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    Women in the weight room

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    • Posts: 295 Member
      Am I the only person who *kind* of agrees with the OP? It's a bit distracting and irritating when people go to the gym with the clear intention of getting looks. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you wear a sports bra and yoga pants (or as a man, a muscle tee / no shirt) to the gym, you're clearly looking for attention right?
      This is YOUR problem, not that of those with whose outfits you disagree.
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      They trollin', they hatin'...

      Don't hate cause we can DL and squat more than you AND look fabulous while doing it

      LOL..That's mostly likely what is going on here....

      What a troll...
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      Does a Squat booty intimidate you, OP?
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      This is YOUR problem, not that of those with whose outfits you disagree.

      I don't really understand these type comments. Are you saying that it's a personal failing of mine that I might be somewhat distracted by a nearly naked person of the opposite sex? That seems a little ridiculous. And so is the idea that you can wear whatever you want wherever you want. Clearly there are social norms in place that determine what you wear to work, school, and (yes) the gym.
    • Posts: 3,731 Member
      I don't understand why guys can't keep their eyeballs off my *kitten* when I work out! Geez!

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    • Posts: 720 Member
      You complained about this? To the front desk? Most straight guys would be in Heaven. Everybody hurry...Put clothes on there's a new guy that's likely a crap disturber.
    • Posts: 179 Member
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      What!? So are yoga pants cheaper than a pair of sweats or ball shorts?

      In a word... Yes
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      I don't really understand these type comments. Are you saying that it's a personal failing of mine that I might be somewhat distracted by a nearly naked person of the opposite sex? That seems a little ridiculous. And so is the idea that you can wear whatever you want wherever you want. Clearly there are social norms in place that determine what you wear to work, school, and (yes) the gym.

      I rather thought that the social norms included wearing clothing appropriate to your situation and environment...like workout clothes when you work out. It's rather like wearing swimsuits when you go swimming. Do you have the same problem when you go swimming? Are the half-naked girls parading around in their swimsuits too much for you?
    • Posts: 14,121 Member
      <<<<<< A few hours early, but since butts in yoga pants are apparently offensive :tongue: . What can I say, I like offending people.
    • Posts: 2,640 Member
      <<<<<< A few hours early, but since butts in yoga pants are apparently offensive :tongue: . What can I say, I like offending people.

      *high five* for da booties!!
    • Posts: 7,334 Member
      Am I the only person who *kind* of agrees with the OP? It's a bit distracting and irritating when people go to the gym with the clear intention of getting looks. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you wear a sports bra and yoga pants (or as a man, a muscle tee / no shirt) to the gym, you're clearly looking for attention right?

      I certainly wouldn't go to the front office and complain. I have enough of a grasp on current social norms to understand that yoga pants and sports bras are allowed at gyms. But, I'm also entitled to my own opinion on the people who wear them there.

      And just to clarify, I don't take any issue with people flaunting what they've got (in appropriate settings). For example, the beach or the club. But to me, the gym is closer to a work setting than the beach. People are there to focus and work hard, and I think it's a little selfish to go with the intention of distracting them (that is the goal after all, focusing other people's attention on yourself).

      I'm sure I'll get a bit of flak for my opinion, but hey that's what opinions are for. And just to head off the people asking "so what do you recommend, a burka?" I will say this: a t-shirt (form fitting or not) and a pair of snug but not form fitting shorts. That's my dress code at the gym anyways.

      I hate it when my clothes bunch up on me. If I'm doing planks, I don't like my top falling forward and giving full view up and down my shirt. If I'm boxing, I hate having my shirt flopping around on me. I prefer tanks because I get hot. and I don't like being hot. I tend to wear yoga pants because a) I can find them in my size (36" inseam) b) they don't chafe or ride up when I run and c) they hide my scarred up shins.

      Do I like form fitting clothes. YES I DO.

      Will I wear baggy because I think that YOU don't approve, or worry that YOU feel that I'm doing it for attention? Um... No. Not at all.

      Think what you want about me. I could care less.
    • Posts: 323 Member
      At the gym I go to in Korea... we have only a few of what I would call fashion queens at the gym...(Since the gym offers workout clothing) I personally don't care what most women dress like at the gym.. However, i hate the fashion models with make-up and perfume... that come to the gym and don't workout... just stand around and do stretching and talking on the phone...

      I hate anyone that comes to the gym and doesn't come to sweat... man, woman, child... (teenager)..

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      Alright, you know I'm just sick of people doing straight legged deadlifts right in front of me, whether its skinny minnie sorority girl or some big male law enforcement officer, I just don't appreciate it!

      This just in...nobody cares!
    • Posts: 2,412 Member
      I will stop wearing yoga pants to the gym when i am 6 ft under! :laugh:
    • Posts: 840 Member
      I think the OP is worried about trying to impress and hurting himself doing too much weight.
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      I don't really understand these type comments. Are you saying that it's a personal failing of mine that I might be somewhat distracted by a nearly naked person of the opposite sex? That seems a little ridiculous. And so is the idea that you can wear whatever you want wherever you want. Clearly there are social norms in place that determine what you wear to work, school, and (yes) the gym.
      Different people will find different things distracting. You don't get to tell people to change to suit you; you get to learn to live with it.
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      Thank You! I have worked awfully hard these last three years.
      um...
    • Posts: 340 Member
      Now how am I supposed to get in a good workout in with these type of girls doing straight legged deadlifts right in front of me?

