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Methods: Fifty-five officer-trainees aged 24 \u00b1 6 y from the New Zealand Defence Force participated in the current study. Twenty-seven participants wore CG every evening for 4\u20136 h, and twenty-eight wore standard military attire (CON) over a 6-week period. Subjective questionnaires (soreness and sleep quality) were completed weekly, and 2.4 km run time-trial, maximum press-ups, and curl-ups were tested before and after the 6 weeks of military training. Results: Repeated measures ANOVA indicated no significant group \u00d7 time interactions for performance measures (p &gt; 0.05). However, there were small effects in favour of CG over CON for improvements in 2.4 km run times (d = \u22120.24) and press-ups (d = 0.36), respectively. Subjective soreness also resulted in no significant group \u00d7 time interaction but displayed small to moderate effects for reduced soreness in favour of CG. 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