To give you an idea of the grandeur of my local gym, it recently erected a sign bearing the legend: “Shoes must be worn. SLIPPERS ARE NOT SHOES”. Suffice to say, its patrons remain untroubled by wider conversations about the etiquette of workout clothes, both inside and outside the gym. (My view: it’s increasingly standard to wear athleisure anywhere you’d wear jeans, especially if it’s mixed with smarter pieces.) While going shoeless paints a uniquely vivid picture of where one’s “at”, there’s much else to be gleaned from what we men wear while downward dogging. What, you might ask, does your gym kit say about you?
