Shirts on or off?? -survey, please reply!

This was never an issue for us, thankfully. Especially since we'd run in 90+ temps. I never even thought about it being inappropriate. The guys hardly ever wore shirts. The girls did at first, but not because we "had" to. Once I started wearing a sports bra, the other girls did too. I'm such a trend setter..ha.

My HS got a new athletic director my junior year, and all of a sudden we weren't allowed to run shirtless. I had a meeting with him about it, and he said it was not appropriate for us to be out in public without shirts---funny thing is, he allowed anyone to paint themselves and go shirtless to the football games. Didn't seem fair then, and it still doesn't.

I can understand the rule if you're on campus since there's usually a dress code, but how can they enforce it if you are running around town? We always wore shirts in the building, but would take them off and leave them with our water, keys, etc. outside to run.

I coach at a very conservative school and the rule is if we are on campus you wear a singlet, tank top, shirt, etc. Off campus I don't care. Same for girls. On campus you wear your shirt. We are off on the trails and its 90 degrees sports bras are fine. You just need to make it appear to be fair.

Most boys take their shirts off, girls leave them on. In college it was all shirtless any time it was hot enough. Girls wore sports bras or tight shirts all the time. Just part of the running attire.

Girls at the HS my kids go to run in just sport's bras. I think for most new parents it is probably a little shocking to see but you get used to it. At meets, in between races, our tents look like a coed dressing room with everyone getting race gear ready.

But yeah, boys never wear shirts in warm weather.

My school has a shirts on policy for all students. It's not really a big deal because every kid knows the policy as it is pretty black and white. They complain on really hot days, but don't complain a lot. As a coach, I don't really care one way or the other. I am happy we have a very clear policy, however.

That's hot.

Shirts off. Today was my first shirtless run of the year, what are the odds a thread would be made about the same thing?

Not is she is involved.

Definitely shirts off! I cannot fathom the objections.

txRUNNERgirl, did the Kenyan women (and men) at Texas Tech usually keep their shirts on? I noticed in HS most boys and all girls kept their shirts on, but at my D1 school a lot of people, male and female, ran shirtless (though usually males were more likely to run shirtless). I noticed that at meets or days after races (long run days) the Kenyans at other schools would typically keep their shirts on even when it was pretty hot while all the others on the team would take them off.

HS Track Coach wrote:

On your high school team, as an athlete, were boys allowed to do track workouts without a shirt on?

Some faculty at the school feel practicing without a shirt on is not appropriate.

So how has your experience at Riyadh High been otherwise?

Shirts Off For Sure

hmmmmmmm wrote:

txRUNNERgirl, did the Kenyan women (and men) at Texas Tech usually keep their shirts on? I noticed in HS most boys and all girls kept their shirts on, but at my D1 school a lot of people, male and female, ran shirtless (though usually males were more likely to run shirtless). I noticed that at meets or days after races (long run days) the Kenyans at other schools would typically keep their shirts on even when it was pretty hot while all the others on the team would take them off.

In college, I remember almost everyone running shirtless.

gotta be shirts off for sure, Im in high school right now and there are no rules I know of that enforce shirts on (even for girls)at my school If you are in the weight room supposedly you must wear a shirt, but when I've been on the treadmill I take it off and no one yells at me. I like to take a selective approach to the idea of taking articles of clothing off, their should definately be a weight limit in place, you know you agree....I dont think 40s and no shirt would bother a few guys on my team. We had two guys in our core distance group that ran all through winter with only shorts and a t-shirt, never got sick or nothing.

sounds queer to me...

they tried to make this rule in my hs,

Girls said it was unfair, so I wore shorts to school and practice the same length as the shortest girl.

They got the point and let us go shirtless.

Wise Guy wrote:

So how has your experience at Riyadh High been otherwise?

Yo may be laughing, but I live in that city and I cannot run outside. It is not smart for a white guy in short shorts to be running around the city alone. I spend hours on the treadmill every week.

But I am going to make it my personal research project how good you can train for the 10k/10m/HM range running only on a treadmill.

Oh, and on topic: shirts off. But in the US and Germany.

As with any censorship matter, the basic issue is one of (perceived) decency or indecency. Ironic, then , that so many schools don't care about you being shirtless off campus among the public, but want shirts on while on campus, relatively remote from the prying, supposedly prudish eyes of the general public.

The bottom line is to insist on consistency, and I recommend the following standard: what is acceptible and not indecent attire at a public swimming pool should be acceptible and not indecent attire for other outdoor athletic activities. Under that standard, shirtless for boys, jogbras for girls should be all good, especially since, as diligent coaches, we want to keep on the safe side of the heat index as our State Association mandates.

That said, are shirts/skins pickup games in the gym forbidden??