Active Wear

Recently, a dear friend’s sister-in-law, Michele reached out to me seeking my opinion of a new brand of active wear that she sells. Based on following FTF, Michele is well aware of the weight loss and fitness journey I’ve been on; and knows that my goal for this year has been to become physically active and fit! Michele included a link for me to investigate Zyia.

After doing a little investigative work, I immediately loved how the brand got started. To read how it all began: Click Here

Erin Bradley, the founder/CEO of Zyia, states: “I wanted to find a way to create more opportunities for women to come together—to uplift and support one other“. That’s a mission that I love and can fully support! Additionally, “Zyia Active is a clothing brand that was founded by a few friends who all share a similar passion for living an active lifestyle, being social, love fashion and looking and feeling their best“. YES, to all of this!!

Active Lifestyle Brand

Per Zyia’s website, “ZYIA Active is an active lifestyle brand. It is also a culture that believes in embracing activity with excitement, vigor and delight. We feel that pushing your body and mind is easier and more fun with friends and family. Our mission is to inspire and uplift by making activity a fun and essential part of life.”

“Most of the fabrics that Zyia uses are 4-way stretch fabric to help with stretch ability, compression, form, fit and comfort. Zyia also understands that there is so much more than that to good activewear and is always improving and investing in innovation and technology in it’s fabrics. These technologies will always be a priority for Zyia.”

• Moisture control
• Temperature control
• Strategic ventilation
• Breathability
• Anti-odor
• Sweat wicking
• Slimming component
• Muscle support
• Adaptive
• Compression

ANTI-ODOR

“Zyia Active has created its Copper Charged Collection (C3) that incorporates a technology that infuses copper yarn to help block odors during the toughest performance activity through its anti-microbial properties. This line uses strategic ventilation zones to promote breathability so you can stay cool while you work out and it was designed with seamless knit technology to eliminate chafing. This collection is ideal to keep you dry, cool, comfortable and smelling good so you can focus on your next high-intensity workout.”

My Curated Look

Michele sent me a link to complete a very brief survey regarding my sizing, etc. Based on my answers, Michele put together items chosen just for me. Within a couple of days, my ensemble arrived. Mind you, I generally don’t like others to pick things out for me especially clothing and even more so workout wear! I feel as though workout wear can be very personal. There are certain criteria for me that are a must have in order to be comfortable. Leggings must hold me in place with no extra jiggle…LOL! High waisted is my preference. They need to stay in place – no folding or rolling down of the waist band! Workout bras are a whole other story! I prefer the girls be held high, tight and in place – no bounce, no show through! Lastly, I generally layer my workout wear; and I don’t do sleeveless.

When I opened my curated look, I immediately liked the colors and style! The leggings have pockets, which I LOVE! The bra and the sleeveless top had me unsure if they’d be for me. I had agreed to Michele’s request that I wear all of it to workout in before I share my thoughts and blogged about it. Of course I can absolutely agree to that as I would never promote something that I actually didn’t like for myself! Off to the gym I went!

Work Outs

When I put the sports bra on, I was pleased that it did exactly what I’d hoped for…held me high and tight! Not much jiggle or bounce! Phew! Additionally, I was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable it was throughout my workout! I can honestly say it’s the first workout bra that I like and am comfortable wearing! Yay!!! Until now my hunt for the perfect sports bra has been unsuccessful! I’ve been wearing one that’s too big and almost worn out plus I wear my bra underneath it…all kinds of layers!

Hope you don’t mind my hot sweaty self as all of these pictures were taken after I completed my workout! This is my legit self at the gym after working all day!

Here is the back of the bra! I wanted to share with you that it zips up, which makes it so much easier to get on and off! I love details on all things so I particularly love that the zip says, “One more rep!” The bra comes with pad inserts similar to swimsuits. I chose not to use mine as I’m already busty enough…LOL!

One of my typical workouts at the gym includes 30 minutes of cardio (Precor) and 30 minutes of weight machines.The longer I wore the sleeveless top the more comfortable I became in being in something sleeveless!

Mixing things up at they gym keeps me motivated and keeps me going! Some days I choose to alternate between walking and running on the track. Why not put the curated look to the running test?! Again it passed with flying colors!

Wanted to show off the pockets on both sides of the leggings! This will be great for holding my phone!

Aerial Yoga

You might recall that my fitness goal this year has been to try activities to find workouts that are fun and that I can look forward to doing weekly! Aerial yoga is just that for me! Check out my previous post here: Aerial Yoga

Time to try out my new Zyia workout wear at aerial yoga! Again it passed with flying colors! Is it wrong that I liked that my workout wear matched my yoga mat?! You know I like matchy matchy – even in my workouts!

In the end, I’m extremely grateful to Michele for bringing Zyia wear to my attention and for gifting me this wonderful workout wear! It’s great to try something new that I would not have chosen for myself. I’ve stated that before but always need to remind myself that it can be a great idea to let others pick for you and to get out of your comfort zone. As a result, I have a new brand that I love, that meets all of my criteria and is cute! That’s the trifecta of wins!

Zyia by Miche

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