wearing gym clothing in public ok?

I own a lot of tech tees from races I've done and wear them often. They're comfy, moisture wicking and no less outlandish than a typical cotton tee. So I wear them.

Have you been to a Whole Foods on a Saturday? I think it is the required uniform to shop there.

Absolutely it's okay! There are plenty of people who wear gym clothes on a regular basis who aren't even GOING to work out. The fact that you actually GO to the gym when you're wearing your workout clothes puts you a few steps ahead of many others. :flowerforyou:

Of course, unless you wear the totally impractical kind that some young kids wear so that when they bend over their butt cheeks show and boobs almost fall out.

People - you may look great in this stuff but:

First, don't complain because guys are always hitting on you in the gym.
Second, don't complain because women give you dirty looks in the gym.

Wear something functional that keeps you covered when you are doing over head lifts and bent over rows....you get the idea.

I know a couple people who do switch out shoes for various reasons. That seems OK...but changing before I go to the grocery? No way, I will sit and drip dry for a bit so I don't show up like I just got off the track.but that's the extent of my grooming if I need to stop on the way home.

TOPIC: wearing gym clothing in public ok?

YES

Are all your naughty bits covered?

If yes, then it's OK. If no, then cover them up.

I'd hope all of her "Naughty bits' would be covered at the gym, too. What kind of gym clothes are YOU wearing?? :huh:

I dunno. There is an older lady at my gym who wears shorts that are loose and way to short. She was doing bent over rows and I got an eyeful of 60 year old parts that I did not care to see. She is tan as a piece of leather, wears clothes in a way that all her saggy bits hang out and will intentionally bend over in front of young guys and flash them.. Worst part, last time I saw her she was wearing a 'worlds best grandma' shirt. I swear she goes to the gym looking for sex. It's beyond disturbing.

:0 I see people wear gym clothes in public who don't even work out. It's cool, no one's gonna stop you & tell you to change into a different attire.

I wear my sweatbands allll the time. Even if I don't work out.

When I was in college full time I lived in workout clothes and pyjama pants. As long as you're comfy it's all that matters. Look around tons of people who never see the inside of a gym or do a minute of workout wear gym clothes all the time.ROCK IT!!! is all I have to say

I think ultimately it comes down to the impression you are giving. If you don't care what that is, then do what you want. If you do, then act accordingly.

You must not be from the United States. Here, nobody bats an eyelash. In other countries, people are expected to dress more formally. I got looks the whole time I was in Russia. But if people were to come here dressed as is customary in Russia, they're liable to be taken for streetwalkers. (that's no excuse to be rude to them, though, just as my jeans and t-shirts and tennies were no excuse to be rude to me!) It all depends on the prevailing culture.

You must not be from the United States. Here, nobody bats an eyelash.

You know, it's funny. I was at the theater on Saturday night and was just thinking about how casual everything seems to have become. Even when I was a kid (I'm 34), it was just expected to dress up to go to the theater. But sitting there, in my jeans, polo, and zip hoodie, I wasn't underdressed or out of place at all. And this wasn't a community theater, it was professional theater, and the stars of the show I was about to watch were Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Billy Crudup. But casual was the name of the game for almost every audience member in attendance.

But when I was a kid, it was basically formal dress for the Nutcracker each Christmas. Or what would be considered Sunday best (not that we had actual Sunday bests in my house since we didn't go to church, but I'm using the term for reference) for other theater experiences. And I wondered when things had started to change so much. But, of course, we also live in a society where a chart called "Are you wearing pants" is something that more people should probably have daily access to. (seriously, there was a woman at my work last Friday wearing nothing but a pair of tights and a flannel shirt.)

So I guess I'm somehow old school in that I do bat an eyelash when I see people that live in workout clothes or PJ pants. (I have personally known two people that used to wear nothing but flannel or cotton PJ pants no matter where they were going or what they were doing. They have both, thankfully, discovered actual pants in recent years) I'm born and raised American. Fourth generation San Francisco Bay Area, as a matter of fact, so it has nothing to do with being from another country.

But, I did watch a lot of formalities of dress start to diminish when the dot com businesses were booming. People were getting rich at a younger and younger age, so the casualness of youth seeped into business and then out into places where that same idea of a dress code used to prevail. The idea of a tie-required restaurant these days is basically archaic and one can easily shell out for a $300 gourmet meal while wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

I'm not knocking that level casualness at all, as someone that happens to love my t-shirts, jeans, and sneakers, and being able to not have to dress up for the theater or for the dinner before it, I'm simply commenting on it and the change that I have seen in even my relatively short years.

But I am a bit sad about how far the casualness has gone, to the point where people don't actually bat eyelashes at gym clothes as a regular everyday outfit. Or a 30 year old woman wearing PJ pants every single day. Or at nothing but a pair of tights being considered acceptable "pants". But I guess, at 34, I'm already just "old school" in feeling that way. *shrug*