Underwear.... To wear or not to wear?

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  • renee_athome
    renee_athome Posts: 1
    lol! :)
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    Typically boxers.
    Unless I am gonna be in a class and on a floor, then I wear biker short/fitted shorts under my gym shorts.......

    but assless chaps might be worth a shot. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • vmr2811
    vmr2811 Posts: 36
    Although I will admit that a pair of yoga pants on a woman does look absolutely delicious without panties underneath.. I will also say that if you're planning to workout, sweat and be at it for a while.. you really need something on under there.

    In my mind its a sanitary thing.

    If you think your *kitten* and no no square arent excreting fluid while you workout, you're lying to yourself.

    Try to see it from that point of view.

    I have seen a few women at the gym with wet undercarriages .. and that's not hot.. at all.

    Heat and body fluid dont make an attractive mix... so put that thin layer of cloth between and keep it clean.

    Thank you and goodnight. :smokin:

    ^^^this, dear God THIS!!!! (minus the delicious thing, I don't swing that way) You know there are people who don't wipe down machines after they use them--it's like doing leg presses on a public toilet seat. :sick:
  • jimethanowen
    jimethanowen Posts: 50
    I don't wear them, hardly ever actually!
  • MUALaurenClark
    MUALaurenClark Posts: 296 Member
    unless you love camel toe...wear some underwear (thongs...panty lines are gross)
  • dcr5452WECHANGED
    dcr5452WECHANGED Posts: 121 Member
    I always swim after my workout(actually its the final part of my workout) so I generally workout in a bathing suit. So no is the answer.
  • QuincyChick
    QuincyChick Posts: 269 Member
    My experience is that the majority of females who wear spandex at the gym, don't wear underwear. They do with shorts though.
    For me, I gotta wear underwear especially wearing shorts. Don't think my clients would appreciate tea bagging while I spot them on a bench press.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    I LOL'd.
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    unless you love camel toe...wear some underwear (thongs...panty lines are gross)

    Hmm....I don't know.
    I kinda like thongs on women. :bigsmile:
  • somerisagirlsname
    somerisagirlsname Posts: 467 Member
    Without undies my sweat reaches more areas and causes more uncomfortable chafing. That being said, if I haven't done laundry, I'm not going to forgo my workout because of lack of undies.
  • Dr_Flo
    Dr_Flo Posts: 465
    I always swim after my workout(actually its the final part of my workout) so I generally workout in a bathing suit. So no is the answer.

    ** THIS is why I do NOT swim at my gym **

    You built up a sweat, from-unda-cheese, anal leakage ... and then went and got in the pool..

    Yuck :sick:
  • PennyM140
    PennyM140 Posts: 423 Member
    I always swim after my workout(actually its the final part of my workout) so I generally workout in a bathing suit. So no is the answer.

    ** THIS is why I do NOT swim at my gym **

    You built up a sweat, from-unda-cheese ... and then went and got in the pool..

    Yuck :sick:

    LMAO this is killing me!
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    I always swim after my workout(actually its the final part of my workout) so I generally workout in a bathing suit. So no is the answer.

    ** THIS is why I do NOT swim at my gym **

    You built up a sweat, from-unda-cheese, anal leakage ... and then went and got in the pool..

    Yuck :sick:

    Just don't drink the water. :laugh:
  • EmilyJackCO
    EmilyJackCO Posts: 621 Member
    I am not a germophobe, but I am really squicked out by this thread. No one cares if you have panty lines in the gym. They do care if you're leaking on the equipment. I'm deathly allergic to the spray they have in my gym, so I only wipe things down with my towel, now I have no idea what I could contract. EWWWW! :noway: I guess if I haven't after 4 years, I won't, but just... UGH! Brings a whole new visual to the term 'swamp @ss'. Seriously - yoga pants are not enough of a layer between your bits and the bench. *shudder* Especially that time of the month. EWW!

    Target has great wicking workout panties, in regular, boy shorts and t-backs. They are cheap and REALLY effective - to the point where I wear them out dancing now.
  • Ovrsees
    Ovrsees Posts: 21
    Bump ... To funny not to come back and read later :laugh:
  • hannahlbur
    hannahlbur Posts: 221 Member
    Ewww this has made me feel a bit grubby. I work in a gym and my job involves cleaning the machines too!
    Why would you go commando to the gym? Who cares about panty lines? You are going to get sweaty (unless you are going to pose and do nothing)

    Erm only wear a thong if you want to try for a yeast infection too...the fabric between your butt cheeks moves around when you move!
  • PennyM140
    PennyM140 Posts: 423 Member
    So for those of you who are absolute underwear fanatics, I have a question. The yoga/capris that I wore this morning (without undies OMG the horror) have a little support area, I guess you would call it. A diamond shaped area of cotton or mesh or something.
    Is that acceptable to you or do you still feel that each person MUST at all times wear underwear?

