All about warm-up ski suits
Warm-up ski suits must simultaneously provide comfort, safety and ease of movement during training. Let's consider the features of women's and men's suits for cross-country skiing, give a rating of sports models, and also help you choose a warmed winter ski suit.
Description
Warm-up ski suits are sets of sports equipment that share some common characteristics. This range includes products such as trousers with straps, with a jacket, jogging and walking suits.
The ski warm-up suit is considered a variation of this equipment.
It is used by professionals exclusively for training purposes, amateurs prefer such kits due to the relative freedom of movement and the ability to adapt to any weather conditions.
This type of sportswear has become the subject of preference for many due to its advantages and features. - it does not hold down movements, does not allow you to get wet when falling, has minimal resistance to air currents when moving, and also does not let them pass to a heated body. You do not overheat in it, but you do not freeze either.
Varieties
Each of the types of sports equipment has its own purpose.
-
Walking designed for tourists, it is looser in cut, better insulated when compared with clothing for professional sports.
- Sports made of durable polymer materials. To generate heat, the skier has enough of his own energy, and only at very low temperatures, thermal underwear is put on under it.
- Appointment of a ski suit used for warm-up, - protection from cold, wind and moisture, heat retention during training, moisture evaporation and impermeability to external precipitation.
For sports and training, only special equipment should be used.
- The set for cross-country skiing is certainly three-layer, it consists of inner, membrane and windproof layers. The rider's suit may differ in materials of manufacture, cut or component parts. The overalls are recommended for those who ski professionally, for those who run at the amateur level they are recommended to choose suit options.
- Sports racing jumpsuit - Slim and tight, it is used in training only in warm weather. It does not protect well from the wind, so windproof thermal underwear is pushed under it. Amateurs and professionals are not recommended to use such equipment at low temperatures.
- Insulated, from several layersmade of high-tech materials and with additional design features (for example, microscopic pores in the armpits, pants and jacket made of different fabrics, zipper in self-dumping pants).
Recommended for both amateurs and professionals when it comes to long, but not very tiring workouts.
Suits can be differentiated into male and female, and, despite incompetent claims in some sources that they differ only in brighter colors, there are other significant details - for example, design features, height and size range. If it is necessary to ensure a snug fit to the body, it is the cut and elasticity of the material that are among the priorities.
White is excluded from the range of colors - bright colors prevail. This is due to the need to highlight a person in the snow if something unexpected happens.
Top brands
The rating certainly includes the Italian company Colmar. Her Authentic and Winner collections are recommended for beginners and amateurs. The famous brand's product line also includes Colmar Stream for the free-ride series. The cost of these products is high, but at the end of the season, some of them can be seen on sales, and they can be purchased at a significant discount.
Descente is positioned as a brand that produces the most functional clothing. Inserts, flaps, adjusters, zippers, patch pockets - all this facilitates the hard work of the sports enthusiast and is liked by professionals.
Stayer is another top-ranked leader, recognized for its exclusive fabrics, finishes and accessories., thoughtful hi-tech cut and details for added safety. The brands Poivre Blanc, Bogner, Volkl, Killy deserve close attention. Here you can pay attention not to the brand, but to the features and quality of tailoring of conscientious, but not too advertised manufacturers.
Nuances of choice
You can choose a warm-up suit, and any other suit for skiing, taking into account several important points:
-
what kind of species a person intends to do;
-
pay attention to the waterproof index and the availability of additional devices to ensure it - gluing seams, accessories, material of manufacture;
-
a brand with a high reputation and affordable prices;
-
bright colors;
-
the ability to retain heat and remove moisture;
-
matching the height and size of the skier.
Tips from professionals - pay attention not only to the suit for skiing, but also to the rest of the equipment - thermal underwear, socks, a hat, a buff, ski boot covers. All this is an indispensable condition for the safety of the athlete.
Ideally, he should have several options for equipment - for different purposes and whims of the weather, which are unpredictable and can be unbearable.