Crop Tops at the Gym

I'm an instructor and we are specifically told not to wear them. Occasionally I see members wearing them, but not often. Just save it for your runs or for the beach.

I don't see what the actual problem is. Is someone going to injure themselves from perving too much. What a confidence crusher.

pls dont pelt me with rocks? whats a crop top? guessing some sort of low cut shirt...so if u got a shirt on who cares. if that is the case and ur showing some cleavage??? oh my god the world is going to hell... if one of the girls happens to fall out..damn you just condemed the world to hell..lmao.. but knowing me..im probably going on bout the wrong thing..lol

Most "Serious" gyms ban what they consider inappropriate attire. The goal is to WORK-OUT, NOT Look-Out...and a serious gym wants to keep a good reputation as well as try to make everyone feel comfortable (remember how YOU felt when YOU did not feel confident enough to wear a crop top and saw others that did). A little empathy goes a long ways.

No need to wear them. I don't see the big deal.
Just want to wear one to show off? o.O

No need to wear them. I don't see the big deal.
Just want to wear one to show off? o.O

I would have said the same thing once upon a time. But now, when I'm sweaty, I hate having a t-shirt on. I hate doing pushups or lifting weights in a t-shirt. I just hate the way it feels. I work out at home, so it doesn't matter if I'm only wearing a sports bra. I would be too shy to wear a cropped top in public, even if I rock it.
But I can understand completely why some girls would want to. Even if it's not for comfort and only to show off their hard work.

No need to wear them. I don't see the big deal.
Just want to wear one to show off? o.O

I would have said the same thing once upon a time. But now, when I'm sweaty, I hate having a t-shirt on. I hate doing pushups or lifting weights in a t-shirt. I just hate the way it feels. I work out at home, so it doesn't matter if I'm only wearing a sports bra. I would be too shy to wear a cropped top in public, even if I rock it.
But I can understand completely why some girls would want to. Even if it's not for comfort and only to show off their hard work.

For comfort I totally understand. When I workout at home I always do so in just my sports bra.
In public though, I think the rules change. Just my personal opinion.

For comfort I totally understand. When I workout at home I always do so in just my sports bra.
In public though, I think the rules change. Just my personal opinion.

What about wearing a bikini to public pools? Totally unnecessary to swim in a bikini--a one-piece works just fine for swimming. The gym I used to go to had a pool. Women wore bikinis in there.

Apparently it's more common for gyms to have "dress codes" than I realized. I'm just trying to understand the logic of why a *gym* atmosphere is not an appropriate place to wear *gym attire* that happens to show your abs. Most of the workout dvds I've owned have featured women wearing cropped tops. In my hubby's running magazines, pretty much all the women are wearing cropped tops in the pictures. And (gasp) running down public streets that way!
Oh, well. I guess whoever owns the place gets to make the rules.

For comfort I totally understand. When I workout at home I always do so in just my sports bra.
In public though, I think the rules change. Just my personal opinion.

What about wearing a bikini to public pools? Totally unnecessary to swim in a bikini--a one-piece works just fine for swimming. The gym I used to go to had a pool. Women wore bikinis in there.

Apparently it's more common for gyms to have "dress codes" than I realized. I'm just trying to understand the logic of why a *gym* atmosphere is not an appropriate place to wear *gym attire* that happens to show your abs. Most of the workout dvds I've owned have featured women wearing cropped tops. In my hubby's running magazines, pretty much all the women are wearing cropped tops in the pictures. And (gasp) running down public streets that way!
Oh, well. I guess whoever owns the place gets to make the rules.

Bikini's are socially acceptable. I don't think crop tops at the gym are (because of restrictions like the OP's gym). Because of that I think that many feel awkward or uncomfortable seeing it. I personally don't, but I just don't see a need for it.
A lot of women get ridiculed for wearing crop tops and sports bras to the gym. I hear it occasionally. They either pick apart her body, call them names (attention *kitten*), or other rude remarks. Another reason why I don't find it socially acceptable. Many women cannot mind their own business xD

Magazines and work out videos are trying to sell their product. So of course they are going to have them in less clothing. In the real world it is not the same.

When visiting Hungry it seems common for people to just wear underwear in hot weather for daily activities.
Visiting a historic Castle there was a girl (with a fabulous body) riding a horse in panties and bra.
I was less impressed by the overweight (male) builders working on the roof of a house in just y-fronts.

The other day I was refused entry to a supermarket because I wasn't wearing a t-shirt.
I didn't want to put it back on because I knew I'd start sweating a fair bit if I did.
Security couldn't explain exactly what I would be allowed to wear (for instance a crop top, yes I did ask) or why the rule existed (one said hygiene, another common decency another "it's the rules, innit".).

So, on the hygiene bit; while I don't see that it could make any difference in a supermarket, in a gym you could reasonably be lying on machines. A blanket rule of 'no crop tops' (and similar for men) would prevent there being direct skin contact like that to the benches etc.

Sure I've seen plenty of crop tops in UK gyms and it not been a problem - mostly I'd have thought it'd be seen as a good advert for the gym, presuming it's ladies that justify showing off their mid-riff!