How Sweat Wicking Garments Works

No matter how you call it, sweating, perspiration or transpiration, is about the loss of the salty fluid secreted by sweat glands in our skins depending on temperature regulations, and the evaporation of sweat from the skin surface has a cooling effect in the body due to the latent heat of the water evaporation.

Weather conditions are not the only way in which the body perspires, but it also due to individuals’ muscles heating up due to exertion when more sweat is produced in order to keep the body cool. Being a natural process, sweating occurs even by nervousness and nausea, and only decreased by cold, so when the sweat evaporates, our bodies become cooler.

However in some circumstances, including exercising, sport activities, or work requiring a particular effort, the body produces more perspiration that usual, the sweat cannot be dispersed at normal rates soaking the clothing, and clinging to you reducing your performance in whatever activity, you do.

Here is when the wearing of sweat wicking clothing comes in handy. Under Armour specializes in a line of moisture wicking microfiber clothing that pulls perspiration away from the skin keeping individuals cool, dry and light during their work, fitness or sporting practices.

Under Armour is the official supplier of MLB, MLS and the NHL specializing in sport-specific garments, but the company dresses worldwide consumers from head to toe with Cold Weather Hood and Team Sock, plus 5 well-defined product lines: ColdGear, LooseGear, TurfGear, AllseasonGear, and StreetGear. With this envision of the company covers every climate and condition an athlete may face year-round.

Most products are made from moisture-wicking and heat-dispersing fabrics, and the apparel is sold via printed catalogs, on the Internet, and in more than 5,000 retail locations in the worldwide.

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