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I have exciting news for all you runners and athletes out there, the wonderful Kari at Aspaeris has sent me a pair of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts to review!! Okay…that might not be that exciting for you, but the really exciting part is that one lucky reader will receive their own pair of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts courtesy of the wonderful folks at Aspaeris!!

According to the Aspaeris website:

Aspaeris Pivot Shorts™ are actually two pairs of shorts bonded together. The Outer Short is a high performance compression short designed to support your muscles. The Inner Short features our breakthrough, Dual Sensory Compression Bands™. These cross-knit bands guide your muscles into the proper position, thereby improving your pivot performance, which helps prevent ACL and hip injuries.

These shorts are designed to help prevent ACL injuries as well as hip injuries in female runners and athletes. This is because the shorts provide compression, which can help to prevent injury!

Being someone who always seems to find herself with an injury, I was extremely excited to give these shorts a try!  I received the Aspaeris Pivot Shorts in white (excuse my lack of pictures, my camera is currently in a suitcase that I don’t feel like unpacking at the moment!) The first thing I noticed is that they look extremely tiny. However, they are compression shorts and did fit rather well when I got them on! (I requested a size small…I normally wear a 2 or size 26 in jeans and dress pants).

I tested these shorts out while:

• Running….great on hamstrings!
• Walking….stayed cool even in 90 degree heat and not a cloud in the sky!
• Yoga ….felt amazing on the hips!
• After strenuous activity…awesome recovery tool for temperamental hamstrings!

They were comfy and did really well in the hot weather! I wore them underneath a pair of running shorts, but also believe I’d be more than comfortable wearing them by themselves with a long tank top. They stayed in place and didn’t ride up. They provided great support to my upper legs, which is awesome for someone who seems to be continuously plagued with hamstring pain as the result of a strain last summer. They also felt great on the hips, I seem to get occasional hip pain as the result of I-wish-I-knew-what!

Overall, I give these shorts two thumbs up and would definitely purchase another pair!

If you’d like to receive your own pair of Aspaeris Pivot Shorts, complete one or more of the following tasks for entries into the giveaway (be sure to comment below about all the tasks you’ve completed in order for your Twitter entries to count!). Up to 3 comments per person!

1. Leave a comment telling me why you need (or want) these compression shorts!
2. Follow me on twitter @blogitness.
3. Tweet about the giveaway! Be sure to link to it!

One winner will randomly be selected Friday morning!

Good luck and thanks again to the wonderful folks at Aspaeris!

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