Seeing that I have had to buy this uniform, I gave it an honest test over the last couple days.
My normal workout-
45-60 minutes on recumbent bike, 500-600 calories nominal burn
20-30 minutes light weights and ab exercises. Basically til I stop sweating from the bike.
45-60 minutes on elliptical trainer, 800-1000 calories nominal burn
Normally I work out in a cotton t-shirt, and cotton shorts. I'm tired after the cardio part, but not about to drop dead. Weights are more or less a keep me occupied while I cool down and drink some water deal.
I wore the new PT uniform.
Initial impression (shorts). Material not too bad. "modesty liner" was a bit snug.
(shirt). Not too bad, but fucking ugly.
30 minutes in- My groin area is in major discomfort due to the modesty liner both rubbing the crease at the tops of my legs raw, and my boys are being smushed. My lower brain is unhappy with the constriction. Really glad I bought a size larger than normal.
Shirt is GONE. Totally soaked. And it's not wicking moisture or heat away for shit. The humidity level in the NAS Oceana gym is normally low, and my cotton shirt has a good stripe in the chest area, and down the center of my back, but it is doing the evap cooling bit. This thing is soaked and making me warm.
40 minutes in. Pounding water. It's not helping. I'm feeling like shit. Starting to get overheated. Legs are starting to get hotspots from the shorts. Every last peice of clothing save my socks is DRENCHED.
50 minutes in. I'm really hot and out of water. Normally I have about 1/3 bottle left. Starting to pour sweat so fast off my forehead I am having trouble seeing. Towel is now soaked.
Hit 60, and get off the machine. I go to locker room and drop a massive deuce. Then puke. This was not a harder workout that normal. And I did not even get 1/2 way through. Basically am showing the early part of heat exhaustion. If it was not for the heat issue, my legs were rubbed raw from the modesty liner and I had a hard time walking the rest of the day.
I wrote that off as maybe a fluke and went back today. Same thing, but I brought twice as much water and toned down my workout from level 16 to 14. Basically beat down far more than I would be from overheating.
This uniform sucks ass. I have given it a fair shot, and the material of the shirt is shit. It is fucking useless. We should have either stuck with cotton, or gone with underarmor. The shorts would be OK if the liner went away.
Who the hell thought this was a good idea? They should be fired.