Fashion and functionality for sport

     

Whatever your workout preference, be it hard core or a simpler walk around the park - everything is easier when you feel comfortable and a little bit stylish.  Achieving a goal is hard work and rewarding yourself by ensuring that you feel good whilst doing it is something to be commended.  Not to mention the fact that technological advancements in fabric, mean that there are now items out there that will not only enhance your workout but also aid in your recovery.  I'm a big fan of anything that stops the bad and enhances the good, where the bad is legs that feel like someone has attached lead to your skeleton and the good is that feeling you get straight after a workout, where you feel tall, strong and empowered by your achievements. (Even if that achievement is just getting started)

So allow me to introduce you to a few helping hands that I have discovered over the years, I'm not a fitness expert but I know I workout more effectively and am less distracted when my clothes aren't an issue.  

1. Here is a simple truth, no one else cares what you look like in the gym, the only person focused on you, is you. 
2. Compression leggings will help your legs from feeling like they are going to die half way through, Skins are the best known but most companies now make these garments but they are worth making an investment in, as you want them to be effective.
3. Bamboo makes for really soft, comfortable workout clothes - that treat your skin a little more kindly.
4. That enormous t shirt, is not hiding anything and just makes you feel gross.
5. Why should you feel any differently about yourself in the gym than you do in the office, you've still got a job to do.
6. It is not always necessary to push harder, sometimes working smarter will have more effect.
7. After a workout your body needs protein for repair, not crisps for a treat.

As I stated I'm not a fitness expert, I can't tell you the best way to achieve your goals in this arena but I can promise you that setting them will really make a difference.  I can also tell you that it is vital that you reward your hard work, one of the easiest ways to do this is celebrating your new body by putting it in a better wardrobe.  When you feel better, you look better and in truth that can also be reversed.