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Fitness attire
CMZ19891
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I've been noticing a lot of women at my gym wearing sports bras alone at their top. I know it's rude to state, but sometimes it's hard not to notice that and look.
Do women get bothered when guys take a peak?
Do the women ever check out the guys? Especially if he is wearing tighter fitting shorts?
Do women get bothered when guys take a peak?
Do the women ever check out the guys? Especially if he is wearing tighter fitting shorts?
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For me, no, yes and yes...
Not that i ever just wear my sports bra when working out.2 -
TavistockToad wrote: »For me, no, yes and yes...
Not that i ever just wear my sports bra when working out.
Like the yoga pants that have words written on the butt1 -
I usually wear a sports bra and workout tank. A lot of the tanks though are net on the back and/or sides for airflow. I don't care who looks as long as they aren't rude to me or distract me from my workout.
I check out what other people are doing but mostly other women for two reason
1. I want to know where they got their cute gym clothes
2. I'm impressed with the weight their lifting and wanting to get to that point someday17 -
Let's be real. For a lot of people the main reason they work out, go to the gym, and dress in tight cloths is specifically because they want to be appreciated by other people. Especially once they're past the "unhealthy" body composition and have managed to achieve a body that is flattered by tight or revealing clothing. Just respect the line between respectful appreciation and gawking or behavior that could be seen as threatening. Besides, if you're in the gym your focus should be on yourself, and working on that best you that you want other people to want to "peek" at.19
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I check out what other people are doing but mostly other women for two reason
1. I want to know where they got their cute gym clothes
2. I'm impressed with the weight their lifting and wanting to get to that point someday
For me it's the same, I check out girls way more, for these reasons but also if they have the body shape I want. Years ago there was a lady who took a gym class that in my opinion had the perfect balance of muscle ( i.e. not too much but good shape), lucky for me I was meant to stare as she was the instructor!
I don't find many guys worth staring at except one at my gym who does amazing stuff on the rings, or the ones sparring (martial arts).
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Lol, swimmer here, so in many respects I'm wearing less than the lady in shorts and sports bra.
If people check me out (pretty sure they don't at my current weight/condition) then they do so. Doesn't bother me. I don't check out other people, myself, too focused on getting my own business done.5 -
I go to the gym to improve my fitness, not to check out other people's private areas. I also remain fully clothed. When in the pool, we are in the water and you can't really see that well, but I have not need to check it out.2
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I can't say the same for other girls but the only time i wear anything less than a tshirt and baggy sweats (which is very rare) is when i want to be noticed. Girls and guys stand at the mirror and flex and pose all the time, its kinda like a stage show. Sometimes i look just to see what it is they are trying to show off , sometimes i'm busy and could care less. Seriously there is no beneficial reason to workout in just a sports bra , unless you like your bare bare skin touching all those nasty sweaty community benches and equip.4
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It would bother me, but I'd never wear a sports bra to the gym. I did, however, used to wear one when I went on long runs in the summer. I was younger then though.0
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I can't say the same for other girls but the only time i wear anything less than a tshirt and baggy sweats (which is very rare) is when i want to be noticed. Girls and guys stand at the mirror and flex and pose all the time, its kinda like a stage show. Sometimes i look just to see what it is they are trying to show off , sometimes i'm busy and could care less. Seriously there is no beneficial reason to workout in just a sports bra , unless you like your bare bare skin touching all those nasty sweaty community benches and equip.
Haha I'm a baggy t shirt gal too, but I wear compression leggings under shorts, mostly because I'm generally either in the garden or training in muay thai.
And I totally agree gym equipment is nasty unless your at one of those big gyms that actively make people clean their sweat.
Best part about covering up... no shaving3 -
I wear soccer shorts, a sports bra and a tank top. Sometimes if the tanks gets too sweaty working my upper body and becomes clingy, I'll remove it. By the time I'm into my second set, I'm generally so focused that a heard of wildebeest could be roaming around and I probably wouldn't notice. I honestly don't care if someone stares at me or not.1
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I can't say the same for other girls but the only time i wear anything less than a tshirt and baggy sweats (which is very rare) is when i want to be noticed. Girls and guys stand at the mirror and flex and pose all the time, its kinda like a stage show. Sometimes i look just to see what it is they are trying to show off , sometimes i'm busy and could care less. Seriously there is no beneficial reason to workout in just a sports bra , unless you like your bare bare skin touching all those nasty sweaty community benches and equip.
