Why don't more men wear tight shorts to the gym?

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  • TheCounselorx
    TheCounselorx Posts: 1,182 Member
    because...... and without being crude.... you would be able to see the outline of myballs and p*n*s ...<-- that says penis by the way!

    lolololo.... that is why :flowerforyou:

    Do you hide it because it might offend me or because you don't want me to see it?

    haha.. I don'y mind anybody seeing it/them/those........ I like it...but only if they want to... but there are some ladies who don't want to see man junk... I guess you gotta cater for them??........... maybe I'm just too nice!???

    Not necessarily. Some women wear compression tops so that they don't make the guys around them uncomfortable. However, this is something that women think about and discuss...and men kind of take for granted.

    And the why to that is really interesting.

    and THIS is exactly WHY I asked.

    "I guess you gotta cater for them?"
    If it means sacrificing a degree of comfort, to make others more comfortable... hmmm...

    I guess its what Bloom72 said above..... but ... in my view.....generally 99% of guys think seeing everything of a woman is incredible... and pleasant..... but the %age of ladiesfindinging guy junk pleasant is significantly less..... so .... guys might not wanna take the chance of offended ladies.... some guys don't mid offending..... some do.... so I guess that's why many gym guys wear baggy shorts??????? fk... I sound like a psychologist.... I'm an Engineer..... I like angles and numbers!! lol
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    A woman's body is a piece of art. A man's body is mechanical tool. Which would you rather look at. I find wearing tight clothing uncomfortable and like the feel of baggy shorts.

    I disagree wholeheartedly.

    A man's body is just as much a work of art as a woman's.


    I'll disagree too. A man's body inspires me to do things. :wink:
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    There is a guy at my gym who works out in compression underwear. It's fine until he gets on the half-exercise ball for balance work and his junk is jiggling.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    A woman's body is a piece of art. A man's body is mechanical tool. Which would you rather look at. I find wearing tight clothing uncomfortable and like the feel of baggy shorts.

    An interesting point. I'm straight, and I don't find men's bodies to be gross or anything, but I do tend to appreciate the female form more. I've never been an "OMG those abs" kinda girl though. I'm not really a visual person when it comes to sexy stuff. Erotic lit > porn.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    As a female I wear relatively baggy clothes, trackies and t-shirt...(that are actually mens-wear) because of comfort. Women's sportswear IMO doesn't have anywhere near the amount of comfort physically and mentally as mens. I don't see a sign up saying I have to wear tight clothing, and I refuse to follow everyone else just because it's what's seen as the done thing.

    Personally I find what I wear, to be really comfy and flexible for things such as squats, deadlifts etc, which is why I buy them. I've tried on women's stuff before and often it's too short, cut low on the neckline, too tight/restricting to squat in, too tight around the shoulders/lats and just damn unflattering. I don't like skin tight clothes in the gym also because I don't want my every bulge, or I've-had-a-big-breakfast belly, or underwear line (I hate thongs) on show when I'm working out. I need to feel mentally comfortable as well as physically in order to focus 100% on my lifts.

    I think it is a bit of a stigma for guys to wear tight, form fitting clothes. I don't have a care either way about it, but I don't think many people like seeing the outline of a man's genitals on display, and I don't think many would feel comfortable if it was themselves either (I know my bf didn't particularly relish the idea of having to wear a tight singlet for competition!) My opinion is as always, wear what makes you comfortable, and screw everything else!
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    A woman's body is a piece of art. A man's body is mechanical tool. Which would you rather look at. I find wearing tight clothing uncomfortable and like the feel of baggy shorts.

    I disagree wholeheartedly.

    A man's body is just as much a work of art as a woman's.
    Agreed. Have you ever seen David? He's not a tool...
    Exhibit B:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1310758-show-me-your-v-s
    Oh my, thank you. Somehow I had missed that one.
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    As a female I wear relatively baggy clothes, trackies and t-shirt...(that are actually mens-wear) because of comfort. Women's sportswear IMO doesn't have anywhere near the amount of comfort physically and mentally as mens. I don't see a sign up saying I have to wear tight clothing, and I refuse to follow everyone else just because it's what's seen as the done thing.


    Those of us who wear tight workout clothes (like the ones in your pic :wink: ) aren't doing it because it's "the done thing." Frankly I like moisture being wicked away, and I truly prefer the comfort. Baggier clothes get caught on stuff and can cause some real problems. Ever try running is bootleg pants? :noway:
  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    OP, you obviously don't frequent a gym near a military base. PT shorts are not appropriate for public viewing; well, b/c of balls (can I say that?). Same goes for spandex shorts on men. I don't want to look, but I am going to...so please wear loose shorts over the compression shorts.
  • TheCounselorx
    TheCounselorx Posts: 1,182 Member
    OP, you obviously don't frequent a gym near a military base. PT shorts are not appropriate for public viewing; well, b/c of balls (can I say that?). Same goes for spandex shorts on men. I don't want to look, but I am going to...so please wear loose shorts over the compression shorts.

