10 Things Everyone Should Have In Their Gym Bag
Whether you work out in the morning, afternoon, or night, having a perfectly packed gym bag is what sets the ballers apart from the kids who are just screwing around. It took me a long time to succumb to the ways of the thoughtful, prepared gym bag, but once I did, my confidence in always being prepared to crush a workout sky-rocketed.
I’m lucky enough to work in a building where a free and very nice personal training gym is open to the building’s tenants. I’m also lucky enough that my coworkers/upper management respect the lunch hour, so I do most of my workouts from 12-1. If that particular day is extremely busy and/or I have plans after work, I’ll go in the morning. Regardless of when I go, my gym bag is always 6 steps ahead of me.
Now, I’m sure most of you are wondering how the fuck I’m able to workout during lunch and head back to my desk looking even halfway decent. I wondered the same as you years ago, damning lunch workouts and the people who partook in them to hell. But once I started working where I am now, I realized the lunch hour is what works best for me so I had to figure it out. The two key ingredients for me have been: 1) having curly hair and 2) caring but not really about my appearance. Allow me to explain.
Having curly hair is a serious advantage in terms of refreshing after a midday workout. Because I air dry my hair almost always, I have no qualms with taking a full shower and going back up to my desk with wet hair. Sometimes I’ll pull it back into a slick bun to be done with it. Sometimes (very recently), I’ll use this blowout tool to dry it wavy/straight. However I do it, I’m not super particular about my hair, which works to my advantage in terms of midday workouts. But almost always, I rely heavily on the new headband trend to cut way down on primping time and hide the sweaty, disgusting mess that is my post-workout hair. Having such unpredictable hair has made it difficult throughout the years to put any trust into it, so I’ve found ways to work around it and most of those ways are via accessories.
I hope that answered your inquiries. Alas, I digress. This post is about spilling out the guts of my gym bag, so let’s dump this bitch out and dive in.
First and foremost is the gym bag itself. I love Vooray’s “Trainer” duffel a lot, but personally have this Herschel duffel and have for a long time now. I just really like it and it works.
And now, WTF to pack in it:
Add it all to cart (including your favorite deodorant, razors, perfume, etc) and then add it all to your gym bag so you’re prepared to crush your workouts and your post-workout glow up.
You can do this, bitch. LFG.
xox,
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