My Overview of Lululemon’s New Glow Up Shapewear Leggings

There comes a time in everybody’s life once they want for a little bit of a glow-up. Mine usually comes after I’m on the gym, and each single human round me one way or the other seems to be like a J.Crew mannequin who does a thousand burpees earlier than breakfast on daily basis. I don’t wish to do something however have a look at TikTok earlier than I eat my eggs, so you’ll be able to think about how pumped I used to be to study Lululemon’s new line of shapewear leggings and tops. 

The aptly named Glow Up line consists of a medium-support tank and high-waisted leggings (up to now) particularly designed to make your physique look snatched with out sacrificing consolation. The design “minimizes the stomach and waist and accentuates the glutes,” in keeping with Melanie Anayiotos, Lululemon’s VP of ladies’s design. “There’s additionally a middle seam within the entrance and curved seam within the again that methods the attention.”

As a wellness editor who works out quite a bit, I do know greater than crucial about athleisure, so I used to be skeptical however excited to check these earlier than launch. Once I first noticed the leggings, I used to be scared. The cinched waistband made the bottoms appear to be they have been designed for a toddler reasonably than a completely grown girl. However, to my shock, they slipped up on my physique (with some mild tugging), and va va voom, I used to be instantly an hourglass determine. I regarded within the mirror and noticed one thing I by no means thought potential: a curvy, perky butt…on my physique.

The tremendous excessive waist is made with bonded building and minimal seaming that basically hugs and smooths the stomach space with out proscribing your respiration. Most compression leggings make me really feel claustrophobic the second I put them on, however these felt actually good. Sure, there’s some strain, nevertheless it’s utterly doable, and I forgot about it the second I began shifting. 

I’ve worn these throughout Pilates, lifting, strolling, HIIT exercises, and whereas on cardio machines, and so they’ve felt strong all through. There’s minimal waistband rolling even when doing crunches or different on-the-ground workouts, and I like how sweat-wicking they’re. The highest is medium help, so when you have larger breasts like me, you in all probability received’t love leaping in it, however they saved my ladies in place fairly effectively. Oh, and it is best to dimension up. I went true to dimension, and there was a bit an excessive amount of boob-age for my liking, although my boyfriend loved it. 

Along with efficiency, I liked how this set made me really feel. Some days it’s arduous to get to the health club after I don’t really feel nice about how I look, however even on these dangerous days, this set gave me confidence and helped me get out the door. I do know I’m not the one one who feels this manner as a result of the entire new line was designed with prospects’ wishes on the forefront.

“There’s a shift in what folks need—much more girls are coaching and targeted on energy, and what you need from leggings is now completely different. Extra help, extra contour, and extra smoothing are important,” Anayiotos mentioned, including that the perception of consumers and ambassadors helped make this curve-creating line a actuality.

All in all, I like to recommend this to anybody who needs to really feel extra assured throughout their exercises. The shaping, consolation, and high quality are actually unmatched in comparison with different leggings and tops—belief me, I’ve examined lots of of pairs for my job. My solely qualm is that I want it have been extra size-inclusive (hopefully, that is coming).