19 Brands Like Rhone for Premium Men's Activewear
Gym shorts have no business at a desk, and work trousers have no business in a squat rack. Rhone built a company out of that gap, cutting training kit that survives a meeting and shirts that survive a workout.
Rhone is a US performance menswear label sitting at the premium end of activewear, built around training clothes and shirting designed to be worn in the same day. Its storefront sits behind a Cloudflare wall that refused every automated check we ran, including a Googlebot agent, so we couldn't read a single current price off it. Everything below we checked ourselves this week on each brand's own men's pages, quoting the full price in US dollars rather than the sale tag. Nineteen brands survived that check.
Quick comparison: Vuori is the closest overall substitute, with Myles Apparel and Mizzen+Main covering the half of Rhone that goes to an office. The cheapest ways in are NOBULL from $30 and Outdoor Voices from $38. Reigning Champ and Athletic Propulsion Labs hold the top of the range. Ten Thousand and Hylete each do training and stop there, Tracksmith does running, and Mack Weldon covers everything worn underneath.
| Brand | Full price we checked (USD) | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Lululemon | Not checkable | The widest men's range here |
| Vuori | $78 on the Kore Short | The closest overall match |
| On Running | $120 on men's 2-in-1 shorts | Mileage first |
| Ten Thousand | $78 to $128 on shorts | Men who train five days a week |
| Alo Yoga | $48 to $198 on men's training | A sharper, more fashion-led look |
| Nike | $42 to $115 on men's training | Breadth, and a price for every budget |
| Tracksmith | $85 on men's Session Shorts | Runners who like the old aesthetic |
| Outdoor Voices | $38 to $88 on men's | Colour, and a softer silhouette |
| Under Armour | Not checkable | Hard training and team sport |
| NOBULL | $30 to $120 on men's apparel | Plain training kit, cheaply |
| Tasc Performance | $32 to $158 on men's | Bamboo instead of polyester |
| Beyond Yoga | $58 to $198 on men's | Softness over structure |
| Reigning Champ | $38 to $550 on men's | Sweats built like outerwear |
| Hylete | $32 to $128 on men's | Shorts with a pocket that works |
| Legends | $40 to $145 on men's apparel | A younger, streetwear-leaning cut |
| Mack Weldon | $26 to $248 | Everything under the outfit |
| Myles Apparel | $28 to $138 | One trouser that does both jobs |
| Mizzen+Main | Not checkable | The shirt you keep on afterwards |
| Athletic Propulsion Labs | $180 to $350 on men's shoes | Shoes, and only shoes |
Lululemon
Lululemon is the obvious step across from Rhone, and its men's side is a full range rather than an afterthought, running from training kit through to five-pocket trousers. The cut sits closer to the body than most sportswear, which is the thing to know before you order your usual size.
Lululemon blocks automated price checks, so we haven't quoted figures here, and the same wall stops us confirming stock. Order from a store if you can, because the fit is close enough through the shoulder and thigh that a size guide won't settle it for you.
Best for: proven training fabrics, in the widest men's range on this list.
Vuori
Vuori is the nearest match here on cut and on price. The Kore Short in a 5-inch inseam costs $78 with a built-in liner, and it's the piece most men start with.
The temperature is different from Rhone's. Vuori reads as weekend clothing that happens to perform, where Rhone reads as equipment that happens to look tidy. Buy Vuori if the gym is one stop in a day that also involves an airport.
Best for: the closest overall substitute.
On Running
On Running trades as On now, at on.com rather than the old onrunning.com address, and the Swiss engineering behind its shoes carries into the clothes. Men's 2-in-1 shorts sit at $120 on the US site.
Mileage comes first here in a way it doesn't at Rhone. If your week is built around running rather than sets and reps, On cuts for that, and the shoes are the reason most people arrive in the first place.
Best for: runners who want the apparel to match the shoes.
Ten Thousand
Ten Thousand is a men's-only training brand, and it holds to that: its 142 collections contain no women's range at all, which is unusual in this category and shows in how the shorts are cut. Prices run $78 for the Midweight Tech Short to $128 for the Heavyweight Core Short.
