There are two types of people who go to the gym: the ones who go to work out, and the ones who go to take pictures of themselves pretending to work out. Today, science has good news only for the latter.
Compression tights are form-fitting leggings that clothing manufacturers claim hold muscles in place and offer other health benefits, as well as lifting a wearer's butt and streamlining their figure. But they don't help runners run farther or faster, according to researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.