CEP
CEP's compression gear is crafted to deliver a precise fit, ensuring optimal pressure distribution and minimizing muscle vibration as you run. This results in reduced soreness and faster recovery times, allowing you to train harder and more frequently.
CEP's products are tailored to meet your specific needs. With durability built into every stitch, CEP compression wear maintains its effectiveness through countless washes and wears.
CEP is a German brand and a world leader in performance compression wear. Backed by the medical expertise of its parent company, medi, CEP creates socks and sleeves with a scientifically proven compression profile that improves blood flow, stabilises muscles, and enhances performance and recovery for runners.
CEP uses 3D Compression, a circular knitting technique that applies precisely controlled pressure around the leg. This graduated compression is tightest at the ankle and decreases up the leg, which helps to increase circulation, deliver more oxygen-rich blood to the muscles, and flush out metabolic waste products like lactate. The result is more energy, greater endurance, and fresher-feeling legs.
Wearing CEP compression gear during a run offers several key benefits:
- Reduced Muscle Vibration: The compression helps to reduce muscle oscillation, which conserves energy and can decrease muscle soreness.
- Enhanced Stability: The socks and sleeves provide proprioceptive feedback, improving your movement accuracy and reducing the risk of twists and other injuries.
- Improved Performance: By boosting circulation and oxygen delivery, CEP products can help you maintain your performance for longer.
- Socks: Provide compression from the foot all the way up to the knee. This is ideal for improving overall circulation and providing support to the entire lower leg and foot. They should be worn during and after activity.
- Calf Sleeves: Target the calf muscles specifically. They are perfect for runners who want focused calf support but prefer to wear their own choice of running socks. Sleeves should only be worn during activity, never for long periods of rest or travel.
For knee-high socks and calf sleeves, the most important measurement is the circumference of your calf at its widest point. For shorter socks, the sizing is based on your shoe size. It's crucial to use the official CEP size chart to find your perfect fit, as this ensures the compression works effectively.
CEP socks have a close-fitting, anatomical design that prevents the fabric from bunching or slipping inside your shoe. This, combined with advanced moisture-wicking fabrics, significantly reduces the friction that causes blisters, and CEP even offers a blister-free guarantee on some of their products.
Beyond compression, CEP integrates several smart fabric technologies:
- SMART DRY EXTREME AIR TECHNOLOGY: Adapts to weather conditions, wicking sweat on hot days and trapping air for insulation on cold days.
- FERAN ICP: A high-performance treatment that enhances sweat-wicking and fast-drying qualities.
- HEIQ SMART TEMP: A revolutionary cooling technology that is activated by your body temperature.
- SILVER TREATMENT: Provides an antibacterial effect to reduce unpleasant odors.
To maintain the compression profile and longevity of your CEP products, it is recommended to wash them after every wear, as dirt and body oils can affect the fibers. Machine wash on a gentle cycle in cold or warm water (up to 40°C), and either tumble dry on low heat or hang to dry. Avoid using bleach, fabric softeners, or drying in direct sunlight.
