The advantages of investing in special workout clothes are worth every penny you can afford. Most common benefits are psychological motivation and moving without uncomfortable restrictions that limit your motions However, .more specialized expensive workout clothes are made with compression, which delays lactic acid, and sweat wicking and fast drying fabrics. Workout clothes are made to keep you cool and super comfortable while doing your most intense cardio or weight training.

Here are the top rated athletic clothing brands:

1. Lululemon
Lululemon is a high priced athletic clothing company giving special attention to details of the fabric used to make the athletic clothing very comfortable during strenuous workouts. Nylon microfibers are the company’s trademark fabric consisting of tiny, thin and very fine threads allowing the fabric to spread out in four different directions making the yoga pants feel like they were painted on. The fabrics has has cooling and fast drying effects.

2. Athleta
Athleta is owned by the Gap and makes swimsuits and workout clothing exclusively for women. The company’s primary focus is to make all women of all sizes feel comfortable and look their best in swimsuits and spandex.

3. Nike
The Winged Goddess of Victory; People buying the brand for personal fitness reasons are going to be focused on the shoes. The company’s main mission is to make athletic shoes to protect athletes from injury. Their shoes are made with an air compressor that softens the impact from landing from high jumps or pounding the pavement.

4. Adidas
This brand is primarily an athletic shoe company making shoes that are very light, airy, super soft and comfortable as they form to mold to the shape of your feet. The brand does have a workout line and very recently added a new invention to their workout clothes. They started using compression fabrics covering big areas of the exercise wear calling it alphaskin. The alphaskin uses compression on the fabric that is thick and has a tight fit against the body. This may be very beneficial to exercise enthusiast that has trouble with skin irritations resulting from fitted workout wear that is loose and sags, causing the fabric to rub against areas where they may be most sensitive.

5. Under Armour
The company is known for their trademark moisture wicking t-shirts that keeps sweat away from your body and fabric that absorbs the suns heat. Under Armor has come out with a line of workout clothes with the sweat wicking material. The advantage to you is that you stay cool through your most intense workouts.

Using workout clothes for motivation has been proven to give us that mental boost and it can help mentally change our mindset to positive during a workout.