      Uhm, how about you just do what you went there to do and stop looking at the women. You are, or should be, in control of your own thoughts and actions!
      Why do women come into the weight room dressed like that?

      Because we can. It's not for you. It's for us and it's comfortable.
      I complained to the front desk attendant (management wasn't in yet), but the desk girl (who was wearing tight yoga pants btw) said that these girls weren't in violation of any rules.

      Too bad that's all she said. She should have let you have it for being an *kitten* who apparently thinks just because he's distracted by women that the women need to change what they're doing.
      Do you agree that there should be some kind of dress code against this in a public gym?

      No. Why? Because #YesAllWomen are not at fault for your distraction. It's not up to women to keep you from being distracted. It's up to you to control your own mind and body. So do it.


      This post is another great example of why #YesAllWomen is such a necessary thing.

      Hey OP and everyone commenting in his favour, you should browse this:

      https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesAllWomen?src=hash
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      I hate it when my clothes bunch up on me. If I'm doing planks, I don't like my top falling forward and giving full view up and down my shirt. If I'm boxing, I hate having my shirt flopping around on me. I prefer tanks because I get hot. and I don't like being hot. I tend to wear yoga pants because a) I can find them in my size (36" inseam) b) they don't chafe or ride up when I run and c) they hide my scarred up shins.

      Do I like form fitting clothes. YES I DO.

      Will I wear baggy because I think that YOU don't approve, or worry that YOU feel that I'm doing it for attention? Um... No. Not at all.

      Think what you want about me. I could care less.

      Yep, this.

      I wear what is comfortable to work out in when I go to the gym. It happens to be yoga pants and a tank top. I don't do it to show off. I do it for comfort - I get hot quite easily and I don't like baggy clothes getting in the way when I'm lifting. Have a problem with the way I'm dressed? Then don't stare at me (yes, you may SEE me, but it's your choice whether you stare or not).
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      InevitableButterfly: +1
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      So... Wait... If you wear yoga pants outside of the gym, you're letting yourself go...

      But if you wear them IN the gym... You're an attention seeker...

      So when is it appropriate to wear them???



      I am so glad I don't care about appropriate! I wear those suckers EVERYWHERE!
    • Posts: 641 Member
      I don't really understand these type comments. Are you saying that it's a personal failing of mine that I might be somewhat distracted by a nearly naked person of the opposite sex? That seems a little ridiculous. And so is the idea that you can wear whatever you want wherever you want. Clearly there are social norms in place that determine what you wear to work, school, and (yes) the gym.

      Make up your mind.

      Are you attracted to these young women or not?

      I'll make you a deal. You walk around your gym before each workout and have every heterosexual female and homosexual male present sign off saying they are okay with your outfit and it is neither too distracting or unflattering. Make sure you stop and run up to anyone who comes into the gym while you are mid-workout so you also get his/her opinion. You do that, and we might let you have a say on what the women wear. No wait, we won't. Because we aren't @#$ here for your @#$ amusement.

      /If it was really about the rudeness of the deadlifts, you wouldn't have spent almost all of the first post describing their clothes.
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      To the OP: in dance classes and rehearsals, I dance in hot pants and a sports bra half the time. At gymnastics, leotard and only-just-longer-than-hot-pants shorts. It's important to wear little in those situations so that the teacher/coach can see my form and technique clearly and can make corrections, and I would wear them even if it wasn't because it gets hot as all hell working that hard and it isn't comfortable or safe to wear loose clothing. But I suppose if you came to my classes or training sessions, you'd hand me sweatpants and an oversized shirt in case I "distracted" you, right? I mean, who cares if my baggy t-shirt tangles in the uneven bars or if I pass out from the heat, as long as I don't distract some guy who thinks my clothing is any of his business?
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      Trololololol :laugh:
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      You have got to be kidding me
    • Posts: 411 Member
      Shouldnt being surounded by good looking women just motivate you to work harder?
    • Posts: 2,412 Member
      So... Wait... If you wear yoga pants outside of the gym, you're letting yourself go...

      But if you wear them IN the gym... You're an attention seeker...

      So when is it appropriate to wear them???



      I am so glad I don't care about appropriate! I wear those suckers EVERYWHERE!

      me too!!!!
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      I don't mind if you post here. Its just that you put yourself here in this thread, which I created, in the midst of my 'ignorance' and then asked ME to leave because you disagreed with my opinion. Its just curious to me why you didn't just stay away, that's all.

      I think you need to worry less about other people in the gym (i.e. what they are wearing, if they are doing exercises in front of you, their body type, etc) and focus on you. I think the reason you don't look like you spend the amount of time you do in the gym is because you're too busy concentrating on everything else EXCEPT your work outs.
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