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Ascend
Tee

No Cling Finish · Built For Heat
$48.00

The one built for heat. A lightweight performance textured knit that wicks sweat and breathes, finished so it does not stick to you when the session turns ugly. The mark sits on the left chest and the only other branding is inside the neck, where the taping reads ALPHA COUNTRY TRAINING & NUTRITION. Nobody sees it but you.

TexturedPerformance Knit
No ClingFinish
3Colourways
5From 23 Reviews
Model ReferenceFor Sizing
5'11"Height
185 lbWeight
LargeSize Worn

He wears a Large in this tee. Match the chart rather than sizing down, and note the chart changes with the colourway you pick.

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Construction
  • Performance textured knit, lightweight
  • Sweat wicking and ultra breathable
  • No cling finish, tailored for movement
  • Skull and arrows on the left chest, nothing on the back
  • Interior neck taping reading ALPHA COUNTRY TRAINING & NUTRITION
  • Three colourways, each with its own size chart
Fabric
A lightweight performance textured knit. The texture is the point: it lifts the fabric off the skin so air moves through it, which is what keeps it breathable and stops it clinging once you are wet.
Size Chart
Size chart
Care
Wash cold. Tumble dry low or air dry. Avoid high heat.
Shipping + Returns
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The Ascend Tee at pace on the track
The Ascend Tee

For The Days
The Heat Wins.

Most shirts are fine until you are properly wet. Then they stick, they hang heavy, and the last mile is spent peeling fabric off your chest. This one is textured so air keeps moving through it and finished so it stays off the skin. That is the entire brief.

Every Detail Has A Job

Made For The Back Half.

The skull and arrows mark on the Ascend Tee
01

Performance Textured Knit

Look closely at the fabric and you can see it. The texture holds the shirt marginally off the skin, which is what lets air move through instead of sitting against you. It is the difference between a shirt that breathes and one that just claims to.

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The No Cling Finish

Everything wicks these days. Fewer things stay off you once the wicking is losing. The finish here is specifically about what happens at the point most shirts give up, which is the only part of a hot session that actually matters.

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Interior Neck Taping

Inside the neck, the taping reads ALPHA COUNTRY TRAINING & NUTRITION. Nobody else will ever see it. That is rather the point of putting it there instead of across your back.

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Three Colourways, Three Charts

Earth Brown, Black and Light Grey. Each has its own size chart and its own photographs, and the hero image above changes with them, so what you are looking at is always the shirt you are about to buy.

The skull and arrows mark close up on the Ascend Tee Detail 01The Mark
Detail 02The Texture
How the Ascend Tee hangs mid movement Detail 03How It Hangs
The Numbers

Specification

FabricPerformance textured knit
FinishNo cling
ColourwaysEarth Brown, Black, Light Grey
WeightLightweight
BreathabilitySweat wicking, ultra breathable
BrandingSkull + arrows, left chest
NeckInterior taping
Rated5.0 from 23 reviews
Built ForHeat, hybrid days, long efforts
Size ChartOne per colourway
CareCold wash, low or air dry
SizesS through XXL
Start To Finish

Before, And Well Into It

Warming up on the track in the Ascend Tee
Mile Zero

Before The Work

Light enough that you forget it is on, which is exactly what you want from a shirt at the start of something long.

Deep into the session in the Ascend Tee
Mile Eight

Deep Into It

This is the part the shirt was built for. Wet, hot, and still moving with you rather than hanging off you.

Sat on the bleachers after the session in the Ascend Tee
Stay Ready. Never Settle.

Ascend.

Reviewed By People Who Train

Read The Reviews

Career SOF veterans, Marines, runners, and lifters. Read every one of them, including the ones telling us exactly what they would change.

Questions, Answered

How does it fit?
True to size. Each colourway on this page was shot on a different model, ranging from 5'8" and 180 lb to 6'1" and 212 lb, so the reference panel above changes with the colour you pick and always shows the size that person is actually wearing. Check the chart for exact measurements, and if you are between sizes, size up for room rather than down.
Ascend or Raider, which one do I want?
The Ascend is the training shirt: lightweight, textured, sweat wicking, built for heat and long efforts. The Raider is cotton, modal and spandex with a structured collar, and it is the one that goes to the gym and then out for the rest of the day. If the session is hot and long, take the Ascend. If you want one shirt for everything, take the Raider.
Does it stick when you sweat through it?
That is the specific thing the no cling finish is there for, and it is why the fabric is textured rather than flat. Being straight with you: soak any shirt hard enough and you will feel it. This one is built to hold off far longer than a flat knit does.
Does the size chart change with the colour?
Yes, and this page swaps it for you. Each colourway has its own chart, and the Size Chart button always opens the one matching the colour you have selected.
Is it fitted or relaxed?
Tailored for movement rather than boxy. If you want a genuinely relaxed drape, size up or look at The Oversize Tee instead.
What is the taping inside the neck?
Interior neck taping printed with ALPHA COUNTRY TRAINING & NUTRITION. It replaces a scratchy label and it is the only branding on the shirt other than the mark on the chest.
How do I wash them?
Cold water, tumble dry low or air dry. Heat is what wrecks a technical knit and its finish, so keep it off the hot setting.
What is it made of?
A performance textured knit. Shopify does not publish a fibre percentage split for this shirt, so no numbers are quoted here rather than guessed at.
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