Equmen Core Precision Undershirt - do yourself a favor

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Equmen Core Precision Undershirt - do yourself a favor

12/13/2009 07:58:00 AM |

Posted by Menswear Review |

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The Equmen Core Precision is simply fantastic. When I first tried it on, I was concerned it was going to be too tight. After a few minutes, the shirt felt very comfortable. After moving too many Christmas decorations, I had strained my back earlier in the week. Throughout the day, I couldn't help but notice how Equmen was actually helping my back. The design of the shirt itself is engineered to reduce back pain and support your core.

According to Equmen, their shirt was made to fit tight in order to give optimum performance. Equmen reports that the undershirt was designed in conjunction with physiotherapists and ergonomic specialists to improve posture, reduce back pain and provide core support.You can easily tell from looking at the shirt that it was purposefully engineered to match your physiology. The high quality fabric (73% polyester, 13% nylon, 14% spandex) is really a very comfortable blend of materials.

From a comfort perspective, I've mentioned that the shirt was comfortable all day (and this was under a dress shirt). What I haven't mentioned is that I typically am skeptical of v-neck shirts as the collar on often doesn't come high enough on my neck for my comfort. The Core Precision, on the other hand fit like a glove and sat on my neck like a typical crew would.

It's important to know that after I wore the Core Precision all day under my business suit, I came home to exercise and then shovel the foot of snow that was dumped during the day. I found the shirt to be incredible for wicking away sweat without making me cold. In addition, the helix-mapping helped my back-straining labor of shoveling heavy snow. I simply couldn't have asked for a better shirt.

I can easily see multiple purposes – as a typical undershirt, for exercise, as a base-layer, and for its slimming qualities. I haven't mentioned this yet, but in high school I was a swimmer with a swimmer build – college and marriage have added a few pounds. I really appreciated the slimming power of the shirt. Have a wedding or class reunion you're going to attend? Get one of these to help you out!

The Core Precision undershirt is available in black, grey, and white. It comes in a longsleeve, crewneck, and tanktop. Main competitors are the RIPT Fusion ($58) and Sclulptee ($78). RIPT gives you the slimming qualities but not the back support. Sculptees gives you nearly the same qualities as Equmen. Equmen gave me better back support, but Sculptees was better at slimming.

In sum, everyone guy should own at least one of the Core Precision undershirts. If you have back problems, you should probably own a few. At $99 each they are expensive but oh so worth it. I haven't tried the longsleeve or tanktop but can only assume they're just as awesome as the v-neck. I've just added Equmen to my list of favorites.

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