I started the whole fitness journey with just running alone. Running is the most simplest workout to start with for a newbie, although I must admit I still hate running and it is not as easy as it seems. When I run, I wear lesser because I can get hot very fast and I sweat a lot (Read: healthy 😛 ). However because I do have shin splints issue since the beginning, I started to wear long pants which has compression in it to help to lessen muscle soreness and to help with recovery.

It is only recently that I run lesser. I am dabbling my toes into sprinting and also Metafit HIIT workout. This is where I wore long pants only and I do find it helped with my training. Now I understand why some atheletes wear long pants. I used to think that is so hot to wear for work out. I was wrong. For my past few trainings, I have been trying out Jonlivia Hotpants S+ in Full Length aka long pants. I chose to accept this pair of pants to try out because I was told hotpants comes in several benefits.

Jonlivia Hotpants S+ are Made in Taiwan and it is constructed out from four layers – External Fabric, High Performance NeoHeat Fabric, Internal Fabric and Special Airy Fabric. Despite having four different layers for a pants, rest assured that the pants miraclely remains just as normal and not as bulky as it may sounds like.

Usually workout pants are a bit tricky in the sense that when you bought that time, it fits nicely. After a few wore, the waist elastic started to get looser. This is either all the washing may be the cause or one tend to lose some weight from the workout. It is also one of the issue I face when buying other branded workout pants. If you can see from Jonlivia Hotpants, you will be able to tell that the waistline fits tightly. It stays put and you never even need to keep pulling your pants up as you do your workout.

The fitting overall was okay on me. Not as snugly as I like personally. The waistline is tight so do get your size right otherwise you will be suffocated, hips fits nicely as well as the legs. However I find that the abdomen aka tummy area to be a bit loose so when I run it tend to look a bit weird. That is just my preference. The pants is not a low waist pants. It goes up covering the entire tummy so if you have a little bulging tummy, it will shows up on tight workout tops.

The hip part are double-layered and it has a strap to prevent, you know your pants from bursting? 😛 Does it gave a bit of volume to your hip? Yes it does. It has a little padding and that feels quite comfortable actually.

On my first trial with this Hotpants S+, it was a hot Monday morning but I do not feel extra hot or sweaty at all. In fact while I was driving to the park, the aircond circulating in my car makes my pants a tad bit cooling. I was not expecting that. I was particularly excited to wear the pants for my sprint training that morning. Sprint training requires a lot of energy and lots of high knees action with higher impact landing so I was worried about shin splints. I was told that this Jonlivia Hotpants has compression fabric and it provides 41% muscle support. Any sports person or atheletes would know how important compression is especially for runner.

I did a 2 miles warm up run with 6 sets of 25 seconds sprint. No pain, no soreness, no muscle tightness. I was impressed. And of course one time trial is not enough. I was curious to see if it is just me or the pants really works. So this morning I went for another hot session of running and sprinting. Same thing. I sprint my hearts out with lots of high knees and I do not even feel a thing. One thing for sure is that I sweat more than the first time. This strip of lycra-like Breathable AirFabric that runs down on the middle inner tights are all wet.

If there is one thing I do not like besides the not-so snug fitting on the tummy area is the grey stitching LOL. Don’t get me wrong. I like the stronger 5/7 stitching feature but I do not like the grey color against black pants. This pants are made to be versatile for work and normal daily routine so I prefer same color stitching. It is more elegant and versatile to be worn anywhere, for any occassion.

Another feature that Jonlivia could add is a pocket. The pants does not come with any pocket therefore I have to lace my car key into my shoe lace. Here are more of my sprinting training, with Hotpants S+ Full Length in action.

Disclaimer: Product was sent to me for review consideration. This doesn’t affect my judgement in the review in any way.