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PocJox active compression underwear: what’s it for?

They’re the tightest sport undies known to mankind. But why is there more than one bulge?

TWAM 20 Feb 2016
TWAM 20 Feb 2016

PocJox: Road Test

What’s this? Super-tight, “hands-free” sport undies for men.

PocJox: pleased to see you.
PocJox: pleased to see you.

Beg pardon? It’s “active compression underwear” endowed with pockets for your mobile, keys etc while you work out.

So it’s Lycra with more than one unsightly bulge! Yup.

What’s “compression underwear” about? It sounds like a CIA torture technique – but the incredible support somehow “improves your performance”, PocJox claims. (People in the men’s underwear business are always talking bollocks.)

Anything else? The small print on the packet suggests dual use as an outer garment! You think, “What sort of preening, self-loving exhibitionist peacock would wear these as an outer garment?” Then you read further and see the words “Designed in Bondi”, and suddenly it all makes sense.

From $59.95, pocjox.com

Ross Bilton
Ross BiltonThe Weekend Australian Magazine

Ross Bilton has been a journalist for 30 years. He is a subeditor and writer on The Australian Weekend Magazine, where he has worked since 2006; previously he was at the Daily Mail in London.

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