Shirt or no Shirt?

Why do you feel that you need to work out in just a bra?

So she gets looks from guys (and some gals I suppose).

Is that the reason why she wears it? If so, then maybe she should honor her husbands request. Maybe he knows best.

Also how would she feel if he ran around the neighborhood in his underware?

Why do you feel that you need to work out in just a bra?

So she gets looks from guys (and some gals I suppose).

Is that the reason why she wears it? If so, then maybe she should honor her husbands request. Maybe he knows best.

Also how would she feel if he ran around the neighborhood in his underware?

But it's not underwear. It's the equivelant of a man putting on a lycra shirt or something.

I hardly think a sports bra is considered barely clothed. It's hotter than hell outside. If you feel comfortable in a sports bra then wear it. It's not like you are naked. You wear less at the community pool and all the neighbors are there too.

Is a sports bra or even a bikini appropriate to wear as you run through your neighborhood? It's more than just the hubby we are talking here. Do you have a Homeowner Association that frowns upon barely clothed ladies or men running through the neighborhood? Do you have a hyper conservative mother in the neighborhood that will cause trouble cause you exposed your body to their young 8 year old boy as you jogged by their house? Just something more to think about. Carry on as you feel comfortable. :-)

Does that world really exist? How depressing

It does. It was. I moved.

NO SHIRT

You know what, running in a sports bra is not a big deal. It's better than heat stroke.

People are going to stare, who cares?

When the humidity gets up there, it's awful. When I peel off my shirt and tuck into my running skirt, it feels much much cooler. It does make a difference. Really it does.

And no, I'm not some perfect skinny super model. I'm a real woman with a real body. I just don't want to keel over while running in almost 100degree temps with 85-90% humidity. :laugh:

There was a Seinfeld episode related to this topic. Also a definite public service component to this issue in that you may be avoiding a whole lot of traffic accidents by modestly covering up a bit. Public safety should be considered and not taken lightly.

has he seen you in it? girls work out in sports bras all the time at my gym and it aint even flashy. those things are huge, should just be called a support top.

If it bothered my husband that much, I would respect his wishes.

I wouldn't run or walk in my neighborhood in just my bra - sports bra or otherwise. Respect your husband, and yourself, and put some clothes on. No, I'm not really a prude...

Everyone who is telling you to "respect yourself" is living in the late 1800's. Showing your stomach has **** all to do with self respect. At the end of the day, it's none of your husband's concern what you wear. Put on what makes you feel good. The only person who controls how much or how little of your body you show is YOU.

Damn straight. My gf hates that I want to go-go dance in a banana hammock at a gay club, but the way I see it is I should do what makes me feel good. They are just seeing what they would see at the beach anyways. Screw her wishes. This ain't a relationship, it's a cohabitation. Oh wait a second...

I really, really do not understand what is so scandalous about a sports bra, or exposed midriff for that matter.

I wouldn't say it's scandalous, but it will get you looked at, and some people are okay with that, and others, like me, really don't want to be stared at by strangers. I was out walking once on a local country dirt road in shorts and a tank top and two guys in a panel van slowed waaaay down and stared at me... woods both sides, no houses nearby. I did not like that at all. Never went walking that way again.

country dirt road?

perhaps did you think they slowed WAYYYYYYYYYY down so not to dust you?

that's quiet normal and polite behavior.

NO, not the way they were looking at me. It was a very unsettling experience.

my mind is freakin' blown by some of the responses here. I can not even remotely understand the people who seem to have a problem with a woman running/exercising in a sports bra. Seriously? SERIOUSLY??? You know what I see in every neighbourhood I've ever lived it? From the gated community I grew up in, to college areas, to the ghetto when I was first on my own to the nice, middle-class suburb where I live now? Teenaged girls walking around in short shorts with tiny tube tops. Women and teenaged girls sunbathing in bikinis. Women jogging in sports bras. This was also the norm in every health club I've been to. Not all women but easily 4-5 at any given time in classes or on the treadmills, in sports bras. It's absolutely ridiculous for anyone to have a problem with this. Any sports bra on the market is going to cover at least as much as a bikini, and no one blinks an eye over that. This is just more of the puritanical, backwards, hypocritical bull that goes on when women breastfeeding in public. 98% of them manage to show less skin than a bikini or low top, but somehow it's ~different if it's labelled underwear or if there's a kid nursing. Grow the heck up, people!

For me personally I only wear a shirt because I'm uncomfortable with my body. As soon as I lose another 30lb, I'm going to be running in my sports bra, too. I just want a flatter stomach.

Is a sports bra or even a bikini appropriate to wear as you run through your neighborhood? It's more than just the hubby we are talking here. Do you have a Homeowner Association that frowns upon barely clothed ladies or men running through the neighborhood? Do you have a hyper conservative mother in the neighborhood that will cause trouble cause you exposed your body to their young 8 year old boy as you jogged by their house? Just something more to think about. Carry on as you feel comfortable. :-)

First, I would never move somewhere with a dress code. This is the most ridiculous thing I've read all day.
Second, the FAT conservative mom (because in my mind she is a sad jealous overweight women) should be happy that her son his seeing people exercising and shouldn't waste her energy on some random women she doesn't know running in a sport bra.

But you do live somewhere with a dress code. Can you really go and have a run topless? How about a little shopping at Target without pants?

The only reason to ask a bunch of random strangers on a fitness site is to get confirmation to dress as you like - there can be various reasons between two people that are in a relationship to consider how the other person dresses - these might include (what we generally consider) unacceptable reasons such as dominance and misplaced jealousy. But this might also depend on a bunch of personal reasons (of religious, relational and even neighborhood rules...) this is really a thing to clear out with the hubs.
It really isn't clear why he thinks it's inappropriate in the OP post.

Because we conform to social rules of dress constantly it's somehow unacceptable for a SO to voice their preference?

Gosh, I must be bored today.

Go for it, I would if I didn't have a stretch marked stomach.