You know that training shirt that is so nasty but you love it because you have been through so much with that shirt? Here is mine. It doesn’t smell good. I estimate that I have worn this shirt for 400+ hours of indoor rides. I love it but it’s starting to not be practical to wear anymore. It’s getting retired and I will be moving on to a new shirt. This is my tribute. Goodbye old faithful - sad to see you go.
Can anyone relate? Maybe even share a line/pic about their favourite nasty training shirt?
Why,… just why? Also my shirt rarely stays on past the warmup as I get to warm so I just wear whatever t-shirt I had on that day and it goes in the washer after
Why bother with a shirt? I’ll start with a hoody now that it’s winter but that gets thrown off within 5 minutes. It’s mainly there for me to put something on afterwards so I don’t cool off to quickly after my workout.
The only person who’s gonna see me on the trainer shirtless is my hubby and he’s seen it all before
I’m guessing many people here would prefer a sweat wicking shirt or tank top as it would help with evaporation and cooling vs. having a soggy cotton shirt on them. YMMV of course.
Yeah I use free pub crawl or event tshirts for commutes and turbo training (if it’s cold to start). Most would have been swapped into the chain-cleaning rag pile by that stage but I know its difficult to part with a ‘fave’.
Props
stopped training in a shirt or jersey a long time ago. The benefit of extra cooling without it far outweighs any sweat absorption and having fans blowing on my skin probably helps with sweat evaporation.
Same here.
Let’s say you do 200 workouts/year, meaning 200 T-shirts to the washing machine. You can spare a bunch of washes (water and energy). It’s not the reason for not using a T-shirt but everything counts.
I usually start my openers before turning them on, it helps get the body temp up a little. But yes, the first couple of minutes can be brisk, but I think much less uncomfortable than a winter outside ride, but the same effect occurs. You are a bit cold at the start and then you warm up.
2nd this. zip up hoody usually stays on during the warmup period of every workout. thrown off before the first interval begins. might keep it on the whole way through petit or easy spins. The added benefit of the zip is that you can modulate, i.e. full zip up, half zip, full un zip.
I cant even imagine wearing a cotton t-shirt for an entire interval workout
I tend to stick with my outdoor jerseys on the trainer. They wick and dry sweat better than cotton, and stop me from dripping all over like I would with no jersey. Also don’t have to be self conscious about my belly rolls
