![]() ![]() They are made from a blend of recycled polyester and elastane, and are so light that air seems to pass through and all around you. These also wick sweat as well as any running shorts I’ve ever worn. Quite simply, these are the best lightweight running shorts I have yet to find, and that’s saying something, because the other pairs still in my closet are already survivors after many more have worn out or been replaced. Technically five-inch, the 3” in their name nods to their design: Once your stride opens up, a split on the sides of the shorts separates to ensure a range of motion, so they perform more like a three-inch short. But any time the temperature is above 70 degrees or so, I wear one of my two pairs of these shorts from Janji. I have, by quick estimation, eight pairs of lightweight running shorts. Mesh venting releases that excess heat, while the shirt’s polyester fabric wicks away sweat better than any other shirt I’ve ever used - while others will be soaked through by the time I finish a workout, this one will only have that inevitable wet-neck patch, which I see as sort of a badge of honor that reminds me my workout is working. The interior of the shirt features Columbia’s proprietary “omni-freeze zero” cooling system, which is basically a matrix of dark dots that, once dampened by your sweat, help enhance your body’s natural evaporative-cooling process, releasing excess heat and helping you stay cooler even as the shirt helps you stay drier. But once the sweating begins, you’ll definitely remember that it’s there. The Titan Ultra II is so lightweight you almost forget you’re wearing it at first. It’s my proverbial “desert island” workout shirt, and not just because that proverbial desert island would, almost certainly, get a lot of sun. Yes, I have written about it before, and no doubt I’ll write about it again after this. This is the shirt I wore as I slogged through a 40 kilometer trail run across the border from Switzerland into France, and it’s also the one I wore to the regular HIIT Orange Theory Fitness classes (perhaps the sweatiest classes I’ve ever done) before I had to give them up due to social distancing. To help all potential shoppers, I’ve also included the women’s version of any product on this list that offers one. Below, I’ve zeroed in on the seven pieces that I not only find reliable and comfortable, but also to be the best at wicking moisture, drying quickly, and stabilizing my body temperature so that I can keep exercising - or sampling hot sauce - (relatively) comfortably, even in the sweatiest of circumstances. Many of those things promise to be sweat-minimizing and breathable, but when you try as much gear as I do, you learn some brands are truer to their word than others. Over the past few years, I’ve written about many different technical garments: cooling shirts that reflect sunlight, moisture-wicking socks, lightweight running shorts. Still, warmer temperatures will of course make my already sweaty workouts even … more moist … for obvious reasons. Nothing clinical here: No matter the temperature, I just break a sweat pretty easily once my heart rate is up, and then tend to take a long time to cool down, too. I have always been a pretty heavy sweater when exercising (or when slathering foods with hot sauce).
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