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    Men in tights...

    Posts: 218 Member
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    Convo this morning got me thinking, is this something you all see at your local gyms? I'm talking about the under armour/Nike compression ones. I wear them on occasion, especially on deadlift days since I already have enough scars on my shins from the bar hitting my legs.

    Out of curiosity, what say ye MFP - men in tights, yay or nay?

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    • Posts: 2 Member
      I support men in tights because tights support men. Seems like a good thing.
    • Posts: 2,831 Member
      Wear what you want to wear. I wear anything from running shorts, basketball shorts and cargo shorts, to capris and tights depending on the weather and my mood.
    • Posts: 1,913 Member
      I see them sometimes in the gym...usually with a pair of looser mesh type gym shorts over.

      Personally, I would rather see a man at the gym in compression tights thats holds everything in place, than a man at the gym in loose cotton pants where everythin hangs free and moves...A LOT. :shudder:.

      But honestly......i dont care what you wear. If i dont like it....I wont look.
    • Posts: 2,128 Member
      Damn it Jeolo, I never really paid any attention to what people wear at the gym. I see them, yes, but never thought much about it. Today, though, I'm gonna. Gee...thanks!
    • Posts: 49,148 Member
      I wear tights usually on leg day and when I run (keeps inside of thigh from rubbing).

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    • Posts: 2,692 Member
      I personally don't like to see men in tights. It makes the package really stick out and I can't avoid staring and it. I also think it looks feminine but to each their own. I see men in compression shorts a lot and I never think twice about it. Wear whatever you're comfortable with and what fits your needs.
    • Posts: 1,863 Member
      Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!!
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    • Posts: 53 Member
      I will wear them with a pair of shorts over them, but I don't really care if someone wants to wear tights to workout. Honestly when I walk into the gym and see a guy with his shirt off (in a family gym) that bothers me more. Just wear a tank top or something lighter. Just my opinion though.
    • Posts: 3,861 Member
      Tights are fine. Booty shorts however...
    • Posts: 338 Member
      I don't see men in my gym wearing those but there is a man who comes to my spin class wearing cycling shorts and its hard not to look at what's protruding at the front haha. I don't mind what people wear, it's up to them.
    • Posts: 3,942 Member
      Dunno about for deadlifts but for sports performance I was going to buy some compression stuff as everyone else seemed to be wearing it and read somewhere they made no difference bar the person thinking they made a difference. I decided to invest in more superhero socks to wear with shorts.
    • Posts: 218 Member
      Villae81 wrote: »
      Why not wear deadlift socks op?

      Thank you for this, didn't even know they were a thing. All I ever saw people use were the knee sleeves but as much as the Rehbands were I didn't want to ruin them.
    • Posts: 1,547 Member
      edited July 2016
      What is the hang up? Are we pretending that men don't have packages, or women don't have JJs? Or boobs? How many women walk around in tights that are revealing? Go to the gym, work out, wear what you feel good in, look at what you want to. Don't be intrusive if you're looking, and don't be offended if you're being looked at.

      Guess what? We're human...we're SUPPOSED to be attracted to each other!

      (I had to use euphemisms because I am SURE MFP would censor the correct terms in what is otherwise a rational adult discussion...bay-stids!)
    • Posts: 218 Member
      JessicaJS23 wrote: »
      Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay!!

      Tell us how you really feel lmao
    • Posts: 2,692 Member
      joelo_83 wrote: »
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      This made me chuckle... almost want to power pose legs spread all over the gym now hahaha

      Pose away, just know that all of us women WILL be starting at your junk....So men might be too
    • Posts: 408 Member
      I wear them. I like them to swear comfortably.
    • Posts: 1,249 Member
      I have several pair of compression pants. Some are crop/Capri length, some are full length. I have no issues with them
    • Posts: 11 Member
      Wear whatever you like and is comfortable to you. If you're jogging down the street in a banana hammock, more power to you
    • Posts: 522 Member
      projectsix wrote: »
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      I have a few and I really like them, the UA "Alter Ego" line with the super hero shirts. I have Batman/Superman. I find that the guys don't tend to like them much where you'll get smirks and stuff but the women do.

      Superman tights?! I need pics please! *_*
    • Posts: 79 Member
      Riffraft1960 wrote: »
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      This is exactly why I clicked on this convo so thank you!
    • Posts: 654 Member
      Nope
    • Posts: 90 Member
      HELL NO! IF you do, wear shorts underneath.....
    • Posts: 6,883 Member
      Riffraft1960 wrote: »
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      I came here for this! Thank you
    • Posts: 1,863 Member
      Sugar_Pill wrote: »
      This one time- before fun & games and chit chat were spilt- there was a thread about compression pants. The guy posted full frontal, side, and back view-close up- and asked us to tell him "whats the big deal?! They're just like leggings!" (Btw- there was nothing big about the deal...)

      It was probably the funniest and most successful thread I have ever been a part of.

      Moral of the story- you gotta 1) tuck it away at least a little 2) make sure it's something to write home about or 3) wear shorts over them (<--- best option)

      Why? Because just like camel toe ain't cute (well... Not to everyone)

      Moose knuckles aren't either.

      (PS: before the OFFENDACONS come after me- I feel the same way about booty shorts, "sports bras" with nothing on top, and generally speaking I am not into the over revealing of either sex when in public situations... So- don't.)

      Something to write home about :flushed:

    • Posts: 3,861 Member
      TannedTiger wrote: »
      how about working out without anything on? is that a thing?

      That would be called the horizontal tango.
    • Posts: 2,831 Member
      TannedTiger wrote: »
      how about working out without anything on? is that a thing?

      Just not while deadlifting
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