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  September 13, 2026 Jake C

  Best Gym Socks for Training, Hyrox & CrossFit

  Your gym has changed. Your socks probably haven’t.

  Once upon a time, going to the gym might have meant lifting some weights, sitting down, lifting some more weights and finishing with ten minutes on the treadmill.

  Your socks weren’t exactly being put through military service. That’s not how everyone trains anymore. Let’s take a look at better socks.

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  September 5, 2026 Jake C

  Toe Socks — The Honest, Funny, Slightly Unhinged Deep Dive Your Toes Deserve

  Toe socks are divisive. Toe socks are brilliant. Toe socks are weird. Toe socks are the oyster of the sock world.

  Some people swear by them. Some people try them once and say never again — the same way some people taste an oyster and immediately decide they’ve just eaten cold snot.

  And that’s exactly why this review needs to exist.

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  August 25, 2026 Jake C

  Conquering Victoria’s Rooftop: Winter Testing the Buffalo on Mt Bogong

  There’s a particular kind of silence you get on Mt Bogong in winter.
  

  It’s the sort of silence where you can hear your own breathing, the crunch of snow under your boots and, occasionally, the quiet voice in your head asking why you thought carrying 30 kilos up a 1,986-metre mountain was a good idea.

  At 1,986 metres, Mt Bogong is Victoria’s highest peak. In summer, it’s a serious walk. In winter, throw in snow, ice, crampons, mountaineering boots and a pack loaded with enough equipment to make a small expedition, and things get considerably more interesting.

  So naturally, one of our team decided it was the perfect place to test a pair of GearSocks Buffalo Lightweight Hiking socks.

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