And that's why I wipe down everything BEFORE and after I use it. Although I have taken my tank top off on occasion: I tend to sweat a lot and when it gets clingy, it's bothersome while preforming some lifts. I generally wear my sports bra, a tank and soccer shorts (I live in the desert, so 11 months out of the year it's a bit hot for sweat pants).1 -
I can't say the same for other girls but the only time i wear anything less than a tshirt and baggy sweats (which is very rare) is when i want to be noticed. Girls and guys stand at the mirror and flex and pose all the time, its kinda like a stage show. Sometimes i look just to see what it is they are trying to show off , sometimes i'm busy and could care less. Seriously there is no beneficial reason to workout in just a sports bra , unless you like your bare bare skin touching all those nasty sweaty community benches and equip.
It was 100 degrees here today and my gym doesn't have AC. I'd die if I were in sweats lol.4 -
Peeking and staring are two different things. Peeking is fine if it doesn't become prolonged or so repetitive that it morphs into gawking.Do women get bothered when guys take a peak?
When I check out a guy at the gym it's not sexual, but in admiration of their effort and discipline, particularly if they appear to have a well-proportioned, symmetrical physique. The fit of his clothes is irrelevant. I check out other women in this same manner.Do the women ever check out the guys? Especially if he is wearing tighter fitting shorts?
Same for me.I'm impressed with the weight their lifting and wanting to get to that point someday
Or because they appreciate themselves.For a lot of people the main reason they work out, go to the gym, and dress in tight cloths is specifically because they want to be appreciated by other people.
I think it depends on the person's goals. I workout for aesthetics. I want to look good. I would love to be able to wear a sports bra and shorts to see my musculature as I'm lifting. I typically wear tight leggings and a tank top but my husband once encouraged me to wear shorts on my leg day. Being able to see my quads while squatting was hugely motivating and really made me focus on my form in a way I hadn't before. Might just be psychological, but it helped. I think the same could be said for wearing a sports bra while working the upper body and seeing your pump. However, I don't do that specifically because I don't want to be judged by other gym goers as some sort of show-off who's only wearing a sports bra to get people to look at her.Seriously there is no beneficial reason to workout in just a sports bra
When I workout at home, it's in short, tight shorts and a sports bra because that's what's cool and comfortable and I'm able to see myself well. For the benefit of others, I cover-up at the gym with leggings and a tank top.5 -
Let's be real. For a lot of people the main reason they work out, go to the gym, and dress in tight cloths is specifically because they want to be appreciated by other people. Especially once they're past the "unhealthy" body composition and have managed to achieve a body that is flattered by tight or revealing clothing. Just respect the line between respectful appreciation and gawking or behavior that could be seen as threatening. Besides, if you're in the gym your focus should be on yourself, and working on that best you that you want other people to want to "peek" at.
Um, no. But thanks for presuming that women want to be objectified.
Have you tried running a half marathon in baggy tops and yoga pants? Life is too short to be that inefficient at exercise.
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collectingblues wrote: »
Um, no. But thanks for presuming that women want to be objectified.
Have you tried running a half marathon in baggy tops and yoga pants? Life is too short to be that inefficient at exercise.
I respect that people have different reasons for going to the gym, that's why I specifically said a lot of people and not all people.
As for your objectification comment, I'm sorry if you read it that way. My meaning is that a gym is no less a public space than any other. I don't see why special rules would apply that don't elsewhere. There's nothing inherently wrong with seeing an attractive person, dressed attractively, and noticing it. So long as you don't cross the line into being creepy, threatening, or gross. The gym isn't an appropriate place to try and pick up people who aren't there for that reason, but it is perfectly natural for both men and women to want to be considered attractive by other people in public. Cat calling and leering are unequivocally inappropriate and wrong, in any setting. But you don't have to do any of those things to recognize attractive people in a public space.8 -
I can't say the same for other girls but the only time i wear anything less than a tshirt and baggy sweats (which is very rare) is when i want to be noticed. Girls and guys stand at the mirror and flex and pose all the time, its kinda like a stage show. Sometimes i look just to see what it is they are trying to show off , sometimes i'm busy and could care less. Seriously there is no beneficial reason to workout in just a sports bra , unless you like your bare bare skin touching all those nasty sweaty community benches and equip.
I generally wear a crop top/sports bra with muscle vest over the top, best of both worlds get all the air flow to cool down but still covering my wobbly belly. Saying that if the weather is particularly warm and I'm in a high intensity class then the top has been coming off. It's not that I want anyone to look, it's that I want to be comfortable and a soggy top is not comfortable by the end of a 45 minute Insanity class.3 -
I've never checked anyone out at the gym, but I do sometimes stare at other people's exercises to get ideas or analyze form as I rest between sets.
