The best headphones to wear for working out

Because the right kit can elevate your workout tenfold

It’s a new year and by all accounts that means you should be getting in the gym and working on your newer, shiner, self-improved self. We’re now halfway through January, though, and if you’re anything like the rest of the world, your motivation is going to wane and the clean-eating, gym-going version of you is only going to last so long. Having the right kit to go alongside your workout is guaranteed to motivate you to go to (and stay at) the gym. And since a 2010 study found that listening to up-tempo music whilst doing cardio meant that you were likely to work much harder, it surely pays to make sure you are wearing the right headphones (and have the right playlist).