How skinny is too skinny to be running shirtless?

I know this is an old thread.

But is shows how little runners have learned since then.

7 years have past but you guys are still to SKINNY/SCRAWNY to run topless.

I could post a picture of a CrossFit athlete or a bodybuilder who is sprinting. But I think you get the point already, don't you.

XFIT BRO THE REAL ONE 1 wrote:

7 years have past but you guys are still to SKINNY/SCRAWNY to run topless.

Looks like you are TOO stupid to understand basic grammar.

Dude, I'm skinny and I get cat called by women all the time, you're fine.

Now that I run alone I get a lot more negative looks/comments from guys while I'm running shirtless. "Put a shirt on fa**ot" has been yelled out of passing vehicles a few times recently. The reaction from females is much more positive overall.

Now short shorts are a different story. I can't think of one instance where i saw another runner wearing split shorts in my city.. People just aren't used to it. So I can't run in them without drawing all sorts of attention. Usually a bewildered open mouthed stare followed by snickering once they think I'm out of earshot. I run in 5" a lot these days, they still draw attention but it's a little more subdued.

Ribs wrote:

Had a friend that went for a run sans shirt while visiting another city. He ran by an outdoor basketball court where there were 9 guys playing hoops and, being a hoopster himself, decided to join in so it would be 5 on 5. One of the guys said "Sure, you can play but we need to help a guy move a piano so we'll be back in 30 minutes." My buddy (6'3" and 175 and in his late 40s) said "Great, I'll finish my run and meet you back here in 30." As he starts to run off, one of the dudes says "Maybe you should go eat a sandwich." THAT is when you know you're too skinny to be running without a shirt.

How kind of the other 8 guys that they let the socially uncalibrated aspie kid join the hooping.

yes, I thought they were going to say they didnt think the skinny guy could be of much help moving that piano. That could be a litte funny if said in the right tone at the right moment... a little little bit.

However the sandwich comment is just sad. You can't control what you think but to say that out loud to a guy who will be joining you in a game is just wrong.

Ribs wrote:

Had a friend that went for a run sans shirt while visiting another city. He ran by an outdoor basketball court where there were 9 guys playing hoops and, being a hoopster himself, decided to join in so it would be 5 on 5. One of the guys said "Sure, you can play but we need to help a guy move a piano so we'll be back in 30 minutes." My buddy (6'3" and 175 and in his late 40s) said "Great, I'll finish my run and meet you back here in 30." As he starts to run off, one of the dudes says "Maybe you should go eat a sandwich." THAT is when you know you're too skinny to be running without a shirt.

Lmao

XFIT BRO THE REAL ONE 1 wrote:

I know this is an old thread.

But is shows how little runners have learned since then.

7 years have past but you guys are still to SKINNY/SCRAWNY to run topless.

I could post a picture of a CrossFit athlete or a bodybuilder who is sprinting. But I think you get the point already, don't you.

Stfu, cross fitting wannabe. Any gym goer or body builder can sprint. How fast or long that sprint is another subject.

Run sideways and no one will see you.

Are you a white dude? If you are it depends on how pasty. Too pasty + ribby + no muscles is not a good look but if you're white and rock a tan or if you're black you can pass shirtless.

But if you're worried what people think try being a woman running in a sports bra. You learn to tune out the comments pretty fast.

Yep, and again.

Socially unacceptable in most of Asia if not all of Asia either.