I could wear that but.... (another gym post)

leave it to a female to b*tch about what other females are wearing at the gym. glad i wear whatever the h*ll i want and am too busy gutting it out to worry about "what's-in-fashion-and-appropriate" for the moment.

Once I've the body I desire, I'll flaunt it any chance I get. As far as I'm concerned, if people start talking to me because of a tight *kitten* or shapely shoulders, I'll ignore them.
But I also look for highly intellectual, broody types of people as well so I feel I won't have much trouble weeding out the superficial ones.

But I do understand where you're coming from and kudos to you for dressing the way you feel you should dress. To each his own. :flowerforyou:

I make my wife wear a burlap sack when we go to the gym, don't need any of those leering larrys eyeing my wife.

It's actually really comfortable.

i'm a certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor. i wear tight capri's and a loose shirt. I choose my attire VERY particularly. I have clients of ALL fitness levels and I need to make sure my attire is not off putting or demotivating to my clients and students.

Just as I will demonstrate various modifications to the exercises to the routine that we are doing in a particular fitness class (I teach multiple formats) so to, must I take the middle of the road in my professional attire. The tight capri's are just really comfortable and nice for jumping around and the looser shirts hide my belly I have and won't make my students self conscious.

When I work out personally, what I wear depends on what I'm doing. If I'm lifting weights, you may see me in sweats and a tshirt. If I'm doing a class, you will likely see me in a loose top and capri pants. *shrug* it works.

A year ago I was 30 pounds overweight and I lost it by running. There is no way I could have done it without tight, capri running pants! I get too hot in sweat pants or full length pants of any kind, and regular, loose fitting shorts would just ride up in a wierd way when running and, depending on length, would allow my thighs to rub together, which was just awful. Ironically, now that I'm not overweight and just trying to get some vanity weight off, I'm proud that I can run in normal track shorts and not have my thighs rub. So I'm actually wearing loose-ish shorts as a thin person, when I had to wear tighter ones as a fat person (completely for functional reasons in both instances).

Regarding tops, I happen to think oversized t-shirts made me look bigger and they get in the way for sure, so I usually would wear a fitted t-shirt or something those lines. I don't go straight sports bra in the gym, but I am sure I will when I am running outside in July. I agree with the person who said they like to watch their form when lifting, and I always wear those tight tank tops with built in bras when I lift weights.

In any case, I'm a little disheartened to hear further reinforcement that there is any judgment at all going on out there about other people's gym dress. I remember being self-conscious to hit a treadmill in public as a heavier person, and I think there are a lot of overweight people who avoid gyms for fear of being judged. Let's not contribute to a culture that further discourages anyone from making healthy choices.

A year ago I was 30 pounds overweight and I lost it by running. There is no way I could have done it without tight, capri running pants! I get too hot in sweat pants or full length pants of any kind, and regular, loose fitting shorts would just ride up in a wierd way when running and, depending on length, would allow my thighs to rub together, which was just awful. Ironically, now that I'm not overweight and just trying to get some vanity weight off, I'm proud that I can run in normal track shorts and not have my thighs rub. So I'm actually wearing loose-ish shorts as a thin person, when I had to wear tighter ones as a fat person (completely for functional reasons in both instances).

Regarding tops, I happen to think oversized t-shirts made me look bigger and they get in the way for sure, so I usually would wear a fitted t-shirt or something those lines. I don't go straight sports bra in the gym, but I am sure I will when I am running outside in July. I agree with the person who said they like to watch their form when lifting, and I always wear those tight tank tops with built in bras when I lift weights.

In any case, I'm a little disheartened to hear further reinforcement that there is any judgment at all going on out there about other people's gym dress. I remember being self-conscious to hit a treadmill in public as a heavier person, and I think there are a lot of overweight people who avoid gyms for fear of being judged. Let's not contribute to a culture that further discourages anyone from making healthy choices.

