Most comfortable workout clothes

Comfort does not have to come from a big-name Mall-only brand... Im a strong advocate for $4.00 men's solid color t-shirt (because they last longer), a pair of $6.00 sweatpants, white socks/sports bra and let the money go into your sneakers.... THAT is where the money really should go for proper support, arch, impact-capability, etc.

Loin cloth.

The cheapest set of sweats and t-shirts I can find at Walmart.

I am not at the gym to look good. I am at the gym to exercise!

Even with my running I am using cheap shoes. I read a couple of articles about how overly padded running shoe soles lead to heel first running and then to back and leg injury. While flat style shoes encourage "flat" foot running which has less injury problems.

I have no doubt that many of the exercise clothes and equipment perform as promised by the manufacturers. It is just that I view these things as solutions to problems that do not exist. When I work out, I sweat. There is no clothing that is going to stop this.

And, as far as looking good. I will save that for the clothes I wear out in public.

Are there certain workout clothes that people swear by? I just wear a t-shirt and a tennis skirt, but a lot of the people at the gym swear by certain brands (aka, lulu, underarmor). What does everyone here wear?

I just train in three-quarter length bottoms with a sports bra top.

I am not bothered and never have been about what brand the clothing is.

The only piece of clothing I am a bit fussy about is trainers, but that's only because I get poxy shinsplints and good trainers help stop that.

I love my Nike dri-fit capris. I would wear them 24/7 if I could. They are pricey ($55) but they are well worth the price. I bought my first pair at original price and went back for more the next day because I loved them so much. To my surprise they had the live strong Nike dri fits on clearance so I snagged a pair for $30!

Whatever brand that are on 1) clearance 2) sale and most importantly, they fit me - not too big or too small. I have found a number of workout clothes at Target, Ross & TJ Maxx. I usually wear shorts because long pants are too long for my short legs.

Wear whatever YOU are most comfortable in. I think everybody should. I say don't worry about name brands.
The last gym I belonged to was my alumni membership at my old college. Even the majority of the kids didn't worry about what they had on in there. Forget trying to be hip or trendy in the gym. Be comfortable!

The cheapest set of sweats and t-shirts I can find at Walmart.

I am not at the gym to look good. I am at the gym to exercise!

Even with my running I am using cheap shoes. I read a couple of articles about how overly padded running shoe soles lead to heel first running and then to back and leg injury. While flat style shoes encourage "flat" foot running which has less injury problems.

I have no doubt that many of the exercise clothes and equipment perform as promised by the manufacturers. It is just that I view these things as solutions to problems that do not exist. When I work out, I sweat. There is no clothing that is going to stop this.

And, as far as looking good. I will save that for the clothes I wear out in public.

This is not intended as a contradiction. Never get too cheap or too flat. Check with a specialist. I get a check from the VA every month due to cheap shoes. We did a lot of runing in the Marines. When I first enlisted I knew nothing about the propper footwear or arch supports... Uncle Sam didn't offer a choice in boot camp and very few looked into it further when we hit the fleet. we figured uncle sam wouldn't lead us astray.

When you go for cheap shoes, they come with either no, or insuficient arch supports. When you run on those it starts to put too much strain on the arches. Over time your arches can drop due to the strain. when the arches fall it forces the leg bones to rotate inwards (right leg counter clockwise, and left clockwise). then it's a chain reaction. Legs rotate inwards, pelvic bone rotates forward, and then pressure is increased to the outside of the vertibre. that is the problem I developed. Doc said it created an "un-natural curve". In other words the MRI showed that the disc at S2-S3 had degenerated due to the pressure. From the side it looked like a triangle instead of the rectangle it should look like.

Next time anyone is behind a person in line wearing flip-flops take a look at their ankles. If there is a curve from the inside of their calf to their foot, to the floor they are going to have back problems if they don't already.



The foot on the left shows what I mean. they will have back problems.

I love Champion and Under Armour...definitely my two favorites

I have no doubt that many of the exercise clothes and equipment perform as promised by the manufacturers. It is just that I view these things as solutions to problems that do not exist. When I work out, I sweat. There is no clothing that is going to stop this.

For the longest time my work out attire was a t-shirt I didn't care about and some $4 basketball shorts I bought at Wal-Mart. That worked fine for about the first year. I have a collection of t-shirts that are pretty much sweat stained. However, as I got into longer runs and work-outs, like over an hour. Problems began to exist. Like skin irritation in certain areas.

This is the kind of stuff I would never by for myself. But last year I got a gift card to Richard's Sporting Goods and bought a technical workout shirt. I still sweat buckets when I work out, but this shirt took care of the skin irritation issues entirely. I went back and bought another one with my own money, just to throw it into the rotation.

I still use the Wally Gym Shorts, but for stuff that is closest to my body I certainly value the higher priced gear. Doesn't mean I'm going to run out and buy it. But as I have opportunities to aqurie it I will.

Bottom Line, If your stuff works for you don't upgrade. However, If the opportunity presents itself it's something you might want to look at especially if you work out in extreme temps, or go for a long time.

I wear the dri-cotton mens t-shirts. Sometimes I can find them at WalMart. I am really hot natured and live in South Alabama.:) Those shirts are super thin. I have some of the Target workout pants too, that I like, but honestly, I love those Danskin now capris and pants from WalMart. Super cheap!!! The size is big to me. I wear a 10 or 12 pants, but buy a medium pant. I usually do go small though, cause I hate for them to hang in the crotch!! Not comfortable while exercising!!!

My shoes are Nikes, but for clothes, I usually get them at Old Navy. The sport bras are cute and their pants are fine also. I get my tank tops at American Eagle.
I might buy brand names if I can get them on special, but I don't want to pay $60 for a Lululemon bra. Although they are very cute :-)

I've been wondering the same thing lately. I've been wearing cheap yoga pants from giant tiger and a regular t-shirt, but I find the pants stretch out after the first couple of washes and unless you want to spend your workout hiking up your pants, they become useless fairly qucikly lol
My gym is filled to the brims with girls decked out in head to toe Lulu lemon on any given day. I LOVE the look of Lulu but being a mom of two young boys, $100+ yoga pants just arn't in the budget for me!
So if anyone has any suggestions on comfortable workout clothes that don't break the bank but last longer than a week, I'd love to hear them

I get my yoga pants at Target.. between $15 and $20, depending on the sale. They don't stretch out and last....well, so far, they've lasted over a year.

At home, I'm a fan of old t-shirts and my high school gym shorts. At the gym, I loved wearing bright $3 shelf tanks over a black sports bra and I am a big advocate of finding the best deal and money does NOT make the item better but then my mother in law bought me a hot pink Lululemon scoop t-back shirt and I love it! The wicking fabric is nice and it really is the most supportive wokout top/bra I own. I watch myself in a mirror during spinning and it's nice to not be distracted by so much movement, lol!

Of course now I want to wear this top everyday to the gym, get the $60+ tax worth out of it but it being hot pink and attracting eyes at the gym I`ll just look like a weirdo refusing to change my closes, ah well!

Plus, now take this from me, the ultimate DEALHNTR (yup, its my plate) feeling pretty at the gym actually helps! Yes I'm a size 8/medium in lulu tops (small in pants) so I'm not where I want to be yet but if you look good, you feel good.