Beyond your shaker and your supplements, a handful of accessories make a real difference to a training session. Wrist straps take grip fatigue out of the equation on heavy pulling movements — deadlifts, rows, pull-ups — so your back and legs give out before your grip does, letting you train the muscles you're actually targeting rather than being limited by hand strength.

A dedicated gym towel matters more for hygiene than most people think, particularly on shared equipment, and a quick-drying one is far more practical to carry daily than a bath towel.

A well-packed gym bag keeps all of this organised in one place, so you're not scrambling for a shaker, straps or a towel on the way out the door.

See our current Weightlifting Wrist Straps, Gym Towel and Gym & Notebook Bag listings.