Thank you, and 1000 times yes!
Congrats on all your hard work and keep kicking butt:flowerforyou:

I love people watching and grew up doing it with my sisters and family. I wear tight fit styles and wear them a size bigger because I don't like to feel my clothes cling to my body. I have many friends at the gym who wear more revealing clothing and I couldn't imagine thinking that they have less respect for themselves because of it. We go to the gym to workout and yes socialize a bit (say hello and see how far we have come with our lifting and bodies) it is a bit competitive but in a healthy way not to put each other down but to encourage each other to go longer and harder.
For those of you who think people who wear less clothing to the gym have less respect for themselves you are very wrong. Clothing at the gym has nothing to do with the way we respect our bodies, they way we workout and eat does. :flowerforyou:

here's my outfit for the gym today.. tee is fitted and so are pants but this is comfortable for ME. i'm aware when i sit, my "rolls" will be exposed but that's what i'm at the gym for!!

You look fab!!
Work it girl!!

What bothers me is when people wear stuff that does not fit period. I'm sorry, I'm a big person and I wear appropriate clothes to cover it up. I do not wear tight too short things that expose all this fat! That's gross even to me. There is one girl in particular that goes to our gym and goes to the pool and she wears a bikini. I don't really get wearing your bikini to the gym pool but whatever. But this girl is big enough to look like she's pregnant (I know she's not it's just how she carries her weight) and the bottoms which are more short like have half her butt hanging out, and the top is at least a cup size too small. Really? You really think people want to see you like this? Get a one piece and cover up! It kills me because these people who aren't THAT overweight, they could look FANTASTIC and no one would even know they are overweight if they would just dress appropriately but instead they think tight clothes make this look smaller and they look twice as big!

trust me we are looking at you!!!

What bothers me is when people wear stuff that does not fit period. I'm sorry, I'm a big person and I wear appropriate clothes to cover it up. I do not wear tight too short things that expose all this fat! That's gross even to me. There is one girl in particular that goes to our gym and goes to the pool and she wears a bikini. I don't really get wearing your bikini to the gym pool but whatever. But this girl is big enough to look like she's pregnant (I know she's not it's just how she carries her weight) and the bottoms which are more short like have half her butt hanging out, and the top is at least a cup size too small. Really? You really think people want to see you like this? Get a one piece and cover up! It kills me because these people who aren't THAT overweight, they could look FANTASTIC and no one would even know they are overweight if they would just dress appropriately but instead they think tight clothes make this look smaller and they look twice as big!

Wow. I...wow.

To your wow, I add this:
Judging a person does not define who they are.
Judging a person defines who you are.

What bothers me is when people wear stuff that does not fit period. I'm sorry, I'm a big person and I wear appropriate clothes to cover it up. I do not wear tight too short things that expose all this fat! That's gross even to me. There is one girl in particular that goes to our gym and goes to the pool and she wears a bikini. I don't really get wearing your bikini to the gym pool but whatever. But this girl is big enough to look like she's pregnant (I know she's not it's just how she carries her weight) and the bottoms which are more short like have half her butt hanging out, and the top is at least a cup size too small. Really? You really think people want to see you like this? Get a one piece and cover up! It kills me because these people who aren't THAT overweight, they could look FANTASTIC and no one would even know they are overweight if they would just dress appropriately but instead they think tight clothes make this look smaller and they look twice as big!

Wow. I...wow.

I agree. That was pretty hateful and sad. I hope this person has success in their weight loss efforts because that's a lot of negative energy about oneself that is getting directed outwards and strangers that did absolutely nothing to her to deserve this. FlowerforthatLadyandforthosearoundher

I wear tighter pants than I should at the gym, because, damn I just lost 50lbs!

My last pants were falling off me by the time I brought new ones. I plan on wearing these too tight pants til they are falling off me too!

I wear tighter pants because my butt and thighs look awesome from the running, squatting, and lunging that I do, along with stregth-training, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna hide 'em just because other people don't like me flaunting them. Seriously, do someone else's gym wear choices really affect you that much? Do they cause your brain to cross-wire and malfunction at the sight, rendering your activity for the day useless?

Probably not.

If you don't like their choices, don't look. Because at the end of the day, you do your thing, they do their's, and everybody ends up happy.

And I'll add this: "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." -Eleanor Roosevelt