Tips for choosing a T-shirt for sports
If the T-Shirt is THE garment that we like to wear in everyday life, it is also the one that is often the most suitable for playing sports. However, it's not always easy to combine style and comfort when choosing a sports T-shirt !
Here are some important criteria to keep in mind to find the ideal T-shirt for your running sessions, your team sports games with friends or even your training sessions in the gym!
Natural or synthetic material?
If you are looking for a sports T shirt, the first question to ask yourself concerns the type of fabric . Several options are available to you, and they each have their advantages:
- elastane , as its name suggests, is particularly elastic and makes it possible to design rather tight-fitting T-shirts, while offering good breathability;
- polyamide is recognized for its great resistance and its ability to wick away perspiration, allowing you to stay dry;
- cotton is also a material of choice for a sports t-shirt, firstly because it is natural, but also because it is comfortable and breathable.
The choice of material therefore depends on the type of sport, your degree of perspiration and quite simply how you feel in your T-Shirt.
Versatile sports t-shirt or more technical clothing?
Are you an avid athlete in a specific discipline? Don't be afraid to invest in technical T-shirts specially designed for your activity.
For example, trail running requires a light, tight-fitting, well-ventilated sports T-shirt whose seams do not create chafing, whereas a ski T-shirt should ideally have long sleeves and be able to retain heat without causing chafing. excessive sweating.
On the other hand, if you practice several sports on a more occasional basis, you can choose a more classic sports T-shirt . A cotton or polyamide model, neither too tight nor too loose, will allow you to easily go running, play sports with friends or train at home.
Loose or close-fitting T-shirt?
Some sports t-shirts have the particularity of being very tight, while others are similar to "casual" t-shirts, and still others are wider.
The choice depends on your tastes, but also on the sport practiced. In some cases, a t-shirt that is too loose will indeed prevent fluid movements, while in other situations, a close-fitting t-shirt will have a compression effect that can be annoying.
Either way, always make sure you opt for a sports t-shirt that gives you enough freedom of movement and lets your body breathe.
Style: essential or optional criterion?
It's not because you play sports that you have to put aside your look, on the contrary! Each sport has more or less its codes in terms of outfit (length and width of the jersey, type of print, sleeve length, etc.).
Although style is not the number one criterion (you must first and foremost be comfortable for optimal performance!), choosing one t-shirt over another may depend on its aesthetics.
A T-shirt with the image of your favorite club, a model from the flagship brand of your discipline or even a personalized t-shirt with a humorous message: it's up to you to choose the one you like!