Nowadays, fitness training has become a popular trend, and men's fitness training apparel, as professional gear that supports and enhances athletic performance, will continue to be driven by demand. People's requirements for clothing not only involve functionality but also pursue fashion and personalization. Men's fitness training apparel focuses on combining popular elements in design, pursuing a sense of fashion while maintaining the functionality and comfort of sportswear. This article outlines the popular item outlines and important design points based on market trends, providing ideas for the design and development of training and fitness apparel.

With the continuous upgrading of fiber and fabric technology, seamless knitting technology will continue to innovate and transform to adapt to changes in the market and consumer demands. There will be more new materials and fabrics available for seamless knitting, improving comfort, elasticity, and performance. The seamless connections also reduce the seams, making the overall appearance more beautiful and concise, and the design more diverse. Seamless knitting is gradually expanding into various fields beyond traditional fashion industries, such as sports, fitness, and outdoor activities.

With the development of yoga and fitness, active underwear becomes the important item. Designers also pay more attention to fashion and matching. Mock layers and active bra are the day-to-night everyday items. Shoulder cutouts and crossed hem meet the fashion trend. Bold backless design is innovative and noteworthy.

As the first week of the French Open 2022 wound down, we will turn our eyes to Wimbledon. Driven by the ‘tennis boom’, this sport for middle-class elites is attracting more fashion lovers. Tennis players are not only athletes, but also fashion icons. Fashion brands are drawing inspirations from tennis. Classic tennis uniforms are fused with modern fashion elements to develop youthful sportswear for new-generation players and consumers.

Variety programs on street dancing make this niche sport popular among the public. Breaking, a form of street dance, has been chosen to feature on the Paris 2024 Olympic sports programme as a new sport. The diversity of street dance shows high inclusiveness and endless possibilities. The high performance of sportswear is combined with fashion aesthetics to explore the essence of sports.

Epidemic shifts people’s health concepts. In recent years, workout has been the trend. People are enjoying the fun of running and showing appetite for relative gear. Active consumers want to purchase high-performance and durable clothing. All-over reflective print updates weatherproof jackets. For all sportswear markets, protective hoodies, thermal jackets and two-in-one shorts are the ideal products for winter exercising.

Base layer is the most classic and basic item in autumn and winter. No matter being worn as separates or layered with other pieces, base layers can always offer fashionable looks. This trans-seasonal piece is mainly layered with cardis, pullovers and jackets. Printed turtleneck, anti-UV performance and facial protection are the key points. Ultrashort length and back cutouts strengthen the newness.

A good thermal base layer can help sportsmen to construct a system for air-permeability and perspiration just as the second skin. This fast-dry layer collects sweat and releases moisture to keep the skin dry, and provides thermal performance when not exercising. Fashionable base layer suit and retro undershirt show delicacy and vitality through patterns and splicing. Besides, high funnel neck can provide facial protection.

More and more consumers have attended fitness activities.Except for body shaping, they care more about their physical problems. The products for both training and commuting catch the eyes of urban sports lovers, and multi-function clothing has been more popular in the market. Basic training suit and stretchy compression suit present protective functions and fit the human body through tailoring design. Layered fitness suit solves the problem of clothing collocation and provides fashionable consumers with more choices.

As a popular product for spring and summer, sunscreen clothing is also essential for outdoor sportswear brand. Never satisfying the monotonous design of sunscreen sportswear, more creative designs have been extended. Long sunscreen clothing can greatly prevent the damage of UV. Lustrous patent leather is more suitable for individualized consumers. The patterns on lightweight functional gauze and lace bring hazy aesthetics, which is highly adaptable and athletic. Besides, the waist-length cropped silhouette creates individualized sunscreen sportswear.

The continuous popularity of indoor exercising promotes the development of eco-friendly and comfortable items. When most consumers are purchasing tight-fit elastic items(like Lycra), knitted fabric will be a good direction. Driven by value and sustainable development, designers use low-pollution dyeing to create new workout clothes. Maintaining its fast drying, air permeability and comfort, the clothing can be customized according to the muscle types to break the limit of knits.

