I couldn't figure out why he was wearing all the French gear, the author isn't french...! I presume it's a nod to the Frenchman, Claude Chappe, who invented Flag semaphore, the system he build it with. @fheisler, if you happened to see this, please let me know if I'm right! :)
In the gif on your github, all the "workout" gear colours are blue white and red, the colours of the French flag. If it was a happenstance, maybe you can just say it was on purpose, so...er.. I don't need to tell my therapist I'm reading too much into everything again?