    I was comfortable wearing them with no undies. I think this is my solution. I will just buy more of those pants.

    Didn't leave any snail trails by the way. I always wipe everything down anyway.
  • Gkfrkv
    Gkfrkv Posts: 120
    If you workout at a gym or run outside or bike or whatever you do....do you wear underwear?
    What kind? Do you have special workout underwear? Do you just skip them?
    I just can't seem to bring myself to put on pretty panties or thongs to exercise so I've been forgoing them.

    Obviously this was directed towards the ladies but men feel free to jump in if you've got an opinion on this.

    My father was a coroner. I learned from him that WHATEVER you do, wear clean underware. I run...with clean underware. :)

    Your father sounds like my grandmother. Her philosophy is that you never know when you have to go to the hospital, so you should always look your best for the doctor.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Semper ubi sub ubi.
  • leslisa
    leslisa Posts: 1,350 Member
    Heck no. That's what the liners in my shorts/exercise pants are for. Especially on the long runs. I'd go nuts with that stuff um, er, finding places it shouldn't. :blushing:
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    As a guy, I wear compression shorts.

    I don't feel like it would be comfortable with twig and berries bouncing all over the place like they are on a trampoline. And if the shorts ride up to high, no one wants to see that.
  • rungirl1973
    rungirl1973 Posts: 2,559 Member
    Never.

    Never to workout or never, never. Just curious

    Never to workout.
    Rarely otherwise.
  • sunnshhiine
    sunnshhiine Posts: 727 Member
    I think it's safe to assume now that the majority of the women at my gym are NOT wearing undies. That sheds new light to going to workout!!!

    Especially if they don't wipe clean the abductor machine after they use it.

    ew. just ew. :sick: :noway:
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    nope need the fabric for proper wickage otherwise there is chafing and forest fires
  • red8424
    red8424 Posts: 160 Member
    I always swim after my workout(actually its the final part of my workout) so I generally workout in a bathing suit. So no is the answer.

    ** THIS is why I do NOT swim at my gym **

    You built up a sweat, from-unda-cheese, anal leakage ... and then went and got in the pool..

    Yuck :sick:

    Just don't drink the water. :laugh:

    OMG this sheds all new light on gym grossness! Those signs that say "shower before entering the pool/spa" probably don't do any good.
    As far as equipment, I always wipe down before and after use. Gross to think of someone with only a thin layer of yoga pants between the seat and their business.

    Yes. Underwear.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Depends on what type of workout pants/shorts I have clean and available at the time, and what type of workout that day. . If I'm going for a significant run, I'll wear underwear to avoid swamp crotch. If I'm lifting, I might skip underwear because there's less sweating and friction going on.
  • _KitKat_
    _KitKat_ Posts: 1,066 Member
    Normally commando in everyday life but for the gym they are a must, I go there to work and lets just say I sweat and I would be mortified to have a wet spot anywhere other than my upper body, honestly hates those too but not much I can do. If I was just using the cardio machines I could see going without panties then but using the strength and weight benches, that just seems unclean. My husband normally only puts on underwear (boxer briefs) for the gym, and not for other parts of the day. He says the same as the other guys here, no jiggling while working out.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    Ewww this has made me feel a bit grubby. I work in a gym and my job involves cleaning the machines too!
    Why would you go commando to the gym? Who cares about panty lines? You are going to get sweaty (unless you are going to pose and do nothing)

    Erm only wear a thong if you want to try for a yeast infection too...the fabric between your butt cheeks moves around when you move!

    False. I ONLY wear thongs when I work out. Never had a yeast infection from it. (the one and only time I ever did was when I hated working out and never did any sort of exercise, so...)
  • SlimJanette
    SlimJanette Posts: 597 Member
    Majority of the time I do not wear underwear. I always make sure that I wipe the equipment before and after.
  • KeViN_v2pt0
    KeViN_v2pt0 Posts: 375 Member
    If you workout at a gym or run outside or bike or whatever you do....do you wear underwear?
    What kind? Do you have special workout underwear? Do you just skip them?
    I just can't seem to bring myself to put on pretty panties or thongs to exercise so I've been forgoing them.

    Obviously this was directed towards the ladies but men feel free to jump in if you've got an opinion on this.

    No. Compression shorts.

    Underwear are for special occasions.
    Compression shorts are for training.

    Training for those special occasions.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    My experience is that the majority of females who wear spandex at the gym, don't wear underwear. They do with shorts though.
    For me, I gotta wear underwear especially wearing shorts. Don't think my clients would appreciate tea bagging while I spot them on a bench press.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    Hey...no political stuff there Niner...:tongue:

    I'm a boxer briefs guy for exercise...boxers for every day livin'...
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