The catalogue is deliberately small. You get a handful of shorts and tops, refined over years rather than replaced each season. That narrowness is the point, and it's the opposite of Rhone's approach of dressing you for the whole day.
Best for: men who train five days a week and buy shorts accordingly.
Alo Yoga
Alo Yoga runs a men's training collection of 156 products, priced from $48 for the Triumph Muscle Tank to $198 for the Performance On-The-Go Jacket. The men's side is smaller than the women's business it grew out of, so expect fewer silhouettes and faster colour turnover.
Alo is the fashion-led option in this group. The fits are sharper and the styling is louder than Rhone's, and the brand shows up on people who are photographed rather than timed. Our Alo alternatives for men goes deeper on that range.
Best for: gym clothes that read as an outfit.
Nike
Nike prices its men's training clothing from $42 to $115 at full price on the page we checked, which undercuts Rhone across the board. The Pro base layers and Dri-FIT tops do the same sweat-management job as anything premium.
What you give up is quietness. Nike's branding is visible from across a room and the fits are built for a much wider range of bodies than a small label can serve. That breadth is also why replacing a worn-out piece takes five minutes.
Best for: restocking training kit without thinking about it.
Tracksmith
Tracksmith makes running clothes for people who care how running used to look. The men's Session Shorts cost $85 and come in navy or black, with the hare logo doing all the branding the label allows itself.
This is the narrowest recommendation on the list. Tracksmith works in merino and cotton-blend knits as often as in synthetics, and the collection assumes you run outdoors in weather rather than on a treadmill.
Best for: road miles, and the aesthetic that goes with them.
Outdoor Voices
Outdoor Voices is an activewear brand built for everyday recreation rather than hard training, and it keeps a men's range of 57 products, running from $38 for the Everyday Classic Shortsleeve to $88 for the CloudKnit Slim Sweatpant. It's the cheapest genuine alternative here after NOBULL.
The men's side is smaller than the women's, and the colour palette is the reason to look. Balsam, Grass, Soil and Tea Tree all appear across the current men's products, which suits a wardrobe that has gone entirely monochrome.
Best for: breaking up an all-black drawer.
Under Armour
Under Armour built its business on compression fabrics that pull sweat off skin, and HeatGear and ColdGear still do exactly that across a men's range far larger than Rhone's.
Under Armour's site turns away automated checks, so we haven't quoted prices. Sizing is worth a moment of care: the brand runs several fits under the same product name, and the compression cut is a long way from the loose one.
Best for: hard training and team sport.
NOBULL
NOBULL is a training brand best known for its shoes, and it prices men's apparel from $30 for a plain tank to $120 for the Gamechanger 5-Pocket Pant. It also now houses Public Rec, whose old address redirects into the NOBULL store, where every former Public Rec item lists NOBULL as the vendor.
The design gets stripped back to almost nothing. There's no print and no panelling, only a small wordmark, which puts NOBULL closer to Rhone in spirit than the price gap suggests. Fabrics are plainer, and so is the finish.
Best for: filling a gym bag cheaply.
Tasc Performance
Tasc Performance builds its men's range around bamboo-based fabric and organic cotton rather than pure synthetics, with 165 men's products priced from $32 to $158. UPF sun protection appears across the shirts, which matters if your training happens outside.
The feel is the selling point. Bamboo knits sit softer against skin than polyester and hold odour differently, so a Tasc tee behaves like a good cotton shirt while still moving sweat.
Best for: anyone whose skin objects to polyester.
Beyond Yoga
Beyond Yoga now runs 37 separate men's collections, so the men's side is a real business rather than a capsule. Bottoms cost $78 to $138 and tops cost $58 to $198, all in US dollars.
Softness is what you're paying for. The Spacedye knit that made the women's line famous carries into the men's tees and joggers, and the cuts are relaxed where Rhone's are structured. This is recovery-day clothing that passes as going-out clothing.
Best for: rest days that still involve leaving the house.
Reigning Champ
Reigning Champ spans $38 for a cotton rib tank to $550 for a wool herringbone coat, across 696 men's products. The Midweight Terry Relaxed Crewneck at $98 is the piece the brand is known for.
