BenjiDurdenKnowsHeatAdaption wrote:
Running shirtless will only keep you cool so long. If you learn to sweat properly, the shirt can create a cooling zone and actually help you. It is one of the reasons that road crews wear shirts while working.
This has to be one of the dumbest posts I have ever read on here. Holy cow.
Lived in Asia for far too long. Running shirtless there is frowned upon. The one good thing is that it reduces your exposure to the suns rays which can cause skin cancer.
If someone has a problem with a shirtless runner, that's on them. Like who tf cares
Mainly fitness actually. Can't be caught running > 8 min miles shirtless. Half tights and split shorts have an even higher fitness threshold
Fitness threshold decreases the hotter/more humid it gets of course. Aka I'd have to be real fit to take my shirt off in 65°F (haven't been there since college) but anyone can take their shirt off in 100°
Humidity is the biggest factor. And just wanting to stay cool when it's spring or summer
Deebo wrote:
Mainly fitness actually. Can't be caught running > 8 min miles shirtless. Half tights and split shorts have an even higher fitness threshold
If your easy pace is slower than 8 minute miles but your tempo pace is faster, than I guess that means you can go shirtless on tempo runs but not on easy runs
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is rain. Sometimes I get really bad nipple chafe when it's raining, so I'll take the shirt off even if it's cold (a soaking wet shirt doesn't really keep me warmer anyways).
I generally try to avoid running in rainy, hot, or very cold conditions so usually leave the shirt on though.
nipple chafing
high school xc coach wrote:
ill be honest, even in the hottest weather, I like to wear something just to wipe the sweat off my brow
I realized that I basically don't sweat if I run outside. If I'm on a treadmill and running tempo my shorts / half tights and shirt is soaked, but I barely sweat at all if I'm outside. Even when I'd drink about 1.5 gallons per day, I wouldn't really sweat.
I think that's why I'd run horribly in heat
I never run shirtless. It doesn't matter how hot & humid it is I keep my shirt on.
Bullybukly12 wrote:
What are your parameters?
weather? workout? location? who your running with?
The only time that I do not run shirtless in summer is if I’m with a group of runners and nobody else is going shirtless.
Criteria is as follows:
Do you have moobs? NEVER run without a shirt.
No moobs? Shirtless at your discretion.
It is all weather. If it is a over 50 I run shirtless.
May through October: off
Bullybukly12 wrote:
What are your parameters?
Standards.
Is it hot out?
No? Wear a shirt.
Yes? Okay, are you coaching?
Yes? Wear a shirt.
No? Don't wear a shirt.
This is how I decide.
When doing sprints on the beach with my buddy Apollo Creed
Bullybukly12 wrote:
What are your parameters?
weather? workout? location? who your running with?
The only time that I do not run shirtless in summer is if I’m with a group of runners and nobody else is going shirtless.
Only run shirtless the days I feel like getting cancer.
It purely depends on the risk of nipple chaffing. Basically the wetter, the warmer, the longer, the more likely my shirts coming off
Only if it is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. All other days I wear a shirt.