What I Look for in Training Wear

Training wear has never been just “clothes to exercise in” for me.

Of course, it needs to move well.
But I care just as much about another question:
Do I like the way I feel when I see myself wearing it?

If I look in the mirror before training and think,
“Okay… I look good today,”
I'm immediately more motivated.

Apparently I'm very easy to influence.

Function matters — but so does shape

Good training wear needs to let me squat, stretch, lift my arms and move freely.
It shouldn't constantly slide around or feel unnecessarily restrictive.

But I also want it to make the body look beautiful.

Where does the waist appear?
How does it frame the bust?
What does it do to the shoulders and décolleté?
How does it show the shape of the glutes?

Because I work with bodies professionally, I can't really look at clothes normally anymore.

I'll see a seam and immediately think:
“If that sat two centimeters higher, the legs would look longer.”

Occupational hazard.

I don't want clothes that exist only to hide me

There was a time when I often chose clothes around what I wanted to hide.

Hide my stomach.
Hide my legs.
Don't show too much shape.

Today, I want clothes to be something I use to enjoy my body, not only hide it.

That doesn't mean I want tight clothes every day.
Some days I want oversized everything.

But I want that to be a choice because I like it — not because I believe my body isn't allowed to wear something else.

Strength and femininity can exist together

I love training wear that feels both athletic and feminine.

Something I can genuinely train in, while still showing the lines I personally love:

Shoulders.
Décolleté.
A lifted-looking bust line.
A defined waist.
And beautifully rounded glutes.

The body I want for myself has that same combination.

Strong.
Muscular.
But still feminine and curvy.

I don't believe those things compete with each other.

Designing training wear with CRONOS

I had the opportunity to turn many of those ideas into an actual collection with CRONOS.

And it wasn't only a bra top — we also created leggings together.

One of my biggest priorities with the leggings was making the glutes look beautifully rounded.

I didn't simply want something that made the body look smaller.
I wanted a design that celebrated feminine curves and highlighted the shape women work hard to build through training.

I'm incredibly grateful that both colors of the leggings sold out.

For the bra top, I focused on creating a neckline that beautifully frames the décolleté and shoulders without unnecessary restriction.
I wanted the bust to visually sit higher and the waist to look more defined.

Not clothing that forces your body into a different shape.
Clothing that helps you enjoy the shape you already have.

The bra top is one size with removable pads, because women's bodies — and breasts — obviously don't all come in one standardized shape.

Thankfully.

Sometimes clothes help us show up

Do you technically need beautiful training wear to build muscle?
No.

Your glutes do not check the logo before deciding whether to grow.

But motivation matters.

Putting on something you love.
Seeing your progress in the mirror.
Feeling good enough to actually want to go to the gym.

Those small things can make consistency easier.

Not everything needs to come from discipline.

You can use good music.
A gym you love.
A training partner.
Or clothes that make you excited to move.

Enjoy the body you're building

I'm still building my body.

I want to develop my glutes more.
I want to keep working on my waist and shape.

But I'm not waiting for some future “finished” version of myself before I enjoy clothes.

I want to enjoy the body I have today while continuing to build the body I want tomorrow.

So when I choose training wear, I look for two things:

Can I move in it?
And:
Do I feel a little bit in love with myself when I wear it?

If the answer to both is yes, we're doing pretty well.