Clothing in the gym

in my experience it screams look at me, I’m loud and I am going to let everyone know about it.

they also seem to turn up in gangs.

it’s a friendliness forced upon me when all I want to do is get the exercise over with.

Exactly! Who cares if they notice?! I don’t

It's so funny that you actually went looking for pictures of tiny gym shorts. What on earth. 😂

Who said they aren't going to notice? They just need to act like civilsed grown men about it. It's not hard.

If you think any heterosexual man isn't going to notice when a woman is doing squats in these then you are delulu

Of course he's going to notice, it's just not an excuse to act in a creepy, intimidating, threatening or intrusive way. He notices, he sees, he looks elsewhere and concentrates on his lifts. It's not hard and if it is, too bad. He can stay away from the gym if he's not capable of behaving himself there. You've clearly scoured the net for the most extreme examples you can find anyway, but that doesn't actually negate any of this.

Now I'm off to hate some men!

I think men and women should just dress appropriately and respectfully.

I don’t want to see willy outlines in cycling Lycra. I don’t want to see women’s arses. For the same reason when I started swimming I bought a swimming costume, rather than a skimpy bikini which is appropriate for the beach where you’re trying to tan, but not appropriate for a place of exercise.

@Kinshipug @NonPlayerCharacter
If you think any heterosexual man isn't going to notice when a woman is doing squats in these then you are delulu
If a decent man has several women dressed like this around the gym the forced effort to make sure he is not inadvertently looking in their direction would just make the whole gym thing not worth doing.
You can guarantee no woman is wearing this shit because it's comfortable
The disingenuousness of women dressing like this and feigning outrage when men look at them is ridiculous. ^
Funnily enough they are not offended when a god like Adonis looks.^

I live in north London and I didn't know. Sorry. <<shrug>>

I sometimes look at an attractive man and have sexual thoughts. I keep them to myself and carry on with my day.

I agree, my gym wear is tight lycra, for ease of movement and it's good material for when I sweat.

However, it isn't sexualised. it isn't revealing. I'm not spilling out of it, you can clearly see I'm clothed and i do not seem naked. There is nothing at all about it that unnecessarily catches someone else's eye. It's smart, fashionable and makes me look good without again looking sexualised.

I seldom see it in my gym but occasionally even i don't know where to look. It's not about them looking good, many do, again without it being sexual it's about it being too revealing, like its not going to support or keep them 'in'.

I'd have te same issue with a bloke topless with shorts so tight they'd put your eyes out.

The tight lycra has to serve a a purpose at the end of the day, it won't if you're squeeze into it and spilling out of it, it think that's the point the post was making, it leaves NOTHING to the imagination.

Threads like these are a good reminder that some people clearly have way more free time than me. Long breaks at the gym to scope everyone's outfits, lol, I wish. You're lucky if I've even had to time to find a clean sports bra with which to distract husbands.

And woman must be mindful that during these breaks during an intense workout, we should not distract this man, who loves his wife very much, by wearing a sports bra.

seriously.

But rest periods are taking in water, collecting new weights, sitting taking a breath - not scouting the gym to find people to disapprove of

Ooooh it sounds like he'd be happier in a place like the middle east, where women are 100% blamed for the problems of men.

Tbh, I have more issues with the dicks that film themselves in gyms.

I wish filming was banned in gyms.

For one, I don't want to accidentally get in one and two, I am overweight and I've seen online sometimes people film fat people to take the piss. This always is at the back of my mind.

You want to film yourself, do it at home. No one filmed themselves in the gym 10 years ago. I don't care about that checking if your technique is right. You can see that in the mirror.

Back on topic, I feel like women should be able to wear what they want of course.

However, I do notice them (the scrunch shorts) and I'm a straight woman. I don't think anyone can expect not to be looked at. You can expect not to spoken to or touched but people will look if it's enhancing certain areas, I think it's natural to look. Same if a guy walked in with budgie smugglers. I would definitely notice a guy wearing that but I'd also look away because I'd be embarrassed. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I don’t like the thought of telling women what they should and shouldn’t wear but u do think gyms need to start bringing in a dress code.

Its a trend to wear very skimpy shorts with no underwear to show off their vulva and I just think it’s too much.

If a man was wearing something so skin tight with no underwear that I could see every inch of him (also a trend on the internet) then I too would feel uncomfortable.

I've seen some farking stupid things described as man hating on here, but expecting men to keep themselves in check when a woman is wearing tight clothing is... actually, completely par for the course. File it away under having dating preferences and contradicting a man even when he states that he's a man so you didn't have the excuse of thinking you were disagreeing with a woman. Ho hum. Happy Friday to all. May nobody place their rectum in your face at the gym. That's probably man hating too.

It's truly a miracle any of them ever survive a trip to the swimming baths, or the beach...
The act of not staring a woman's bum is a Stressful experience. The charmed life of a man.
Lord.

THIS!

totally agree 👍

So women should be able to wear what they want..... except for things YOU don't like or arse crack encroaching scrunch bum shorts.

@burnttoad

ooh poor menz , getting so stressed out in the gym.
You’re right, let’s make baggy t shirts mandatory for all who enter the gyms

I assume this man copes perfectly fine controlling himself on the beach surrounded by bikini clad women? Or should we all we all be wearing big frocks on the beach too so as not to be too 'sexual'?

I think the way women use the gym has changed a lot in the past 10 years. When I went to the gym 15-20 years ago, I would rarely, if ever, see women lifting free weights or doing strength training. It was all cardio equipment for women and men did the weight lifting. But in recent times women have gotten really into strength training (which is great!) and are probably spending way more time in what used to be considered the 'men's' area of the gym. I think men are probably feeling a bit threatened by not having their own special man cave part of the gym anymore and so have decided to complain that women's clothing is inappropriate, because they can't say out loud they don't want women in the weights section at all.

Would you want your 14 year old wearing them