I was just curious today, while attending the Pre Classic, there was a lot of Sprinters with round pieces of Kinesio tape on their forearms, and out parts of their biceps. Does anyone know what this does for them? And why they have it on there? There was multiple sprinters with them on.
It sells tape?
Gullible wrote:
It sells tape?
No different tHan breathe-rite and compression socks. Nothing scientific about it. The Newest Superstition.
Gimmicks
kinesthetic awareness coupled with helping the muscles get a more intense stretch reflex.
it either works and should be banned for being performance enhancing.
or
it doesn't work and should be banned for misleading people.
Which one of them has ran faster than Usain Bolt did without no tape?
If the sprinters are doing it, its probably a good idea that slower people start doing it too.
So they go faster when they run.
James J wrote:
I was just curious today, while attending the Pre Classic, there was a lot of Sprinters with round pieces of Kinesio tape on their forearms, and out parts of their biceps. Does anyone know what this does for them? And why they have it on there? There was multiple sprinters with them on.
They're using it to cover the steroid injection sites.
Nah, I'm just kidding. It's just a gimmick to make money off naive people.
Could it be a way to cover up tattoos AND get the manufacturers some publicity? I thought I read that the makers of K-tape have a deal with USATF.
Now all of Nike Oregon Project does the same thing...?
James J wrote:
I was just curious today, while attending the Pre Classic, there was a lot of Sprinters with round pieces of Kinesio tape on their forearms, and out parts of their biceps. Does anyone know what this does for them? And why they have it on there? There was multiple sprinters with them on.
Kinesio tape doesn't do a damn thing.