I also dress like an absolute slob at the gym, so if I get stared at, I'd assume it's someone judging my form. No matter how I dressed, though, I would expect no leering or anything similar. I do dress more revealingly at yoga simply because loose clothing is annoying during yoga and the only thing my body will be touching is my freshly cleaned mat. I expect not to get checked out there; that would be very un-yoga-like.0 -
I respect that people have different reasons for going to the gym, that's why I specifically said a lot of people and not all people.
As for your objectification comment, I'm sorry if you read it that way. My meaning is that a gym is no less a public space than any other. I don't see why special rules would apply that don't elsewhere. There's nothing inherently wrong with seeing an attractive person, dressed attractively, and noticing it. So long as you don't cross the line into being creepy, threatening, or gross. The gym isn't an appropriate place to try and pick up people who aren't there for that reason, but it is perfectly natural for both men and women to want to be considered attractive by other people in public. Cat calling and leering are unequivocally inappropriate and wrong, in any setting. But you don't have to do any of those things to recognize attractive people in a public space.
Thank you for clarifying.2 -
I workout in a tank top or a sport bra and have done so for years. Because I sweat a lot, and I hate wet clothes, plus I was a runner for years and in lots of aerobics/dance classes for years, and no one is comfortable running or jumping in baggy clothes. I wear the same clothes if I workout at home, if I am running outside, if I am working out in the gym, if I am in a class, if there are only women around me, if there are only men around me.
I also wear a bikini at the beach and have done so when almost underweight, when slightly overweight, when I was a teen, now in my 40s, pre kids, while pregnant etc.
If people stare, this is their problem, not mine. I do not dress for men to notice me, I do not workout to get noticed.
If people find themselves staring at others who are working out, this means they are in the wrong place and should start frequenting clubs and bars instead of a gym.
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As for the women being bothered, it is no different than any other place: would you staring at me a certain way make you a creep in the office or in the street? If yes, same thing applies at the gym. Would you staring at me be so obvious and rude that I would end up coming to you and explain to you in a very loud voice why you are a creep, if we met in the street or any other random place? If yes, then you can bet you do not want to try it at the gym, unless you enjoy having lots of people looking and laughing at you
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As a note. I'm super jealous of women who can work out in just a sports bra and guys in good enough shape to workout shirtless. I hate feeling trapped in sweaty clothes, I would kill to workout shirtless. One of these day, one of these days.3
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It would bother me, but then again I would never wear a sports bra alone. If I swim I wear a towel until the minute I get in the pool and if I am in the gym I wear baggy t shirts. For everyone else's sake more than anything lol it is not a pretty sight0
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i walk in, do my stuff, make minimal eye contact, and walk out.6
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I've been noticing a lot of women at my gym wearing sports bras alone at their top. I know it's rude to state, but sometimes it's hard not to notice that and look.
Do women get bothered when guys take a peak?
Do the women ever check out the guys? Especially if he is wearing tighter fitting shorts?
Well it is rude to stare at people even if they are covered head to toe in loose clothes.
Individuals have different feelings about whether they are bothered by people seeing their bodies.
I would assume that someone choosing those clothes know they are among other people and do not care if people see their bare belly, back or cleavage... whatever you are peeking at when they wear sports bras or tighter fitting shorts. They probably just want to work out comfortably not entertain or titilate other gym users just like people wear a normal swim suit for swimming instead of a wet suit.
Some people at a gym probably are "checking out" other women or men.5 -
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I wear full length/capri compression pants/tights (depending on my workout for the day, running vs lifting) and a t-shirt or performance shirt. I don't care what other people are wearing, but I do know that I once wore sweat pants to a 10k and will never again wear pants to exercise that have a raised inner seam for my thighs. It was incredibly painful. I also don't wear shorts for thigh chafing reasons as well.
So I assume people wear whatever is comfortable for them, in order to do what they came there to do. Otherwise, I am there to workout and do my own thing- then eat.
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It never bothers me when a woman wears a sports bra. I have often trained or raced alongside women who were wearing such attire. I fully understand that they do this for comfort and for performance reasons.4
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VeronicaA76 wrote: »I wear soccer shorts, a sports bra and a tank top. Sometimes if the tanks gets too sweaty working my upper body and becomes clingy, I'll remove it. By the time I'm into my second set, I'm generally so focused that a heard of wildebeest could be roaming around and I probably wouldn't notice. I honestly don't care if someone stares at me or not.
They do make tanks from lightweight wicking fabric that doesn't get soggy and clingy. You can pick up one cheap at Goodwill or other thrift store. What do you do when your bra gets soggy & clingy?0 -
I wear what I want and if people want to look then I guess there's no crime in looking but comments or car beeping or anything is unacceptable4
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