Springing into change!

If you follow my Instagram or Facebook pages, you will probably notice that the majority of my workouts are done wearing dark colors on the lower half of my body.  I have this "thing", where I kind of stray away from wearing bright colors on my lower body.  I feel the darker colors hide the flaws better, not to mention the sweat spots!  So when I was given the opportunity as a SweatPink  Ambassador to choose an item from the PrAna Spring Line to review, I immediately started looking for the darkest color pants or capris that they had.  My husband, however, convinced me to be daring and go with something that I normally wouldn't buy on my own.  I hesitantly chose the Ashley Capri Leggings in Ultra Violet.  Of course, when I say "hesitantly", it's not because I didn't love the style and color.  I really love the look of brightly colored capris on OTHER people.  I just felt like I couldn't pull it off.

When my capris arrived, I instantly fell in love with the look and feel of them.  I tried them on, and was pleasantly surprised as to how the waste fit me.  A lot of my capris seem to fit me wrong in the waist, which leaves some weird lines.  I have a short torso, which may be the issue.  But the Ashley Capri Leggings didn't dig in to my waist, and they also didn't go up to my chest like a lot of my workout pants seem to do.  I'm sure this has a lot to do with the fact that they're Low Rise, which on my 5'3" frame, nothing is truly low rise on me unless it's Petite cut.  While I loved the way the capris looked and felt, I was still a bit worried about how badly they would show sweat stains when I was working out.

I first tried out my capris by doing some yoga.  They were extremely flexible, and felt like a second skin.

Since they seemed to work out so well with the yoga, I decided to take them for a spin at the gym.  Leg Day, to be more specific.  No cardio, but my leg day's are my longest weightlifting workouts, and I break out into a good sweat.  I won't lie - I was extremely self conscious the entire 90 minute workout.  I was afraid that I had sweat spots on my butt and, uh hum, other areas.  But once I finished and checked myself out, I was pleasantly surprised - no sweat spots!  So I thought, "Ok, PrAna, let me try you out on some gym cardio equipment."

Again, I was super self conscious as I was on the stair machine and then the elliptical at the gym.  I expected to walk into the locker room to see some major sweat spots.  But again, to my surprise, this was what I saw.  There was a little mark on my lower back/upper glute area,(right at my shirt line) but nothing that was embarrassing as I expected.  I am assuming this is because the capris are made with Chakara, which is PrAna's most technical fabric that offers superior moisture management.

One last way I wanted to test out the Ashley Capris was with a 4 mile run, outdoors.  The capris felt great to run in on a beautiful, sunny, 60 degree morning.  And while I was extremely sweaty when I was finished, you wouldn't have been able to notice by looking at my pants.  Oh, and one thing I LOVE about these capris is that they offer a pocket for your key!

Since I bought my first PrAna shirt 7 months ago, I was instantly in love.  I haven't ordered, or received, one article of clothing or yoga mat from PrAna that has disappointed me yet.  I am a HUGE fan of this company.  Not only do they provide amazing workout clothing that will hold up through any type of workout, but they also have casual wear that for me personally, has held up with repeated wear chasing around Autistic students on a daily basis.  My yoga mat and carrier has proven to be just as amazing as their clothing.  I even bought my husband his first pair of PrAna pants for Christmas.  If you are looking for a great brand with amazing customer service, head over to www.prana.com and use the code PSSS16WLMR  to save 15%!  Trust me, you don't want to miss out on this!