Tennis Herve Leger Cheap star Serena Williams’s black, leather-look Catsuit may have seemed like an outrageous fashion statement when she wore it at last week’s US Open but it was designed to boost her playing power. PETA BEE examines the claims of other recent developments in high-performance clothes and footwear
IT MAY look skintight but Serena’s can stretch to up to five times its original size, enabling her to jump and lunge for the ball totally unrestricted. It has also been shown that athletes who wear Lycra-based compression shorts during training experience 30 per cent less muscle fatigue than those in normal Cheap Herve Leger gymwear.
Scientists are now developing a range of high-tech sportswear that can improve your game by helping you run faster or get fit quicker.
So, if the idea of squeezing into a Costume spiderman suit doesn’t take your fancy – and even Serena admits that if you don’t have a decent shape, this isn’t the best thing to wear – here’s some other smart sportswear.
FITNESS-BOOSTING RUNNING VESTS
Researchers at Loughborough University have developed a running vest that could help you get fit more quickly.
Dr Mike Caine and a team from the University’s Progressive Sports Technology Centre have invented the RespiVest. This is worn round the chest and trains breathing muscles to work more efficiently.

It has several elasticated loops which squeeze the chest to stop it expanding fully Herve Leger Pleated Dress B/W, forcing the lungs to work harder. “Athletes need to train their breathing muscles, ” Dr Caine says. “If they start to tire, it has a knock-on effect on the muscles in the legs and arms.”
POSTURE-IMPROVING TRAINERS
If you suffer from backache, the latest functional sports Spider costumes could help.

MBT trainers, GBP 106 (01273 273555), were developed by Swiss engineer Karl Muller who studied the walking postures of Kenyan tribes to discover how they avoided joint and back problems despite walking up to 50 miles a day. From his results, he invented a pair of trainers with a specially curved, super-thick sole that forces the postural muscles in the legs, bottom and pelvis Herve Leger Purple-Black Dress to work more effectively than when wearing normal shoes.
In the MBTs your joints are better supported so you walk (or run) in a taller and more upright manner.