Sun's out - Premax on - Guns out

After years of thinking that the sun will come out if we just wait until tomorrow, it’s finally here. Now that the weather’s looking up, it’s the perfect time to get out on the weekends and go for a long ride. You know, the kind of ride you spend all week looking forward to while sat at your desk, in fact the sort of ride that you’re probably thinking of right now after reading that sentence.

But while long, sunny rides are fantastic, it’s not easy to keep your skin protected over such a long time and the last thing you want is to come back sunburned – it’s horrible, uncomfortable and potentially dangerous to your long-term health. That’s why the guys at Premax made their Sports Sunscreen, designed to keep athletes protected from the sun during exercise.

First off, the Premax Sports Sunscreen is SPF50+. That means it provides more than fifty times your natural sun protection, so you can stay outside safe in the knowledge that you’re really well protected from those harmful rays. It filters both UVA and UVB, the former of which is linked to accelerated aging and the latter increases skin cancer risk. Neither of those are things you need in your life.

But the best thing about Premax is that it’s sweat resistant. Really sweat resistant. The brand was started by physiotherapists, people who spend hours and hours working with professional athletes (including, at the time, the Orica GreenEdge pro cycling team) and one common complaint came from everyone: suncream just doesn’t last long enough. So that was the thinking behind Premax Sports Sunscreen: make it tough enough to withstand professional sports.

One thing you’ll notice as soon as you use Premax Sports Sunscreen is that it’s quite dry, and that’s on purpose. With such a light and dry formula, it’s not greasy or oily and it allows your skin to breathe while you exercise. The other important thing is that it doesn’t sweat out or run as much as other brands, and that’s why it lasts even when your body is working hard. Oh, and on top of that it’s also water resistant for up to four hours.

If that’s not enough, it also contains Aloe and Vitamin E, meaning that it helps your skin to maintain its condition at the same time as protecting you from the sun. We’re not saying it’s the best, but we’re saying if you use it you’re unlikely to want anything else. Check it out here.