Workout leggings are a garment intended to be worn during exercise and fit tightly about the legs.

Workout leggings are most commonly worn by women. Many people who wear workout legging during exercise also wear them as part of their casual attire. It is common for women to wear workout legging with tunics, short dresses, and long sweaters.

One of the benefits of wearing workout leggings during exercise is that there is no excess fabric to bunch up, get in the way, or get caught in the gears or spokes of the exercise equipment.

Bulky sweat pants, on the other hand, can be problematic to wear while using certain kinds of exercise equipment. For this reason, many women who like to use exercise bikes, especially the kind used in spinning classes prefer to wear workout legging instead of sweat pants.

While sweat pants usually come in a basic range of colors including blue, gray, and black, leggings often come in every color of the rainbow. This is because they so often double as street wear. Therefore, workout leggings are favored among fitness gurus who also care about fashion and personal style.

This kind of clothing differs from yoga pants in one key way. Yoga pants are similar in that they fit tightly about the thigh and calves. However, they usually have a flare that extends from the middle of the calf down to the ankle. Leggings, on the other hand, fit tightly against the leg all the way from the top of the hip down to the ankle.

There are many athletic apparel companies that sell workout leggings. There are also quite a number of apparel companies that specialize in urban wear and trend fashion that manufacture them. Leggings from a company focused on sportswear are more likely to be durable and stand up to the kind of wear and tear put on a garment during exercise. While leggings from a company focused on trend or urban styles might also be worn in the gym, they may not last as long.