TANKS & SHIRTS

Your Go-To Plus Size Workout Skirts

Looking for a workout skirt that’s as flattering as it is efficient? Here are our favorite go-to plus size workout skirts that will have you serving looks and winning your game.

April 13, 2021
8 min read

If you’ve been searching for a plus-size workout skirt, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve considered style, comfort, sport, sustainability, and just about everything else to comprise a list of our favorite plus-size workout skirts. 

Keep reading if you want to find the workout skirt that was made for you!

For: Style

Dona Jo Shakira Skirt

The Dona Jo Shakira Skirt has an adorable ruffle back to remind you what you love about skirts: they’re fun, feminine, and flattering!

To be honest, we didn’t know we needed ruffles on our workout skirts until we saw the Dona Jo Shakira Skirt. The ruffles are cute and fun, but they don’t hinder you from going your hardest during your workout in the slightest.

This skirt is made with Light® 5-way stretch material, and it’s lightweight, breathable, and form-fitted. It’s medium rise with an adjustable drawstring, flat seams for comfort, and deep side pockets on the interior shorts.

The skirt is a steal at $62 with free shipping, so go grab yours today!

Dona Jo Soar Skirt 

The Dona Jo Soar Skirt in Fly was designed with extra care for those women looking for style on the court. 

If you’re dying for a pop of color in your workout gear, the Dona Jo Soar Skirt in Fly is made for you - literally. The Soar Skirt was designed with extra care for those women looking for style on the court. The skirt looks better with every move you make. 

This skirt is made with Light® 5-way stretch material, and it’s lightweight, breathable, and form-fitted. It has a medium rise waist for additional coverage, flat seams for comfort, and deep side pockets on the interior shorts.

As a plus, it has UVB Protection for the outdoor runner or tennis player.

Right now this skirt is $65 with free shipping, so you should take advantage of this deal while you can!

For: Running

Athleta Run With It 14" Skort

The Athleta Run With It 14" Skort was designed especially for running. This includes long distance, short distance, and trail running.

This skirt was made for long distance, short distance, and trail running. We think that covers just about all of the bases.

The Featherweight Stretch™ fabric is made with recycled polyester, a material sourced from post-consumer plastic bottles, to help lessen the product’s impact on the world. 

As for the feel, it’s silky sleek and light as air. It’s breathable, abrasion-resistant, wrinkle-resistant, and quick-drying. It’s rated a UPF 50+, so you can be sure that you’re getting excellent protection.

Other eatures of the skirt include a back secure zip pocket, a knit SuperSonic waistband for comfort, split sides for mobility, and ventilation built in where you need it.

You can purchase this skirt in Agate Purple, Black, or Sequoia Blue.

For: Coverage

Dona Jo Ultimate Skirt


This skirt offers more coverage thanks to long built-in compression shorts, as well as a medium rise waist.

This skirt is lightweight, breathable, and form-fitted. It’s made with Light® 5-way stretch material and flat seams for comfort. 

As a bonus this skirt has a hidden key pocket for storing essentials, as well as deep side pockets on the interior shorts. It also offers UVB protection to make sure you’re covered when you’re exercising outdoors.

This skirt is $65 with free shipping.

For: Sustainability

Girlfriend Skort

The Girlfriend Skort is just as sustainable as it is sporty. It’s made from recycled water bottles, so by purchasing and wearing this skirt, you’re diverting 23 water bottles from landfills, preventing 18.17 lbs of CO2 from being released, and saving 4.51 KWH of energy.

Made from recycled water bottles, this sporty skirt is top tier sustainable. By purchasing and wearing this skirt, you’re diverting 23 water bottles from landfills, preventing 18.17 lbs of CO2 from being released, and saving 4.51 KWH of energy. Its compressive fabric contains 79% RPET and 21% spandex. 

But this skirt is more than just sustainable. It’s also super functional with built-in compression shorts, a high-rise waist, hidden mesh pockets, and side slits.

We love that you can get this skirt in a wide variety of colors. These colors include Ivory, Moon, Midnight, Black, Moss, Plum, and Earth. 

For: Tennis or Golf

Athleta Ace Tennis Skort 13.5"

The Athleta Ace Tennis Skort 13.5" is made for tennis or golf. It has three pockets to hold all of your essentials for you, whether you’re on the course or on the court.

Made for tennis or golf, this skirt is your go-to whether you play both sports or one or the other. 

The skirt has internal hem-grippers, which provide a stay-put fit during your workout. It also provides all-around stretch for ultimate comfort and mobility. The skirt is also incredibly lightweight, cool, and slick to the touch thanks to its SwiftLite fabric.

This skirt is sweat-wicking, which means that it pulls sweat away from the body to the surface of the fabric so it can evaporate. It’s also quick-drying, which means it dries in a flash for ultimate comfort when breaking a sweat.

Airflow moves easily through the garment, making it breathable. Made from recycled polyester, a material sourced from post-consumer plastic bottles that helps lessen our impact on the world, it’s also sustainable.

As a bonus, this skirt is rated UPF 50+, which is excellent protection against the sun.

We adore the face that this skirt has not one, not two, but three pockets! It has one secure zip pocket on the back waistband and two stash pockets on the inner short. These pockets will hold all of your essentials for you on the course or on the court.

You can head over to athleta.gap.com to grab this skirt in Agate Purple, Bright White, or Black.

For: Comfort

Fabletics Irene Skort

The Fabletics Irene Skort provides the look of a skirt and the comfort of shorts.

With the look of a skirt and the comfort of shorts, you get the best of both worlds with this pleated skort.

Stretch woven and made out of recycled materials, this lightweight fabric provides an all-way stretch that will eliminate distractions for effortless movement and style.

Most importantly, it’s chafe-resistant, so you aren’t worried about hurting while you’re moving.

Designed with accessible front pockets, an invisible zip pocket, and even more storage built into the inner layer, you can easily hold all of your workout essentials.

Whether you’re looking for a plus-size workout skirt for style, sport, sustainability, coverage, or comfort, there’s a workout skirt out there for you. Sometimes it takes a little deeper digging to find the right fit for your lifestyle, but we promise it’s worth it. In order to perform your best, you need to feel your best. And you feel your best when you’re wearing clothes that feel as though they were made for you

So don’t give up until you find your soulmate skirt!

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