How to Organize Sportswear on a Shelf

I have several workout clothes and sportswear, depending on the occasion. Some are from summer, when the weather is warm, and others are for winter when I need an extra lining because of the frigid temperatures. But organizing them on a shelf has been tricky. Come along to see how to organize sportswear using two very helpful products.

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How do I Organize My Sportswear?

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Tools used to organize sportswear:

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How do I Organize My Sportswear?

The big problem with sportswear on a shelf is that

I have several shelves (Affiliate Link) in my closet, so placing my sportswear on one was a no-brainer. But there were some issues with that. When I would pull from the bottom of the pile, it would destroy the entire folded pile of clothes, resulting in a big mess. Check out this image of how my closet shelf looked before.

How to Organize Sportswear on a Shelf from Drab to Fab - before image

Now, you can see it looks ok but didn't function well.

Then, I looked at these products and thought, "What the heck? I should try them to see if they will help me keep the sportswear clothing organized." Read below to see how I organized these shelves (Affiliate Link).

Clear out the sportswear you don't use.

First, I went and cleared out the sportswear I did not need. I asked myself these questions. Visit the complete post here.

getting rid of clothes questions checklist

I got rid of a good number of shirts and shorts—yay! But I still had about 40 pieces of clothing, from tops to sports bras.

Then, I pulled out all the shirts and shorts and sorted them by type and season. I wanted all the winter workout clothing together since it was thicker than the other pieces.

After sorting, I started to fold them to fit in the EZStax system.

How to fold workout shirts so they are symmetrical in size?

First, you lay the shirt front side down. And smooth it out.

Then, you fold in the arms and bottom of the shirt so that it is lined up with the folding system.

After this step, you flip the right side first to fold the right side back of the shirt. Then, you flip the left side onto the right side back of the shirt. Keep in mind, you need to do this fast, or the shirt will slide.

Now, you can flip the front of the shirt up and over the back of the shirt. And, that is! This is now the correct size for the EZStax system.

I did this process with all my shirts. One BoxLegend(R) Folding Clothes system (Affiliate Link) also has ways to do it for pants. The exercise pants were pretty easy to get to the right size of the EZStax Organization System, so I folded them the usual way.

And, that is it! Here is what it looked like after I added one shirt to each of the EZStax systems. I did need a few more of these, so I ordered a small butch to add the few extra shirts I have to the system.