What's your pants size? Hugged or held-in?

Vancouver

LULULEMON customers will soon face a potentially awkward question when choosing workout pants: Do you want to feel "hugged" or merely "held-in"?

The retailer, which helped make workout clothes an acceptable everyday outfit, rolled out a revamp of its women's workout bottoms on Tuesday. All bottoms will now be categorised by "engineered sensations" or how much they squeeze the body (known as "compression" in Lululemon's lingo). The loosest pants are designed with lounging and yoga in mind; the tightest are meant for runners.