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Why is shirtless running ok only if you "have the right body type"?

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  • Posts: 15,532 Member
    zyxst wrote: »

    brb booking flight to Scotland

    I'll see you there!
  • Posts: 6,771 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »

    Taps aff? I need a definition, ty. Lol

    Tops off, heh.
    zyxst wrote: »

    brb booking flight to Scotland

    Fair warning, they mostly look nothing like Sean Connery in his prime. And are blindingly white skinned (as I am).
  • Posts: 15,317 Member
    Well duh! Got to go to Sotland now!
  • Posts: 15,532 Member

    Sued0nim wrote: »

    I wouldn't if I were you
    Don't do it

    No you don't

    Google Rab C Nesbitt

    That's hawt!
  • Posts: 6,771 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    I wouldn't if I were you
    Don't do it

    No you don't

    Google Rab C Nesbitt

    Go to Scotland. Just not for hot topless men.
  • Posts: 15,317 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    I wouldn't if I were you
    Don't do it

    No you don't

    Google Rab C Nesbitt

    Argh! You made Google! Nvm, not going!
  • Posts: 17,456 Member
    pdxhak wrote: »
    I am reading this thread shirtless. Is that OK?! LOL...

    Me too
  • Posts: 11,068 Member
    Regarding the original post --- I say do you. As long as you're not breaking any laws (like, don't run with your junk swinging around) then I say have at it.

    If I see someone running shirtless or a woman running in a sports bra I don't think twice about it. They're exercising and it's often more comfortable that way vs fully clothed.
  • Posts: 6,626 Member

    Not ogling. Admiring. The human body can be an art form, in whatever shape or form. ;)

    It can, but some of us are little more Picasso, and a lot less Rembrandt.
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    Running shirtless, walking topless, wearing a wife beater, it is all about societal expectations. Society, at least american, says that men and woman should have these very idealized bodies and those that don't are inferior or less than attractive. Thats just the way it is like it or not society has set those expectations, you can go against those expectations or go with the flow.

    Personally I run with a tank top or a "dry" fabric type shirt. I don't have an attractive body and don't have the desire to let the world view my saggy empty skin.
  • Posts: 6,208 Member
    lithezebra wrote: »

    To be fair, the poster you're referring to never implied that he would be ogled. I remember the vicious things that people said as teenagers. Some people don't want their kids to have deal with people snickering about their dad's paunch or nudist tendencies.
    Relax. It's just a shirtless runner. It's not that deep.
  • Posts: 383 Member
    In honor of this thread maybe Aug 14th should be "Shirtless Day"? Children and neighbors will cringe, snicker and be shamed all at the same time.
  • Posts: 17,456 Member
    Running shirtless, walking topless, wearing a wife beater, it is all about societal expectations. Society, at least american, says that men and woman should have these very idealized bodies and those that don't are inferior or less than attractive. Thats just the way it is like it or not society has set those expectations, you can go against those expectations or go with the flow.

    Personally I run with a tank top or a "dry" fabric type shirt. I don't have an attractive body and don't have the desire to let the world view my saggy empty skin.

    Wearing a what now?
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    I just did an 11 mile run today in super high humidity with temps in the low 80's. I wore a shirt and always do. Why? It's my preference.

    On the trail, I run by all sorts of people with all sorts of body types / sizes / ages and garments. I do one thing only - wave to them. Could give a rats *kitten* what they have on.

    I suppose the people that judge this, also judge people in tights when the weather gets cold - if you happen to live in that sort of climate.
  • Posts: 6,626 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    Wearing a what now?

    Wifebeater, known in the more civilized parts of the world, as an A-shirt, or some such silliness:
    big-and-tall-t-shirts-wife-beaters.jpg
  • Posts: 15,532 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    Wearing a what now?

    Dwight-in-wife-beater-sexy-dwight-schrute-14618801-500-280.jpg
  • Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited August 2016

    Wifebeater, known in the more civilized parts of the world, as an A-shirt, or some such silliness:
    big-and-tall-t-shirts-wife-beaters.jpg

    Vest or tank top
  • Posts: 6,626 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    Vest or tank top

    Those two things describe a very wide variety of things. Wifebeater is very specific article of clothing, though as I said, the manufacturer's name for it is A-shirt, but probably only because someone would get mad about the more common name being on a clothing package.
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    Sued0nim wrote: »

    Vest or tank top

    Undershirt.
  • Posts: 17,456 Member

    Those two things describe a very wide variety of things. Wifebeater is very specific article of clothing, though as I said, the manufacturer's name for it is A-shirt, but probably only because someone would get mad about the more common name being on a clothing package.

    Come to my country and ask for a wifebeater or an A shirt and you're getting nowt

    Vest or tank top is what they are specifically called in the UK
  • Posts: 6,771 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    Come to my country and ask for a wifebeater or an A shirt and you're getting nowt

    Vest or tank top is what they are specifically called in the UK

    Um, hi, you know me, a Brit. I call them wife beaters, have since forever, my ex wore them a lot (BMXer), his wife beater of choice came from M&S in multi-packs, ha.
  • Posts: 43 Member
    edited August 2016
    Honestly don't care who has their shirt off. They're just nipples.
  • Posts: 2,238 Member
    Precisely the point. There is no debate about it. They sell all kinds of cotton shirts to combat hot weather.

    No. Never do any strenuous activity in a cotton shirt. Ever.

    Cotton is probably the worst fabric you can wear if you're going to be exercising. It's gonna soak up sweat, get gross, sticky, and chafe. It also makes it harder for your body to regulate temperature because the sweat won't evaporate.

    Don't get me wrong - I love cotton for most uses, particularly for dress shirts as it's the easiest and quickest to iron, and my regular clothing is almost always 100% cotton, but if you're out running, you need a technical fabric.
  • Posts: 10,330 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »

    Come to my country and ask for a wifebeater or an A shirt and you're getting nowt

    Vest or tank top is what they are specifically called in the UK

    Yeah, it was a shock for me too when I first heard it. Turns out it's a very specific type of sleeveless undershirt, it has to be white and ribbed. Any other color or type of material does not qualify.
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