Sir Lance-alot wrote:
Every person posting a reason OTHER THAN VANITY or FOLLOWING THE CROWD on why they shave their legs is lying to themselves. Either being purposely dishonest, or they've been taken in by BS.
1) easier to clean cuts when shaved?? Pretty much BS. I have very hairy calves, have had cuts on them, and never found hair to be some issue for cleaning the cuts. Get real, one doesn't have hair as thick as their head on their legs. And often if one scrapes their legs, the hair gets rubbed off too. This is silly. And really, how often are people getting huge gashes on their legs?
2) massage. Again, BS, I've gotten plenty of very deep massages and never once noticed ANY difference between massage on my hairy legs or my hairless back.
3) Resistance? Extremely negligible, even in water for swimmers
4) cooling effect?? Again, unless you literally have leg hair as thick as the hair on your head (which no one does), it won't make a difference. If this really mattered so much, you wouldn't see a single runner with hair on his head.
So it is vanity and trying to fit in with the other "guys" you train with or see on the roads/trails. It's like the women who convince themselves that racing in their bra and panties is a "performance" thing. Too funny.
So if you shave your legs it is due to vanity because you think it makes your legs look sexier, or you are trying to fit in with others. Now really there is nothing too wrong with being vain or wanting to belong, because we all are guilty of those things at times. But let's not add dishonesty or stupidity to our faults!
I bet you’re actually a woman who got dumped by a guy that shaves his legs.