    ^^^^ so .... that is why guys wear baggy shorts..... the minority with the majority voice..
  • ssaraj43
    ssaraj43 Posts: 575 Member
    I posted this on Mirey's wall. Please forgive the copy/paste. I am a poor typer......

    I was going to post something like what your saying,but my experience isn't from the gym. I worked in the live aboard dive industry for ten years. I can't help but wonder if this is an American/Canadian issue with security. Male passensers from Europe,Japan or Australia almost all wore speedos and lounged in the evenings in lycra shorts. I know a Ukrainian here in Wisconsin that when he first moved here he wore a speedo to the beach once! He conformed to our culture quickly wearing board shorts just from the looks he got. Cwolfman is a secure man.



    Copy/paste worked!!! :drinker: :drinker:
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I like to look at male bodies and their penis. I also like female bodies.
  • TheCounselorx
    TheCounselorx Posts: 1,182 Member
    I posted this on Mirey's wall. Please forgive the copy/paste. I am a poor typer......

    I was going to post something like what your saying,but my experience isn't from the gym. I worked in the live aboard dive industry for ten years. I can't help but wonder if this is an American/Canadian issue with security. Male passensers from Europe,Japan or Australia almost all wore speedos and lounged in the evenings in lycra shorts. I know a Ukrainian here in Wisconsin that when he first moved here he wore a speedo to the beach once! He conformed to our culture quickly wearing board shorts just from the looks he got. Cwolfman is a secure man.



    Copy/paste worked!!! :drinker: :drinker:

    .... everyone searches for Cwolfman....
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I beleive this is why...

    Exhibit A
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    Exhibit B
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    Exhibit C
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    Exhibit D
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    Exhibit E
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    Exhibit F

    mickey-rourke-tight-shorts-penis-photo.gif

    ...and Exhibits G-O.

    http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Best-of-2012-pictures-tight-shorts-on-men.jpg
    http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/539/tightbikers.jpg
  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    OP, you obviously don't frequent a gym near a military base. PT shorts are not appropriate for public viewing; well, b/c of balls (can I say that?). Same goes for spandex shorts on men. I don't want to look, but I am going to...so please wear loose shorts over the compression shorts.

    ^^^^ so .... that is why guys wear baggy shorts..... the minority with the majority voice..

    Well, you can wear sheer or tight shorts if you WANT...just be warned, I'm gonna look.
  • notamoment
    notamoment Posts: 190 Member
    Im so glad i stopped in here my goodness!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    There is a guy at my gym who works out in compression underwear. It's fine until he gets on the half-exercise ball for balance work and his junk is jiggling.

    How come you have never invited me to your gym?..We're practically neighbors.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    because...... and without being crude.... you would be able to see the outline of myballs and p*n*s ...<-- that says penis by the way!

    lolololo.... that is why :flowerforyou:

    Do you hide it because it might offend me or because you don't want me to see it?

    haha.. I don'y mind anybody seeing it/them/those........ I like it...but only if they want to... but there are some ladies who don't want to see man junk... I guess you gotta cater for them??........... maybe I'm just too nice!???

    Not necessarily. Some women wear compression tops so that they don't make the guys around them uncomfortable. However, this is something that women think about and discuss...and men kind of take for granted.

    And the why to that is really interesting.

    and THIS is exactly WHY I asked.

    "I guess you gotta cater for them?"
    If it means sacrificing a degree of comfort, to make others more comfortable... hmmm...
    I think people in general are incredibly squeamish over the smallest of things. Breastfeeding is sexual somehow, showing cleavage equals being a slut or something else negative, a short skirt seems to mean she's asking for trouble, antibacterial soap is necessary or we will die, men's junk is gross, and yet sex is everywhere, in your face all day long. It's dirty yet people keep downloading it. There is so mich more to this than just showing a bit of outline. And all I can think of is they can't have been this sensitive about stuff in ye olden days, we were bodies and that's it. Not today though.

    Back when men wore codpieces the size of watermelon, women weren't supposed to even obliquely refer to legs. And you don't even want to know what was "asking for it"
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  • Luke_I_am_your_spotter
    Luke_I_am_your_spotter Posts: 4,179 Member
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  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    A woman's body is a piece of art. A man's body is mechanical tool. Which would you rather look at. I find wearing tight clothing uncomfortable and like the feel of baggy shorts.

    I disagree wholeheartedly.

    A man's body is just as much a work of art as a woman's.

    I agree with her disagreement.

