Realization About Fitness Apparel It's finally gotten cold enough here that I need warm up pants of some sort to wear over my leggings to and from barre. We have outlet stores not far from us that include Nike, Reebok, Puma, Asic and Adidas. I thought, surely, I will be able to find some warm up pants, maybe a decent track type jacket and some new tops. I'm pretty picky about tops and I don't want the ones that say cutesy shit on them but the ones that are moisture wicking, etc. Actual PERFORMANCE WEAR.  I've got some good Adidas, Nike & Reebok stuff already, that I've picked up at random places like Nordstrom Rack, Marshalls, etc. The outlet stores should have more of the same, right?  Nope. Well, they had the warm up pants but as far as actual PERFORMANCE stuff, no, they didn't have it. They all had the type of workout gear that is designed with Hams in mind- t-shirts with "Just Do It' across the front, baggy shorts made of unbreathable material, nothing was functional- it was all designed for lounging. I got PISSED. I ended up buying an Adidas track jacket from the kid's department, because they had none in the women's.  And as we walked around, I realized that the athletic companies are now catering to a demographic that wants their apparel but doesn't want to do the activities they were designed for. So I got even more mad. And every fat person we passed wearing a Nike shirt, a pair of Adidas pants, a Puma sweatshirt, I would start to loudly complain about the lack of REAL athletic apparel and how it's stupid for fat people to wear shit with logos for companies that make products for people who actually exercise when the only exercise they get is walking to the fridge and back. I actually had one woman make eye contact with me as I was saying "They need to set a weight limit on purchases of athletic gear to make sure you are using it for it's intended use." I'll go back to buying my true performance gear (climamax, I'm looking at you) online or in discount stores where it's made its way from 2 seasons ago. Ree-fucking-diculous.