What about Speedos

HealthIsMyHobby
HealthIsMyHobby Posts: 85 Member
edited September 29 in Chit-Chat
When many women lose weight and get fit they celebrate being able to show it off in a bikini. If guys put in the effort to get to a healthy weight and exercise to get toned, shouldn't they also be allowed to show it off?

Speedos are practical for (you guessed it) swimming, comfortable, dry fast, and leave a nice tan line. The knock on them for being unsightly (esp. on fat hairy guys) or gay is bogus. Fat hairy people are unhealthy and unpleasant to look at in Speedos OR shorts. Flat fit abs are hot in Speedos AND shorts. They are popular among gay guys, but plenty of straight guys also like them. Some women/girls don't like to see the outline of a guys package, but some dig it. So, I say live and let live; look or look away; to each his/her own.

Reactions (esp. encouragements) appreciated.
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  • cjsgrimlin
    cjsgrimlin Posts: 246
    I'd love to see a hot guy in speedos!! especially if i was feeling equally hot in my bikini!!!
  • pauljsolie
    pauljsolie Posts: 1,024 Member
    LOL, it will be years if not decades before I'll be able to pull that off. I'm a big guy, I have very nice toned calves and get compliments when I wear my cargo shorts. NEVER without a shirt though. I am doing society a favor and stay covered up for the foreseeable future. Good post.
  • delilah514
    delilah514 Posts: 126 Member
    I say yes to speedo's! As a former competitive swimmer I am very fond of speedo's. I mean what is not to like as you said about a fit tanned guy in speedo's. That was one of my favorite parts about swim meets & water polo games when I used to compete. LOL

    So as far as I am concerned if you want to get fit and were your speedo's more power to you! I will be one of the ladies at the pool checking you out ;)
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    Mine are neon green with black racing stripes.
  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
    My only comment to this would be...God no:noway:
  • IamMsDeniece
    IamMsDeniece Posts: 26
    Why not? :)
  • angelicdisgrace
    angelicdisgrace Posts: 2,071 Member
    Speedos on a fit man ( not necessarily extremely buff) is sexy. It's the "Other" men that ruin it for everyone else. Even when you try to look away the image is burnt into your brain from the brief glance.
  • keb80
    keb80 Posts: 394
    Even on a guy who is in amazing shape I'd say.... no. I don't know... that's just me. A nicely-built guy in a pair of board shorts... now that's hot!
  • TheTeeWhy
    TheTeeWhy Posts: 186
    I think even if I was in sick shape, I would never rock one of those, unless I was required to like I was a wrestler or some ****
  • bethanyranes
    bethanyranes Posts: 44 Member
    I was a competitive swimmer/water polo player for 5 years in school. I've seen so many dudes in Speedos, I don't even bat an eyelash at them these days. If you are a swimmer, or you just want to rock the banana hammock, I say go for it!
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    Oh man! What ABOUT Speedos? :sick:
    My friend plays water polo and he has to wear them... I can't unsee the things I've seen.
  • halobender
    halobender Posts: 780 Member
    I'm so glad to read all of these responses from women in the negative toward speedos :p It's just ... my God, no.

    Go back to the beaches of Europe! :p
  • Leothelioness
    Leothelioness Posts: 13
    I'd love to see a hot guy in speedos!! especially if i was feeling equally hot in my bikini!!!

    MMmmmmm.....me tooo
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    I will spare the world the sight of me in a grape smuggler.
  • cbs1974
    cbs1974 Posts: 98 Member
    speedos where i come from are associated with gay men !!
    its usually bermuda short style!!
  • albinogorilla
    albinogorilla Posts: 1,056 Member
    I swam competitively for 8 years and wore them well.....and my day will come again. I will wait until I can pull it off though.....and do the necessary shaving. :-)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Even Ronaldo doesn't look good in Speedos. They're not called "budgie smugglers" for nothing!
  • srb1990
    srb1990 Posts: 37
    Even on a guy who is in amazing shape I'd say.... no. I don't know... that's just me. A nicely-built guy in a pair of board shorts... now that's hot!

    i completely agree, no matter how hot you are they just dont do justice or look like your trying too hard. Reminds me of when i was on holiday and there was this really toned woman and man (must have been bf and gf) in matching bathing suits, her in the tiniest bikini and him in the smallest speedos...actually made me feel sick lol
  • anthony438
    anthony438 Posts: 578 Member
    I wear my banana-hammock now, what's wrong with that?
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    not even Beckham and Pitt should wear them, they look about as wank as it's possible to look without wearing a borat style mankini...yuk and yuk
  • Panda_Jack
    Panda_Jack Posts: 829 Member
    What about jammers? I wear those every week when I'm training. Do those count?
  • Crystals422
    Crystals422 Posts: 382 Member
    No way! Volcom or Hurly boardshorts are way hotter. The Canadians come to the beaches where I live (in the US) and it is not a pretty sight. Granted, the ones I have seen are hairy and not in shape, but I still am not feeling them.
  • HealthIsMyHobby
    HealthIsMyHobby Posts: 85 Member
    It's a tie 11 for and 11 against. 6 females and 5 males in favor. 8 females and 3 males against. wonder what the other 200 viewers think.
  • frostiegurl
    frostiegurl Posts: 708 Member
    I've yet to see any man alive that looks good in a speedo. Sorry, that's just not my cup of tea. :sick:
  • ATT949
    ATT949 Posts: 1,245 Member
    I grew up in Bermuda. I wore Bermuda shorts to the office and a Speedo at the beach.

    Here in the US, people think about beach attire differently because we think about bodies differently. At our core, we are a conservative nation compared to most Western countries.

    For me, I wear running shorts from Dolfin and I wear a short bathing suit

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047E7756


    Speed at the beach? Not quite yet.


    For folks who find Speedos on men discomforting perhaps, instead of suffering in silence, you could discuss your discomfort with that individual. :-)
  • Casey9968
    Casey9968 Posts: 17
    unfortunately only a select few could pull it off....i'm sorry the rest of guys ruined it for you but i'd have to say no i do not find it attractive.
  • Goal4Good
    Goal4Good Posts: 115
    I'll have to join the ranks of No speedos please. First of all, I think things left to the imagination are much more inticing. I don't care how well built or (not so well built) you are. Speedos do one of two things for me:
    1) Make me laugh
    2) Make me hurl

    Just my humble opinion
  • ESVABelle
    ESVABelle Posts: 1,264 Member
    Mine are neon green with black racing stripes.

    LMAO! Get ittttttt!
  • HealthIsMyHobby
    HealthIsMyHobby Posts: 85 Member
    And a stomach that looks 7 months pregnant or a large muffin top sagging over the waist band of knee length board shorts makes you ?? :wink:
  • ohwhataday
    ohwhataday Posts: 1,398 Member
    Nooooo. haha
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