There are many things I enjoy in life; my dog
bopping me for attention, a large box(es) of Hotel Chocolat chocolate,
and decent gym wear which doesn’t flash my backside to the world through
rubbish material.
Step in the season 2 Nikki B range.
As I mentioned in another post, I hopped off to
Covent Garden for the release of the season 1 line of Nikki B back in
the summer. I fell in love with the colour and the shape the leggings
gave me – I did not fall in love with the sheer
compression or the price, however. (Ergo, I had to wiggle furiously to
get in to the leggings which I felt was a workout in itself).
When season 2 was announced, I was slightly wary.
Would I be stuck shimmying my way around my bedroom whilst trying to get
in to them? Would they be sheer like the flex leggings were?
Still, those worries clearly didn’t bother me that much as I was online at 2:55pm
eagerly hitting the refresh button on the Gymshark site. I had decided
against the bright print leggings of the range, purely for the reason
that they were
£5 more expensive, and didn’t seem to suit some of the models as much
as others.
After watching a few videos, I purchased the light
blue leggings in a small, and the sports bra in a medium. They were
delivered pretty quickly, which is always hit and miss with Gymshark,
and I excitedly skipped home with them to try on
before heading out to the gym (note the nightmare I had with the sheer
flex leggings? Yeah, wasn’t in private that I noticed they were sheer –
it’s safe to say I daren’t return to my gym for a while, for fear of
being ‘the flasher’).
First thing to mention is the material. I don’t
know what they changed within this version of the leggings, but they are
thankfully so much stretchier than the previous line, meaning I’m not
left bright red by the end of it. The leggings
do however appear to be longer than all of my other leggings. My legs
are not short by any means, but I found myself having an excess amount
of material down by my shins which required pulling from time to time. I
am happy to confirm however that these are
definitely squat proof (I checked in the mirror, and then got someone
else to check whilst I dropped it low), and they seem to be pretty sweat
proof too – okay, so I didn’t sweat that much when I exercised in them,
but they did well, so I am giving it a plus.
I always find it hard to talk about sports bras on
here, as my breasts are not the ones I was born with, and were enhanced a
few years ago. This usually doesn’t have an impact on my bra choices,
however with tight material such as the Adidas
sports bras, I find myself having to push my implant down, or readjust
every so often. Usually I don’t buy sports bras online, as my size
changes so much from brand to brand, that I don’t like to risk it.
However, due to the colour of my very fancy new leggings,
I decided to treat myself, and give it a ‘hope and pray’ tap to the
screen before ordering.
Now, this may be because of the above, but I find
the sports bra doesn’t tend to sit correctly, meaning I can only do
certain weight training exercises whilst wearing it. I’m not sure if
it’s the overlay design, but I find myself constantly
having to check myself between each set or each sprint, which I fear is
nudging me towards another nickname within the gym. I picked a medium
for cup size, however in the back I do find it quite slippy. I am a UK
8/10, with a 32 size back, and I found that
I had to keep pulling the top half of the back down to support me,
which is no fun when you’re trying to do bent over rows.
Overall, I am pretty pleased with my purchases. The
material is definitely much improved on this range, and they offer a
very flattering fit whilst not making you feel like you’re about to lose
blood supply to your limbs. I probably wouldn’t
buy another sports bra of this design again, just due to the limiting
nature of the style.
The order basket came to £85, which is definitely
above my weekly budget, but I like to think these will make me run
faster – maybe.
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