Clothes maketh the muscle

Don this stylish sweater after training to kick-start your recovery without looking like an oddball

One bit of fitness advice you often hear, especially at the start of the year, is that buying yourself some nice new training kit will inspire you to get out there and start exercising. That’s a sound tip but, of course, it’s not just during your training sessions that you owe it to yourself to dress for success – any expert will tell you that recovery is just as important as the time you spend working out. So you may want to invest in this down-filled sweatshirt from New Balance, which is designed to be worn between sessions to keep your muscles warm and primed for recovery. And if you wore it to the pub for a post-gym vodka tonic, it wouldn’t look out of place.