Gifts For The Founder Who Trains Every Day

He reads labels on food. He binned the non-stick pans. He will not microwave anything in plastic.

Then he puts on shorts spun from petroleum and trains in them until he is soaked, at the exact point his body temperature is highest and his pores are widest.

It is not carelessness. It is that activewear is the one category where the labels are written to be ignored, and nobody has ever handed him a reason to look.

Active Merino Liner Short

Organic cotton shell, merino liner at 17.5 micron next to skin. No separate underwear needed, which is the part he will not expect and the part he will tell people about.

Merino Air T-Shirt

A 150gsm open knit of merino and Tencel. Wearable several days running without turning, which matters more in a carry-on than anywhere else.

Merino Air Vest

Same knit, no sleeves. Merino releases heat rather than holding it against him, which is the opposite of what a synthetic vest does.

Merino absorbs moisture into the core of the fibre and releases it to the air as vapour. It regulates temperature in both directions, so the same garment works in a hot gym and on a cold walk to the office.

Odour compounds stay bound inside the fibre rather than sitting on the surface where bacteria reach them. In controlled testing, a trained odour panel rated polyester significantly worse than natural fibre after identical exercise.

In practice that means a tee he can wear on Monday, air overnight and wear again Wednesday. For a man who packs for four days in a carry-on, that is the whole argument.