Your base layer could be doing more for you.

Everyone needs a good base layer. A pair of thermal leggings that you can slide under jeans or snow pants during the cold months is a closet essential for most parts of the world. But even if you have a great tried and true base layer, you probably don’t have the base layer best suited for your needs. 

What does your base layer do besides keep you warm? 

Even the base layer best ranked for thermal properties, sturdiness, weight, or comfort is probably missing a crucial element: support. Keeping joints warm is essential for preventing injury in cold temperatures. 

So, what are a base layer’s best and most important features?

Thermal rating is a given, but comfort also springs to mind. If you’re putting in long days in the cold, you want to be as comfortable as possible. Choosing a base layer that has fleece-lining can help sweeten the deal, and make getting out there in cold weather to get active or take care of your property much less daunting. After all, is there anything better than being cozy and warm?

A key feature of the best base layer that is often overlooked is compression. Why does compression make a difference? Well, compression gear helps to improve blood flow, which in turn helps to reduce inflammation and swelling, reduce fatigue, and keep you feeling warmer! Reducing fatigue is especially important, as fatigue in cold weather causes the most injuries year-round. (PS: impeded blood flow also causes many injuries in cold weather!)

The average base layer doesn’t have any compression, even those expensive merino wool models that are very trendy right now. If you’re using a base layer without compression, you’re missing out on some major benefits. Moreover, you are more susceptible to injury! Even without cold weather as a factor, compression pants help to improve your proprioception (or body’s sense of its position,) which has also been proven to reduce injury. Therefore, the base layer best for your winter activities certainly contains light to moderate compression.

And perhaps most importantly, your base layer should be supportive. You probably haven’t even considered this very important way your base layer could be doing more for you. Why would you opt for thin merino wool leggings for your base layer that offer no compression or support when you could have built-in support to your most important joint – your knees! Many people experience knee and joint pain in cold weather, and upgrading your base layer could easily solve this problem!

So, all in all, the base layer best for you should be: warm, comfortable, compressive, and supportive!

Why should you upgrade to a compression base layer with knee support?

Well, for all the reasons we have outlined so far, of course! 

But also, because your base layer could be doing more for you. 

Why would you choose a flimsy pair of base layer leggings that barely keep you warm, when you could have the luxury of a comfortable, fleece-lined compression base layer that helps support your most crucial joints and reduce your knee pain? 

Even if you have yet to experience a knee injury, protecting your knees is an incredibly smart choice for your health. One in four adults will experience knee pain and injury in their lifetime. And knee injuries are no joke! Major injuries like ligament and cartilage tears require surgery because our bodies aren’t able to regenerate those types of tissues. 

Just think about all the things you need your knees for! They’re certainly the most crucial joint in your body, in addition to being the largest! If you’re already wearing a base layer for warmth and insulation, why not up your game to protect these valuable joints? It seems like a no-brainer to us!

And if you are experiencing knee pain? Layering up with bulky braces, tape, or compression sleeves adds extra hassle and tedium to something that’s already hard for most of us: keeping up motivation to get out in the winter. If you choose the base layer best for all-around comfort and support, you can ditch the other parts of your gear set-up for one cozy piece of supportive gear. 

Presenting: the compression base layer with knee support by Bracelayer

So, you agree? Your base layer could be doing more for you? 

Great! Glad we’re on the same page.

So where do you find this magical compression base layer, best for not only keeping your lower body warm, providing cozy comfort, and the added bonus of built-in knee support? 

It’s not a hypothermia dream – that base layer exists! It’s affordable, accessible, and available online. It’s Bracelayer’s thermal compression pants with knee support!

Bracelayer’s compression leggings integrate built-in knee support to their designs with the Tri-Tech layer, their innovative support layer. It’s made of the compression fabric that all their base layers are built on, StabiLuxe, medical grade perforated neoprene, and an overlay of compression mesh. The thermal StabiLuxe material that makes up their Alpine collection is not just thermal, it is also antimicrobial, moisture wicking, and equipped with that dreamy fleece lining. Long, sweaty days on the slopes or clearing snow should no longer be intimidating for you with the base layer best for the job! 

You’ll never regret investing in your health. But you may regret not investing in your health, or even taking it seriously.

Check out the Alpine collection of compression base layers for men and women by Bracelayer!