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From tiny shorts to inexplicable chinos: what your gymwear says about you


Recent divorcee? Ethical gym bro? Wannabe Joe Wicks? There’s so much to be gleaned about us men from what we wear while downward dogging

To give you an idea of the grandeur of my local gym, it recently erected a sign bearing the legend: “Shoes must be worn. You are an ethical gym bro who has swapped chicken breasts for pea protein and makes sure you caption your changing-room thirst traps with awareness-raising hashtags (#AllBodiesAreBeautiful #Beefy #MeatIsMurder #Gains). You can be seen sporting the new crop of sustainable gymwear, such as Organic Athletics plant-based shorts, woven from a natural rubber in Austria, which has a retro aesthetic reminiscent of varsity uniforms.

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