what’s in my gym bag?

   1. Primark Towel This ones pretty self explanatory! However there’s two kinds of sweating, the slight glisten that the lucky ones achieve and then there’s the Lydia or otherwise known as “I look like I just stepped out of the shower!”. I chose it in black because I don’t always get to do away with the little bit of slap I use during the week and there’s nothing worse than a mucky looking towel.  I find a towel also doubles as a good cushion for your neck when doing squats and under your bum during HIIT Cycling for example. 2. S.W.E.A.T. cushioned gloves Men see calluses as a sign of hard work in the gym, Lydia however does not. Nor does she want them. Therefore I wear these gloves even if I’m not planning any heavy lifting as part of the day’s training, as you never know what you might fancy trying when your there. I picked these up for a bargain at Milton Keynes market and they’re still going strong (kind of) almost a year later. 3. Nike Pro Sports Bra By far the most comfortable of all the sports bra’s I’ve tried over the past year and they last forever, I’ve got a wide selection of colours now but I need them all, no seriously I really do. 4. Lifting Straps I think my gym buddy and I actually found these abandoned in the weight lifting section but for someone with as pathetic wrists as I have these make increasing the weight of my dead-lifts and bent over rows much less scary, but be warned there is an art to securing these when your on your own and it can end up adding some time to your sets. 5. iPhone & ear pods Forgetting my ear pods […]