    I can tell you that after having figure drawing for 2 straight terms, working from the model twice a week for 3 hours at a time that I am OVER the female form. The only people that we have been drawing are young thin females, and we are all honestly sick of it and are DYING for some variety. But, more young women are okay with modeling than men are, I have no clue why. The male form is gorgeous,



    Here's my thought on that. Women decided to wear form-fitting workout clothing in the early 80s, and the longer women wore it, the more desensitized the public became, so that now, it is commonplace. The ones who are most self-conscious tend to be the younger women and women new to working out in public or to wearing exercise wear. That feeling goes away after a while. To be frank, I sold workout wear in the 80s and early 90s, and I'm just really, really glad we don't wear the butt floss leotards over bike shorts to do squats anymore. Those were painful.

    Men place just as much social pressure on themselves as women do. Like LolBro says, getting past the mental discomfort of wearing meggings in public is the hurdle, because they're comfortable in the gym. Women got over it for the most part. Men just need to do the same.

    I think that there is a lot of truth to this ^^^ In my area there are a lot of serious bikers and runners, seeing men in lycra shorts/leggings is really commonplace. It's the norm with bikers. Seeing how common it is probably helps other men be fine with wearing them.
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    I wear baggy clothes to avoid other people seeing accidental boners.
    Um, powerful first post.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    A woman's body is a piece of art. A man's body is mechanical tool. Which would you rather look at. I find wearing tight clothing uncomfortable and like the feel of baggy shorts.

    I disagree wholeheartedly.

    A man's body is just as much a work of art as a woman's.

    It's just another way of saying a woman's body is for the consumption of others and a mans body is for the use of its owner. Really, bodies are most beautiful when they are most functional.
  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    I like to look at male bodies and their penis. I also like female bodies.
    Is that you, BP? Or someone hacked your account? :heart:
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    no compression shorts here, just boxer briefs to keep the boys in place and shorts. Tight close on my that is a negative, a compression shirt is possible.

    however i might want to bring this look back

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    Don't knock that look. I have a special place in my heart for that look.

    I just need to be able to find these shorts and socks. I can get the chucks.

    For the shorts: http://www.rustyzipper.com/mens/shorts/gym/

    For the socks: http://www.dancewearsolutions.com/accessories/other_accessories/ts3021.aspx?gdftrk=gdfV25409_a_7c1810_a_7c6867_a_7cTS3021_d_0020360&gclid=CjkKEQjwh7ucBRD9yY_fyZe398gBEiQAAoy4JAvp6WD4bfk0cx3QKj1hvTNqr4H6_aTOjhpD3Lv0USzw_wcB

    You are welcome. :flowerforyou:
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I wear baggy clothes to avoid other people seeing accidental boners.
    But you could have the hugest piece of wood...and I would never think to look.
  • elusive_design
    elusive_design Posts: 1,095 Member
    Tight shorts are uncomfortable. That's all there is to it for me really.. :P
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I like to look at male bodies and their penis. I also like female bodies.
    Is that you, BP? Or someone hacked your account? :heart:

    It's me. Someone said that women don't like to see a man's "junk" (I never understood calling it junk). So, just being honest. I think bodies (all parts and all genders) are lovely. I am a dancer. Bodies are instruments of art.
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
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    Really????

    I have love in my heart for this man. Sincerely. Cutie! :happy:

    Edit to add that I hope he's a nice person. :frown: :embarassed:
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    because...... and without being crude.... you would be able to see the outline of myballs and p*n*s ...<-- that says penis by the way!

    lolololo.... that is why :flowerforyou:

    Do you hide it because it might offend me or because you don't want me to see it?

    haha.. I don'y mind anybody seeing it/them/those........ I like it...but only if they want to... but there are some ladies who don't want to see man junk... I guess you gotta cater for them??........... maybe I'm just too nice!???

    Not necessarily. Some women wear compression tops so that they don't make the guys around them uncomfortable. However, this is something that women think about and discuss...and men kind of take for granted.

    And the why to that is really interesting.

    and THIS is exactly WHY I asked.

    "I guess you gotta cater for them?"
    If it means sacrificing a degree of comfort, to make others more comfortable... hmmm...
    I think people in general are incredibly squeamish over the smallest of things. Breastfeeding is sexual somehow, showing cleavage equals being a slut or something else negative, a short skirt seems to mean she's asking for trouble, antibacterial soap is necessary or we will die, men's junk is gross, and yet sex is everywhere, in your face all day long. It's dirty yet people keep downloading it. There is so mich more to this than just showing a bit of outline. And all I can think of is they can't have been this sensitive about stuff in ye olden days, we were bodies and that's it. Not today though.


    I think that's a bit of a stretch.

    Compression clothing makes you look smaller. Women generally want to look smaller especially at the gym.

    Breastfeeding is not sexual (blech). But breasts sure as heck are, and I rue they day they aren't.
    Breasts with a milk waterfall coming out of them really aren't sexual.

    My husband got over it
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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    Imagine that too...everything just shown above and on top of it sweaty, sersly just close your eyes and imagine it...is that what you really want?

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