Why your fitness clothes have a big
impact on your performance
Your clothes need to be
Comfortable
If you don’t feel comfortable in your gym wear, you will never be able to perform at your best. You will end up looking into the mirror more than focusing on your exercises.
Suitable
Having gym clothes that fit well and are suitable is very important.
Even if the clothes look good, you have to be sure that the quality is good enough to work out in.
We need something that is safe and squat proof.
I think we have all seen enough gym fail videos to develop that fear 😉
Your gym clothes matter?
It doesn’t sound as that big of a deal right,
but what if I tell you I genuinely perform better in the gym when I’m wearing something I like.
Why that? Because I simply feel more comfortable and not only that.
I feel confident and want to be there more.
That’s why I think it’s important to wear whatever you feel good in.
I know that most gym outfits nowadays show a lot of skin and if that’s what you feel confident in you should do that.
But the same thing goes for the girls who feel more confident being more covered up in the gym.
Their performances can be as good as the others because they are comfortable and confidence in that way as well.
Personally I have been trough a lot of cycles with wearing gym clothes and it really depends on my mood on different days.
Some days I feel like I can work out in just shorts and a sports bra and other days I’d like to wear leggings and and an t-shirt the size of my dad’s. Both ways I will perform as good, I just don’t force myself on the I don’t feel as good as others.
Another important note is that your clothes shouldn’t only look good and feel good but also just be wearable in the gym itself.
I’ve had many clothes that I ordered from ‘Shein’ that looked amazing at first but just weren’t good at the gym.
They would be more focused on how they look then on how compact they would be to workout in.
The tops would not stay in place and the scrunches would rip during squats.
I think we’ve all seen many fail videos on ripping shorts during squats to make this a fear of ours lol.
That’s why Ive listed some clothes that are affordable and I’ve liked a lot myself.
These are my favorite brands on amazon, they are a much better quality than the clothes you would get from Shein and not as expensive as the well known brands as ‘Gymshark’ or ‘Oner Active’.
WHat I would recommend
Sport bra’s
They are available in many different colors
WHat I would recommend
Legging and shorts
Also available is so many colors
My personal favorite
Aurola shorts
Definetely a big recommendation!
They are super comfortable and one of the best brands that come close to brands like ‘Oner Active’ or ‘AYBL’.
The price is also so much more affordable in comparison to the well known fitness brands that most of us follow.
That’s why I prefer to spend money on this active wear that has great quality and is way less expensive over spending it on more expensive active wear that I’m not sure of if it will fit well.
They have a variety of many different colors and the sizes go up to X-Small up to X-Large. Plus the material is very stretchy which makes them easy to workout in.
For the cover ups
Compression shirts are ideal in the gym.
You wont feel as hot during your work out compared to when you wear a normal t-shirt.
Perfect if you only want something that covers your arms.
Honestly I also think everyone has more motivation to go to the gym when they feel good.
That’s why dressing up nicely is something that makes you feel better and helps you to keep going.
Of course it’s not the nr 1 thing that keeps you going, that’s discipline.
(read more about that in my other blog post about the key to fitness succes)
Just remember that the way you feel at the gym is very important.
If you keep having to do so much effort to force yourself to go to the gym,
then maybe you should change some things up.
That could be anything like your gym itself, your workout plan
or you could plan more gym days with a friend.
I think that how we all started in the beginning.
And now we are here, struggling to take rest days lol