With the rise of economic condition, the system of cycling has been gradually completed. Combining exercising with outdoor activity, riding bicycles explores new scenes and also needs professional clothing. Fabrics follow the fashion trend and attempt novel or sustainable products to upgrade the cycling suit. The S/S 2023 cycling suit is presented in a more stylish and professional appearance.

Sports bra has been an important item in the wardrobe of athletic women, which provides both support and comfort. The styling design is also an essential factor to attract female consumers. Delicate items like soft-cup bra can be worn outside to satisfy the needs for multiple functions. One-side shoulder, deconstructed deep-V and fun suspenders can all enrich the silhouette of S/S 2023 sports bra.

People are now chasing for a comfortable and free living condition, which also causes influence on the dressing style. The leisure wear after exercising tends to be relaxing and premium, and loungewear affects the design of athleisure clothes as well. Minimalist outfits, comfortable cardigans, sweatshirt dresses and delicate pieces bring us more delicate looks.

People are willing to enjoy their outdoor time and exercising in A/W 22/23. Athletic bra must be the most important item for sport ladies, which provides support, comfort and prettiness. Sport training should pay attention to security and protection; Adjustable straps are added to support women; Mesh splicing is breathable and good-looking; Ribbons make the clothing fashionable and lightweight; Ergonomic design and seamless technique are also noteworthy.

The focus on value-oriented market stimulates the rapid development of healthy lifestyle. More and more people are involved into yoga and body-building, and start to pursue higher spiritual requirement. Comfort and fashionable sportswear will become the key. And this report will analysis the silhouette trend for yoga outerwear through the introduction of streamline silhouette, little wave design, cropped fit outerwear and cashmere outerwear.

S/S 2022 sun-protective clothing pays more attention to the functionality, and also accentuates the individualized fashion. Casual set in earth colors, heterogeneous splicing, eco-friendly tie-dyed fabric, technological metal-coated fabric, and eye-catching color blocking upgrade the sun-protective clothing from multiple aspects.

The fast-paced urban life affects the fitness way of sports lovers. After working hours, they can enjoy the hot sweat therapy of yoga on weekends. Ensuring the comfortable functionality, the yoga wear should be more delicate and individualized to meet the fashion requirements of urban yoga lovers. The contrast-colored seam design and the layered waistcoat cut present the new fashion of yoga. Mock-layered cut-out T-shirt, complicated and pretty layered underwear and exquisite-cut sweatshirt present the diversification of the new yoga wear under the cut process.

The pursuit of maintaining body shape and health and the longing for social interaction arouse consumers' interest in indoor gym. And the design target is changed from elites to those who just started to exercise and need physical assistance. Tight-top, one-piece suit, knitted suit, elastic shorts and cycling shorts all apply fit tailoring to stimulate wearers' confidence and inject comfort and fashionable elements into every item.

"Time affluence" concept is gradually surpassing the "busy life" idea, which drives consumers to further perceive comfort and pliability. One-piece yoga wear conforms to this lifestyle, which is soft, skin-friendly and extremely comfortable. T-shirts with a knotted hem take on a lightweight appearance with loose cutting. Knitted strappy underwear flatters the back and shows the urban fashion. Glossy leggings feature neat outlines, tailored silhouettes and the contrast between matte and glossy fabrics, revealing the individualized luxury. Transformed snake skin is large-scale used on bright-colored sets, bold and sexy, quite noteworthy in S/S 2022.

Sports underwear is essential for female fitness enthusiasts. High-intensity, shock-absorbing function and comfort are top priorities. Besides, underwear also needs to be fashionable, so that it can be worn outside, which has been a normal trend. Tank tops and bras with racer-back straps are shock-absorbing, with mesh and transparent fabrics to be breathable and good-looking. Front-zip bras are easy to take on and off, quite novel. Linear back design and geometric patterns display the new fashion of sports underwear.