Nowadays, sports are closely related to our healthy life. Sportswear is a must for our family life and outdoor. The fabric of sportswear has also begun to be valued.

So what kind of fabric is good for sportswear?

Many people think that pure cotton clothing is the best because it absorbs sweat well and is more comfortable to wear. However, due to the sweat-absorbent clothes such as pure cotton, more sweat is emitted during exercise, and it is easy to remain on the clothes. Over time, the clothes will smell of sweat and make people unable to wear them.

Since humans began to pay attention to sports but at the same time clothing fabrics have affected the normal performance of athletes, people began to explore, develop and research new fabrics to minimize the impact until it can be ignored, and continue to expand and forge ahead, nylon fiber, artificial polyester The emergence of high-molecular-weight polymers sounded the clarion call for formal changes in apparel fabrics.

Various professional sports fabrics, functional fabrics and technical fabrics came into being to meet the sports needs of modern people. Facts have proved that the use of chemical fibers to replace natural fibers in sportswear has gradually become the mainstream. At present, there are several high-tech fibers in the field of sportswear:

1. Polyamide nylon

It has much better performance than early nylon, and it solves the shortcomings of poor air permeability and non-wear resistance. It can quickly absorb body sweat and volatilize it from its surface.

2. Various functional fibers

This new type of fiber is lighter and softer than traditional chemical fibers.

3. Teflon waterproof and temperature-permeable laminated fabric

This kind of fabric can breathe like human skin, drain excess water vapor out of the body, and insulate it from rain and snow. The secret lies in as many as 700 million micropores per square centimeter.

4. Coolmax fiber

This type of fiber is becoming a major selling point in the market. The cross-section of this fiber is a unique flat cross-shaped, forming a four-slot design, which can discharge sweat more quickly, and is called a fiber with an advanced cooling system. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese Table Tennis Corps won the gold in Sydney, wearing clothes made of Coolmax fibers.

5. Silicone resin

Everyone is not unfamiliar, such as "shark skin swimsuit", "quick skin" and other sportswear, their main body is made of silicone resin film.

6. Lycra

It is also a material that we are very familiar with. Its application has long been beyond the scope of sportswear, but it is an indispensable material in sportswear. This kind of artificial elastic fiber, its anti-pull properties, the smoothness after weaving into clothing, the closeness to the body, and the great stretch are all ideal sports elements. The tights and sportswear worn by athletes All contain Lycra ingredients, and because of the use of Lycra, some sportswear companies have put forward the concept of "energy maintenance".

After reading this article, I believe you have your own answer to the question of what fabric to use for sports.