Midweight terry and heavyweight jersey do the work here instead of technical synthetics. Colours return season after season, so a replacement bought two years from now will still match what's in your drawer. That consistency is rare and it's the reason people keep going back.
Best for: sweats you'd wear to meet someone's parents.
Hylete
Hylete serves the functional-fitness crowd, with 91 men's products from $32 to $128. The Fuse Short at $88 comes in three lengths and carries a zipped hip pocket alongside two open hand pockets.
Hylete lists a sale price against almost every item, so read the figure on the product page rather than the crossed-out one. We added a men's short to the cart to confirm the store takes orders, and it does. Utility beats styling throughout the range.
Best for: lifting, and carrying a phone while you do it.
Legends
Legends is a men's performance-apparel label pricing from $40 for the Aviation Tee to $145 for the Nuch Vest. The Luka and Hawthorne lines carry most of the catalogue, taking in a $95 Hawthorne Tech Jogger and a $125 Luka HD Full-Zip Jacket.
The cut runs younger than Rhone's. Hems are scalloped, tops are longer through the body, and the whole range leans towards a streetwear silhouette worn to the gym. It works better on someone in their twenties than on someone dressing for an office.
Best for: a gym look with a streetwear accent.
Mack Weldon
Mack Weldon covers a men's wardrobe from the $26 18-Hour Jersey Brief up to a $248 Stormchaser Jacket, across 171 products. It started with underwear and socks, then worked outwards.
Think of it as the layer Rhone doesn't sell you. The AIRKNITx range and the silver-treated base layers apply performance thinking to the pieces that stay hidden, which is where most people notice a bad fabric first. Buying from Mack Weldon stays dull in the best way, because reordering the same size takes a minute.
Best for: everything worn under the outfit.
Myles Apparel
Myles Apparel makes men's clothing exclusively, 113 products priced from $28 to $138, with the Tour Pant at the top of that range. There's no women's line, so the whole catalogue is fitted and graded for one body.
This is the pick that overlaps Rhone most directly on intent. The Everyday Short and the Tour Pant are built to survive a workout and a work lunch without a change of clothes, which is the trick Rhone sells. Myles does it in fewer styles, for less money.
Best for: one trouser that handles the gym and the office.
Mizzen+Main
Mizzen+Main makes performance dress shirts, which is the half of Rhone's proposition that faces the office. The Leeward is the original one, a wrinkle-resistant button-down with active stretch, sold alongside a no-tuck collection cut to stay out.
Mizzen+Main runs a bot filter that blocked our price checks, so we haven't quoted figures. What it sells is the reverse trade to everything else here: instead of gym clothes you can wear to work, it's work clothes that behave like gym clothes.
Best for: the shirt you keep on after the workout.
Athletic Propulsion Labs
Athletic Propulsion Labs sells shoes and close to nothing else. Every one of the 250 products in its feed is footwear or a single accessory, and its men's apparel collection is empty, so treat this as a footwear recommendation rather than a clothing one.
Men's shoes run $180 for the TechLoom Pro to $350 for the TechLoom Zipline. The knit uppers and the price put APL alongside luxury labels rather than sportswear, and a pair reads as fashion in a way a running shoe usually doesn't.
Best for: the shoes, if the clothes are already sorted.
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Where to Start If Rhone Already Owns Your Drawer
Start with Vuori if you want the same thing from a different label. The Kore Short at $78 is the direct replacement for a Rhone short, and the range is broad enough to dress a week.
If the office half is what you're after, Myles Apparel and Mizzen+Main split it between them, one from the gym side and one from the shirt side. And if you're restocking rather than shopping, NOBULL at $30 a tank and Nike from $42 do the same job for a third of the money.
One thing to check before ordering. Several of these brands price in US dollars only and add shipping and duty at the border, so read the landed total at checkout rather than the product page. For a wider view of this category, our Vuori alternatives covers men's and women's ranges together, and Rhone vs Lululemon puts the two head to head. Everything else we've written sits in the article library.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
