Quote Originally Posted by SteveLau View Post
To me, these joint supports are of use in the following situations:

- rehabilitation
- keep our body parts warm during cold weather
- add extra support in very demanding situation like tournament



Regards,

KC
Hong Kong
This pretty much nailed it, you wont find any true raw lifters ie no sleeves or wraps who last past a few years in weight lifting, the guys who use sleeves wraps etc last a longtime as they are protecting themselves and their joints. Your body can only take so much punishment before it starts breaking down.

People use them to keep warm and protect themselves when weights get heavy, of course it can go too far and that's when you get stupid thick triple ply protection which lifts the weights for you but people will always do stupid stuff lol