Nike and sports technology brand Hyperice's new recovery boot and vest are each designed to squeeze, heat, and cool muscles.

In the world of athletics, professional and weekend warriors alike learn that the recovery process is as crucial to peak performance as the training itself. Muscles need to warm up before workouts, and are ideally treated afterward to manage the wear and tear of pushing performance limits. Nike, in collaboration with Hyperice, is adding a pair of tools to the recovery game with two new tech-enabled wearables on the horizon ? the Nike x Hyperice Recovery Boot and Recovery Vest ? each designed to make athletes feel better… and look and literally feel cool in the process.

If you don’t know Hyperice by name, you probably know of their technology in some form or another. The California-based brand has carved out a reputation as one of the most popular recovery technologists in the sports industry, a repute primarily built upon their percussion massage therapy tool, the HyperVolt 2 Pro, alongside other innovative methods to ease soreness and aid recovery. Hyperice’s design language across their entire catalog evokes what hoops fans know as Mamba mentality, the intense “don’t quit” philosophy famously associated with the Laker icon, Kobe Bryant, perhaps no surprise considering the brand cites the late NBA star as an early adopter and collaborator.
The boot is designed with built-in controls giving the wearer the ...