Chapter 162 Fitness Suit
The unscrupulous boss, with an empty chest, acted quickly. After returning to the hotel to wait for news, Heidi received an invitation from Boss You to a fitness gathering on the evening of the third day. The time was six o'clock in the morning of the next day, and the pick-up point was downstairs of the hotel where she was staying.
Along with the invitation came a set of thin but very elastic clothes including underwear, a pair of breathable cotton socks and a pair of thick-soled cloth shoes.
According to the description on the invitation letter, this is a 'fitness suit' specially customized by Boss You for Heidi.
The letter accompanying the invitation detailed instructions on how to wear and clean the fitness suit. Heidi read the letter carefully, picked up the suit and compared it with herself. Before she could express her opinion, the housekeeper, Montana, couldn't help but yell, "Miss! This suit is so inappropriate!"
Heidi turned her head to look in her direction, only to see Montana holding up the belt of the bra with two fingers in disgust. "How can such a shabby thing be worn by our lady! It's not even as good as a corset!"
Women of this era used to wear a tight-fitting corset called a corset. This garment was made of whalebone, wooden slats and leather (commoners used cloth), and had layers of tight ribbons on the back, which could shape a graceful hourglass figure when worn.
If a woman wore this kind of corset from a young age, with the size constantly reduced and the ropes tightened, it would cause rib deformation, compress internal organs, restrict lung expansion and breathing, and even cause medieval women to faint frequently when excited.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is because the lungs are too tight. Women can't breathe as soon as they get excited and have a high demand for oxygen.
When Heidi was a skeleton with anorexia, she often felt suffocated by this thing and often fainted. Naturally, she had no fondness for corsets. She shook the letter in her hand and said, "Just do as Boss You says. If I wear something like that, I can't even breathe. How can I exercise?"
Seeing the hesitation on the housekeeper's face, she simply ordered, "Give me the clothes, let me try them on first."
After much hesitation, Motana handed the fitness suit to her master.
Heidi took the letter and the clothes and walked behind the screen in the corner of the room, examining them carefully. She had never seen the styles of these clothes before, but the instructions in the letter from the lich boss were carefully drawn with diagrams, and she could figure out how to wear them by looking at them twice in comparison with the real thing.
——The only thing was that the buttons of the underwear vest were on the back, and she took some effort to figure out the trick to wear it independently.
"It's quite comfortable." After changing into her fitness suit, Heidi looked at herself in the mirror and muttered, "The fabric is thin, tight, and stretchy, but it doesn't deliberately highlight my curves. The style is more neutral, suitable for both men and women..."
She tugged at the fabric and judged, "It's surprisingly strong and breathable. It's not hot at all to wear... This must be the work of a weaver."
According to Jiang You's statement in the letter, this kind of clothing can be ventilated, breathable and quick-drying after sweating, which is very friendly to the skin. It is not easy to catch a cold or develop skin diseases due to excessive sweating and wetness after fitness.
Most importantly, it feels like a second skin when worn. It doesn’t feel bulky, prickly, or restrictive at all. It is very comfortable.
The combination of short sleeves and long pants allows you to make any movements without any hindrance.
Heidi had previously learned Ba Duan Jin from Jiang You, and had also been doing morning exercises recently. She had a deep understanding of how much trouble inappropriate clothing could cause during exercise.
Before, she had always worn neutral or men's shirts, hunting breeches, and small leather boots. In that era, hunting was considered a "sport" that women participated in more frequently. However, clothes suitable for riding did not necessarily mean suitable for running or boxing. When doing many movements, she could still feel the obstruction and restraint of the clothes themselves.
This fitness suit removed the heavy shackles of a corset, allowing her to run, jump, and punch more freely. The most comfortable and special thing about it was the shoes. I don't know how Boss You made them, but the soles are soft, strong, and even slightly elastic...
You have to know that there are only a few types of materials for shoes in this era: knights wore iron armor boots, which were made entirely of metal and required craftsmen with excellent skills to carefully make them. They put on the ring-shaped armor plates one by one, and stuffed thick wooden soles and leather at the bottom to isolate the temperature of the metal and provide a more comfortable feel for the feet.
Because it is connected by nested ring-shaped armor plates, the feet have a lot of room to move, allowing the knight to run and jump... Of course, considering the weight of the metal armor itself, to perform these movements, one needs a well-trained and strong physique.
Farmers always wear homemade straw sandals. The grass for making the sandals is collected randomly, as long as it is not scratchy, prickly or poisonous.
The technique of weaving straw sandals varies from family to family. Some people just tie them casually and go barefoot when the shoes are broken; some farmers can weave very durable and sturdy straw sandals that can be worn for several months without any problem.
However, no matter how strong this thing is, it is also a consumable item. Therefore, whenever farmers have free time, they sit down in groups of three or five to weave straw sandals, so that they can be replaced at any time when they are worn out.
Nobles mostly wore leather shoes, the soles of which were sometimes made of several layers of thick leather nailed together, while others were made of slightly elastic cork. The uppers were mostly made of soft leather such as calfskin, lambskin, deerskin or suede.
Boots, high heels, small leather shoes... The styles of shoes may be different, but the production methods are similar. Thick leather or wood is used as the sole, and the heel is added. The foot tube is wrapped with leather cut into the shape of the upper, and this is basically completed.
But even the shoes worn by aristocrats were only suitable for daily home use, strolling, chatting or attending dances. Once you engage in strenuous exercise, you will find that wooden-soled shoes are too hard and leather-soled shoes are too thin and easily hurt your feet.
In addition, the leather surface is not breathable and it is easy to cause foot sweat, and when the weather is hot, it is easy to get smelly or itchy...
However, the pair of 'sneakers' that Jiangyou gave were made of cloth.
The breathable fabric is similar to that used for fitness clothes and pants, wrapping the foot firmly and comfortably. The sole is very unique, and it looks like it is made of many layers of fabric that are carefully sewn together.
However, I don't know what material it is wrapped in, but it is very elastic when you step on it. You can feel the support on the soles of your feet when you run and jump, and there is no feeling of being hit by the hard ground.
Heidi's business sense once again detected a business opportunity: "I wonder if we can expand production of these shoes... I think this is going to be a very profitable business!"
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