Ladies - panty lines and tight gym pants

LiddyBit
LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
edited December 19 in Fitness and Exercise
So, in case you ever wondered, most ballet dancers don't wear underwear when they're working out (i.e. dancing. Although they do wear personal undergarments when in costume, for obvious reasons.). It's really only been recently that I've started working out in a non-dance capacity and I had just been wearing thong underwear because I am completely horrified by the way my butt looks with panty lines. It's like they draw this line in the most unflattering part of my body that makes my hips look even wider than they already are, and they accentuate my saddlebags. In short, it is super unattractive. I'm used to looking pretty when I work out (again, dancing) so this is a problem for me.

I recently bought some supposed "no visible panty lines" hipster and bikini brief cut underwear but it STILL makes visible lines when I wear yoga pants or leggings. Working out in a thong is just not working out for me (pardon the pun). Especially in yoga or pilates classes. So, I have to resign myself to full-coverage underwear but does that mean I am doomed to visible panty lines and saddlebags that look like they could fit camping gear for a week?

How do you deal with this problem?
(Probably by being less of a paranoid spaz about it than me, ha!)
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  • JoyousRen
    JoyousRen Posts: 3,823 Member
    I don't wear undies when I work out.
  • lisa_m
    lisa_m Posts: 5
    I'm commando when I run and work out. Just more comfortable that way and don't have to worry about wedgies :)
  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
    I wear undies. I am there to workout, and I don't give a hoot what I look like.
  • JustBeckyV
    JustBeckyV Posts: 182
    Most shorts and pants come with built in liners - no need for undies :)
  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    I feel like for the kinds of workouts I do (mostly yoga and pilates, some lifting in a Body Pump class), I can't go commando. The yoga pants can ride up and camel toe is definitely the greater evil compared to panty lines! Also I am paranoid about my pants being too sheer in the butt when I bend and stretch.
  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    Most shorts and pants come with built in liners - no need for undies :)

    I have not found yoga pants, and I have looked, with built in liners or underwear type features.

    I should add that I am not comfortable wearing shorts.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    anyone who'd care about seeing some panty lines at the gym probably isnt working out hard enough :laugh:

    i dont even care about this type of stuff. i figure the gym is the one safe place (besides home) i can wear spandex and compression gear and not have to worry about what people think of my fat rolls, jiggle, panty lines, profuse sweating, etc.

    i just want to get my workout on, not have to worry about what my body looks like while i'm doing it
  • Pspetal
    Pspetal Posts: 426 Member
    I wear whatever is comfortable. my pants/shorts/capris are never tight anyway. I don't like the constricted feeling. Frankly even if they were, I wouldn't really give a s**t. I'm there to work out and that's that. The only time I do care is when I'm going out. Try wearing undies with lace edges. Those work for me better than the ones sold as no-visible line panties.
  • turningstar
    turningstar Posts: 393 Member
    Mesh shorts with spandex shorts built in. Works well when on the abductor machine and guys are looking at your crotch!
  • Dare2BThin
    Dare2BThin Posts: 211 Member
    I wear lace boyshorts
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I don't care about panty lines at the gym.
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Crotchless edible undies.

    Oh - wait - what sort of workouts are YOU talking about?
  • BeachBobbie
    BeachBobbie Posts: 46
    If you are comfortable without them, don't wear any! It's all about what works for you. I'm a panties kind of girl. I like something there to soak up some of the sweat...ew, I know. And thongs are just disgusting. They wipe your *kitten* and then put that funk in your vagina. YUCK! I don't care how hot they make my man,,,,,AIN'T WEARIN EM :p
  • thinnydiaries
    thinnydiaries Posts: 10
    All of my running shorts have built in liners, so with those I don't wear anything. However, with my yoga pants and leggings, I wear boyshorts. I find the pantylines aren't as visible from those as they're right where your cheek line is anyway. If that makes sense, haha. :)
  • EBFNP
    EBFNP Posts: 529 Member
    lol..People worry about panty lines at the gym? The last thing I worry about.
  • julieh391
    julieh391 Posts: 683 Member
    I need undies cause I get too sweaty. Me thinks it would be grosser to have a visibly sweaty crack than to have visible panty lines.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    If you are comfortable without them, don't wear any! It's all about what works for you. I'm a panties kind of girl. I like something there to soak up some of the sweat...ew, I know. And thongs are just disgusting. They wipe your *kitten* and then put that funk in your vagina. YUCK! I don't care how hot they make my man,,,,,AIN'T WEARIN EM :p
    i wanted to mention the sweat factor as well :laugh: i sweat a lot when i workout and for that reason i also be careful of the color pants i wear otherwise i look like i've peed myself :embarassed:
  • aj_31
    aj_31 Posts: 994 Member
    I only wear thongs or go w/out at the gym or while running. I used to wear full coverage underwear and now I can't stand wearing them. And I like the no lines look.
  • mommajolynn
    mommajolynn Posts: 353 Member
    I used to work at wal-mart and they have these awesome pantys. boy shorts that are spandes. I wear yoga pants all the time and I never see any panty lines

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Seamless-Boy-Short-Panties-4-Pack/19715138
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Panty lines don't bother me.

    If you are worried about looking pretty while working out, then you are doing it wrong.
  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    Why are wanting to look nice and working out hard mutually exclusive? I object to the insinuation that I don't work hard enough if I care about what my butt looks like. My entire physical training up until recently has been constructed on the premise that the harder you work, the more effortless and beautiful you should make it look. I find it really hard to believe that someone as beautiful as any ballerina isn't working hard. So disabuse yourself right now of any notions that you can't work hard and be concerned with how you look.
  • nmcavanaugh
    nmcavanaugh Posts: 5
    I do yoga - a lot. Never wear underwear. I usually wear body shorts that have a liner same with most of my pants. However - if I'm on my period I def wear underwear, that's really the only time I consciously think about it. The yoga studio I go to doesn't have a mirror so I wouldn't even know if I'm suffering from camel toe! But I probably wouldn't care - haha. Also - as someone that has been behind a lot of people bending there are pants you can see through and there are shorts that are too loose - but honestly when I'm in class I don't care and if I'm noticing others that means I'm not concentrating on myself big 'no no'.
  • takingnameskickingbutt
    takingnameskickingbutt Posts: 231 Member
    No panty lines for this lady!
  • kayleesays
    kayleesays Posts: 564 Member
    I wear lace boyshorts

    qft
  • MrsRawwwr
    MrsRawwwr Posts: 166 Member
    I wear undies. I am there to workout, and I don't give a hoot what I look like.







    This :glasses:
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    I love my boxer briefs. They're like a cross between tights and boxers except with a nifty, little pocket in the front for a pack of gum.
  • chocolateandpb
    chocolateandpb Posts: 438 Member
    The Victoria's Secret Pink line makes yoga undies. I usually wear boy shorts when doing yoga or Pilates. If I wear a thong it just gets wedged further and further up my *kitten*. I pick it out when it does and don't GAF, which I'm sure is entertaining to anyone behind me. I'd rather see VPLs than camel toe.
  • PinkEarthMama
    PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
    anyone who'd care about seeing some panty lines at the gym probably isnt working out hard enough :laugh:

    This X 100
  • amanda3588
    amanda3588 Posts: 422 Member
    I usually wear thongs, but I refuse to at the gym because its way too uncomfortable. I'd rather have panty lines and have everyone see them than be uncomfortable. What do I care what I my butt looks like while my face and chest are red and dripping with sweat?
  • J3SSP3NNY
    J3SSP3NNY Posts: 235
    Seamless panties! You can get them at target.

    Only problem is they're not cotton.
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