptive principles of a kinesiology tape.

Leggings and tops include an innovative fabric weaving technology that delivers pinpoint heat and cooling, pinpoint compression and supportive joint stabilisation so the wearer gets support where they need it most. The garments provides support and stabilisation to joints.

Proprioceptive support is achieved through the Lycra-backed strips, which are based on the principles of kinesiology tape but without the need to apply the tape each time. Stabilisation technology is designed to help target injury prone points to avoid pain and aid performance. In addition, optimised muscle activation is achieved through pinpoint heat and cooling properties, allowing for heat dissipation and retention in the right places.

With kinesiology tape, athletes need a trained expert to put it on, whereas with the Python Performance clothes, they don’t, and they can feel the compression straight away. Warm up happens faster than usual, which helps with injury prevention.