Wearing a singlet

[eLvarouza]

I just got a singlet today for PL comps. I have a pretty simple question, to those who may have worn a singlet at some point: is there something that can be worn or done to avoid the obvious protrusion of ... man stuff around that area?

[Mouse]

I just got a singlet today for PL comps. I have a pretty simple question, to those who may have worn a singlet at some point: is there something that can be worn or done to enhance the protrusion of ... man stuff around that area?

Extra socks?

Sorry eLv - it was begging for it

[NotNowChief]

You could wear underwear on the outside and a cape...

[Rugger]

Not really, and when you lift the blood goes elsewhere.

[beef4dinner]

Not really eLvarouza, but I promise you nobody notices. I normally hoik mine up my thighs quite a lot, more to hide my belly a little more than anything else. Either that or get some super tight briefs.

[eLvarouza]

Hah thanks for the replies everyone. Guess I'll just deal with it.

Not really, and when you lift the blood goes elsewhere.

I dunno, when I pull a big deadlift I get kind of excited...

Okay, maybe not THAT excited.

[pagangoddess]

Hah thanks for the replies everyone. Guess I'll just deal with it.

Please do. It's half the fun of going to the meets.

[Dada]

In high school, a guy on my wrestling team put a bowling pin down there once. The other team was forefitting at his weight class so he just had to walk out on the mat and get his hand raised to accept the forefit. So he did the bowling pin thing in front of a couple hundred people. lol

[Maslow]

I had to wear one for track and field. Bending over in one of those things to throw shotput was...fun.

There is no answer. Just bare it all!!!

[Portillo]

Dont really understand the question. But i love wearing a singlet at the gym.

[mjh]

Dont really understand the question. But i love wearing a singlet at the gym.

He's talking about one of these, worn in wrestling matches and powerlifting/weightlifting comps:


I doubt elV will adopt the sultry gaze to go with it, though.

[Love_Deadlifts]

Compression shorts?

[Portillo]

Oh ok. Kurt Angle style.

[pagangoddess]

I doubt elV will adopt the sultry gaze to go with it, though.

I don't know about that. Afterall he did say

I dunno, when I pull a big deadlift I get kind of excited...

[Bikeswimlaugh]

I just got a singlet today for PL comps. I have a pretty simple question, to those who may have worn a singlet at some point: is there something that can be worn or done to avoid the obvious protrusion of ... man stuff around that area?

Yes

Generally, wrestlers wear a protective cup when doing their thing on the mat, so all the loose junk is rather contained, restrained and confined. Problem is, wearing a cup isn't all that comfortable or practical for general working-out.

I too love wearing my singlets. I think it started with my wearing triathlon suits for my biking, swimming and running...why not be as comfortable while working out at the home gym. A singlet is super comfortable and it's great to watch your form and really see your body develop. I also have a personal trainer (female) and she LOVES when I train in my singlets. And for the record, I'm totally straight. Gotta add that because, unfortunately, a lot of gay men are into lycra and they rather enjoy wearing really short-legged revealing singlets and other stuff. No perverted angle here, honest.

Okay, your simpliest solution is buying some "transitive briefs" or what in the dance world they call a men's dance belt, it's basically underwear made to be worn under the singlet...you can get them at any wrestling or dance supply place. They'll reduce everything to a gentle bulge and offer-up no "definition" under the fabric. The downside is that you can see the lines under the singlet and suddenly we're dealing with what woman call VPL...visible panty lines, lol. But seriously, you can see the outline of the underwear and it doesn't really look right.

Now here's what I did. I took the crotch padding from an old triathlon suit and had a seamstress sew it into the singlet. The problem is, most seamstresses won't be able to do it, it requires a special stitch pattern & machine to account for the stretching of the material.

I know all this because I came close to launching a company that took wrestling singlets and converting them into triathlon suits...cause tri-suits cost upwards of $250 and you can buy some sporty Addidas singlets wholesale for $28 and have a pad sewn into them. So I got some 1/4-inch cloth-faced neoprene material and found a seamstress who would sew them into the crotch. It works brilliantly, the sewn-in pad isn't noticable beyond some stitching and, depending on how snug the singlet fits, it can reduce things down to almost nothing.

Most woman have only one general opposition to men wearing lycra, and that could be summed-up as "balls are not boobs", they don't wanna see 'em. Beyond that, they love seeing a tight butt, strong legs and if the guy is fit they'll give him credit for having the guts to pull it off. Plenty of gals volunteer at triathlons explicitely because they love to see men in lycra.

Tips: make sure the material is colored black around the crotch, any color other then black shows more details. Look in the mirror before you go out, just as we hate seeing fat tubby woman in spandex and their rolls, so too do woman not want to see our flab. Lycra is a privelege, you gotta have the body to pull it off.

Don't kid yourself, there are plenty of gals who love it when guys wear lycra, but it has to be worn properly. I wouldn't have the guts to wear a singlet in the open gym, just my home gym. I'll wear a triathlon suit when in spin-class and in the pool (gives me a place for my underwater ipod player and keeps the HR-monitor in place)...but around the gym I wear a shirt that is long enough to basically cover things. But yeah, the compression on the legs is solid and if you bike at a basic 60rpm cadence for an hour, that's over 3,600 pedel turns...I won't wear anything other then lycra for that. I'm also seeing more and more men wearing it around the gym too.

And above all...if your triathon suit, cycling shorts or singlet does not have a liner or crotch padding, never, never NEVER trust a fart.