I use leggings every day socially and for sport, but yesterday I used my regular sweatpants. They felt heavier, colder and I moved slower, which is something I never expected.
Am I alone in this?
I couldn’t imagine running with anything baggy covering my legs…
sweatpants are heavy cotton fabric. they hold moisture and get heavier and colder when you sweat
why would you be surprised that they would feel lighter?
your leggings let your sweat evaporate.
Lycra is an absolute level-upper from sweat-clothing IMO. Unless maybe you’re pursuing the ‘sauna’ effect?
They breath very well, and I wear them as much as possible. They even layer very efficiently with other clothing, and are perfect for something like sailing, where the weather-effect can shift from balmy to hostile in a mere couple minutes.
Tonight I trekked out in freezing weather to hit the grocery store for some ingredients. I was wearing light Lycra / Spandex, with light trousers and a Baja jacket on top. That’s all the insulation I needed, even though each individual layer was pretty dang thin. If that was a sweatsuit, I’d indeed have been sweating a lot just from a couple blocks walk, but no…
