compression shorts: alone, or under?

bprague
bprague Posts: 564 Member
edited October 11 in Health and Weight Loss
So I recently picked up a new pair of compression shorts and I was pleased to notice that they not only prevent chafing on my runs, and reduce rather annoying butt jiggle, but also make my butt look darned good in the process.

My question is this: is it kosher to wear compression shorts on their own or is this a strictly under your shorts thing? I wouldn't do it if I wasn't so proud of my rather obscenely muscular quads (and slowly reducing tushy) but I feel pretty fly in them. Plus I don't have to deal with my shorts sliding to my boobs (the never ending battle!).

Thoughts?

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  • MarieNevada
    MarieNevada Posts: 395 Member
    i would say at your weight, why the hell not show off your quads. i'm glad to hear they reduce the butt jiggle. at my weight (243) there's a damn lot of jiggle which is really bugging me. lol so i'm looking to pick up a pair of shorts myself. i ofcourse will spare the world that view. but i say, you should totally wear them alone.
  • jillybeanruns
    jillybeanruns Posts: 1,420 Member
    If you feel good, I say go for it! I see people run in just compression shorts often, I'm more of a running skort kind of girl myself though!
  • PatientBear
    PatientBear Posts: 92
    When training, I wear them under something. When racing, I sport my tri shorts with nothing above them....easier to swim that way. :)
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    I never even thought of them as outerwear! Hmmmm......
  • a_stronger_steph
    a_stronger_steph Posts: 434 Member
    I LOVE my pair of compression shorts. They're on the longer side, though - the come down to about 3" above my knee, so much longer than conventional running shorts. I feel like I would look absolutely dorky wearing shorts over top of them, since they're longer than any running shorts I've seen. So... I just wear them on their own. :)

    I say if you feel comfortable in them (and it sounds like you do), then go ahead and wear them solo.
  • bprague
    bprague Posts: 564 Member
    I never even thought of them as outerwear! Hmmmm......

    I think if I was a guy I'd be a little self-conscious about my dangly bits being on display. No that I haven't seen that in male runners. :D
  • jbretz
    jbretz Posts: 43
    I always wear them underneath my shorts, they highlight certain things for me way too much.. I'm sure it would be fine for women though.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    you could rock them alone. you're skinny :P lol. I do both. Depends on how I'm feeling :D ! up to you!
  • scribb
    scribb Posts: 3,659 Member
    I wear a compression Tri short on their own while running. On race days, I see some men doing the same thing, or wearing running shorts which are very short.
  • Ariberri9
    Ariberri9 Posts: 206 Member
    I usually wear them by themselves when I work out. I wear underwear underneath them, though; the feel of compression shorts against my crotch is an extremely strange feeling.

    I feel the compression shorts make me work harder because my stomach hangs over my shorts. I can see all of my problem areas, and it makes me work harder.
  • kayla1025
    kayla1025 Posts: 104 Member
    I wear them alone also. But I do workout at home and not infront of other people. I think I would be too self concious to wear them without something over them out in public lol
  • rnstonecowgirl
    rnstonecowgirl Posts: 1 Member
    Question on this topic. What's worse. Compression shorts alone or that annoying over short that chafes and then rides up your thigh.... I don't want any part of my body looking like it's eating my shorts......
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    How tight are they? Do they highlight too much in front (I realize you're a woman)? Are they more revealing than the yoga pants in your profile pic? If not, then I say go for it! (At least for your workouts anyways.)
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    I wear compression shorts without anything on top exclusively:)
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    Not in public - PLEASE!
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited May 2016
    Even in 70 degree high humidity morning runs at 5:30 in the a.m. (like this morning) where I live I would never dream of wearing two of anything. Plus I would not run well being confined that much. And def not when lifting weights.

    Personal choice. Wear what makes you comfortable from a stylish point, just being as comfy as you can, moreover, performance. What will make you run your best or exercise your best being what exercise that it is?
  • FeelsLikeAwesome
    FeelsLikeAwesome Posts: 39 Member
    If you are a man, i find compression shorts by themselves to be too revealing for public.

    If you are a woman, compression shorts alone are ok so long as the fabric is thick enough that it leaves the specifics of your front bits to the imagination.
  • WeoooBeans
    WeoooBeans Posts: 85 Member
    Wear what you want!
  • dredremeg
    dredremeg Posts: 202 Member
    Like Waffle said!!!!!1
  • suruda
    suruda Posts: 1,233 Member
    If you feel good in them...do it! But, I have seen them on girls where it does highlight and emphasise the privates...maybe not the look they were going for? I have to believe they look in the mirror but after working out the compress more around the tops of the thighs? ALSO....why do some of them totally go in between the cheeks totally baring the behind? is it a brand thing or what you are wearing or not wearing under them. Sorry if TMI...I spend a bit of time on a short track where you see the same behinds over and over!
  • dietstokes
    dietstokes Posts: 216 Member
    I would do the mirror test to make sure they are not see through (you know, bend over to touch your toes in front of a mirror and look behind you to see if anything shows. Also, make sure you are not showing the bits (i.e. camel toe). If they pass those two tests, then go for it! I see women wearing the nike pro shorts all the time, and they are basically just compression shorts.
  • DeficitDuchess
    DeficitDuchess Posts: 3,099 Member
    edited May 2016
    I never base my decisions, upon what other's prefer. It's my body, my fashion choice & if someone doesn't desire to see my cellulite, camel toe, butt checks, butt crack, fat, etc., they can stay home & keep their blinds/curtains closed! I don't necessarily intentionally expose myself, like that but I've bought things; that I either couldn't try on 1st (ordered online) or I liked the style anyway & once I gained weight but couldn't afford a new wardrobe, so I had major camel toe; that my cross body purse didn't always successfully cover.
  • BeYouTiful94
    BeYouTiful94 Posts: 289 Member
    Lol it's funny you ask this because I'm sitting here in a pair of compression shorts and shorts right now ... I say wear what makes you comfortable. I originally bought mine because my shorts are super short and ride up when I run, making them obscenely short. I now sometimes wear just the compression shorts, but usually will wear my shorts over them because I like the look and like to play with what color compression shorts I want to peek out from under what color shorts today lol. But you can rock em any way you please! Totally a personal preference! :)
  • justincooper405
    justincooper405 Posts: 107 Member
    I like to wear full body compression outfits on heavy lifting days

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  • justincooper405
    justincooper405 Posts: 107 Member
    justincooper405 wrote: »
    I like to wear full body compression outfits on heavy lifting days

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