Joint Support

Healthy joints are the foundation of consistent, injury-free training. At Team Industry UK, our range of weight lifting joint supports is designed to provide the compression, warmth, and stability your knees and elbows need during heavy squats, bench press, deadlifts, overhead pressing, and strongman events. Whether you're a competitive powerlifter, a strongman athlete, or a dedicated gym-goer looking to protect your joints and train harder for longer, we have the right support for every level. Choose from our full range below:

Knee Sleeves

• 7mm Weight Lifting Knee Sleeves — our best-selling all-round knee sleeve, built from premium neoprene to deliver warmth, compression, and stability across all heavy training
• 7mm Pro Knee Sleeves — competition-ready knee sleeves offering maximum support and rebound for squats and heavy lower body work
• 9mm Pro Knee Sleeves — our thickest and most supportive knee sleeve, designed for elite powerlifters and strongman competitors demanding the highest level of joint protection under extreme loads
• Dual Ply Knee Sleeves — double-layer compression sleeves built for bodybuilders and strength athletes who need firm support without restricting movement

Knee Wraps

• Knee Wraps — Soft — flexible wraps offering comfortable compression and support for squats and leg training, ideal for general gym use
• Knee Wraps — Stiff — high-performance stiff wraps engineered for advanced powerlifting, providing maximum rebound and support on near-maximal squat attempts

Elbow Sleeves

• 5mm Weight Lifting Elbow Sleeves — ideal for bodybuilding, pressing movements, and general upper body training, providing excellent joint warmth and compression
• 7mm Pro Elbow Sleeves — heavy-duty elbow support built for powerlifting and strongman, delivering maximum joint stability during bench press and overhead pressing

Elbow Wraps

• Elbow Wraps — adjustable heavy-duty wraps providing firm elbow support during bench press, tricep work, and overhead pressing — a favourite among competitive powerlifters

All Team Industry knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, and wraps are manufactured from premium neoprene and high-performance materials, trusted by athletes across the UK for durability, comfort, and competition-level performance. Shop the full joint support range and keep training at your best.

Here are the main benefits of using knee and elbow supports:

KNEE SUPPORTS

1. Joint Compression & Warmth
Knee sleeves and wraps compress the joint and increase blood flow to the surrounding tissue, keeping the knee warm throughout your training session. A warm joint moves better, performs better, and is significantly less prone to injury — particularly important in cold gym environments.

2. Reduced Risk of Knee Injuries
By stabilising the knee joint and keeping it tracking correctly throughout movements like squats, lunges, and leg press, knee supports significantly reduce the risk of common training injuries including patellar tendinitis, ligament strains, and general knee pain.

3. Squat Heavier with More Confidence
Knee sleeves and wraps provide proprioceptive feedback — essentially reminding your brain where your knee is in space — which improves technique, encourages proper alignment, and gives you the confidence to push heavier in the squat and other lower body movements.

4. Rebound Out of the Hole
Knee wraps in particular store elastic energy as you descend into a squat and release it as you drive back up — giving you a mechanical rebound that can add significant kilograms to your squat. This is why knee wraps are so popular in powerlifting and strongman competition.

5. Relief From Chronic Knee Pain
For athletes dealing with ongoing knee discomfort, aches, or old injuries, the compression provided by knee sleeves can offer immediate and sustained relief — allowing you to train productively without pain holding you back.

6. Manage Niggles & Train Through Minor Injuries
Knee supports can provide enough stability and compression to allow you to continue training through minor niggles and inflammation, reducing the risk of a small issue becoming a serious injury that forces time away from the gym.

7. Faster Recovery Between Sets & Sessions
The increased blood flow stimulated by compression sleeves helps flush out metabolic waste products more efficiently, reducing soreness and stiffness between sets and accelerating recovery between training sessions.

8. Competition Essential for Powerlifting & Strongman
Knee sleeves and wraps are permitted — and expected — at competition level in powerlifting and strongman. Knowing which option suits your federation's rules (sleeves vs wraps, thickness limits) and how to apply them correctly is a key part of competition preparation.

9. Choosing the Right Thickness Matters

• 5mm sleeves — flexible, comfortable, great for general gym training and bodybuilding
• 7mm sleeves — the most popular all-round choice, balancing support and mobility for squats and heavy training
• 9mm sleeves — maximum rigidity and support for elite powerlifters and strongman athletes handling extreme loads
• Soft wraps — flexible compression for general training and moderate squat work
• Stiff wraps — maximum rebound and support for competition squatting and near-maximal attempts

ELBOW SUPPORTS

1. Joint Stability During Pressing Movements
Elbow sleeves and wraps keep the elbow joint stable and correctly aligned during heavy bench press, overhead press, tricep work, and strongman pressing events — reducing the risk of the joint being pushed into unsafe positions under load.

2. Warmth & Increased Blood Flow
Just like knee sleeves, elbow sleeves keep the joint warm throughout training, improving mobility, reducing stiffness, and helping to prevent the kind of joint irritation that builds up over months and years of heavy pressing.

3. Relief From Elbow Pain & Tendinitis
Elbow pain — particularly conditions like lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow) — is extremely common among frequent gym-goers. Compression sleeves can provide meaningful relief and allow continued training while managing these conditions.

4. Press Heavier with Greater Confidence
With your elbow joint compressed and supported, you can focus entirely on driving the weight — rather than being distracted by discomfort or instability in the joint. Most lifters notice an immediate improvement in how their pressing feels with elbow support in place.

5. Elbow Wraps for Maximum Support
Elbow wraps go a step further than sleeves, providing a tighter, more rigid wrap around the joint that is particularly effective for maximum effort bench press and overhead pressing. They are widely used by competitive powerlifters for this reason.

6. Faster Recovery & Reduced Soreness
Compression promotes circulation and helps reduce inflammation in the elbow joint after heavy training sessions — speeding up recovery and reducing the joint stiffness that can affect your next session.

7. Protection for High-Volume Training
Athletes following high-frequency training programmes — pressing multiple times per week — put significant cumulative stress on the elbow joint. Sleeves act as a protective layer, reducing this wear and helping to keep the joint healthy over the long term.

8. Used by Elite Athletes Across All Strength Sports
From powerlifting and strongman to bodybuilding and CrossFit, elbow sleeves and wraps are trusted at the highest level of competition. If the best athletes in the world use them, there's a very good reason why.