Why do male triathletes shave so much of their body hair?

Don't knock it til you've tried it. I'm a runner only, but I never step on the start line without a shaved chest and armpits. It's exhillerating. I highly recommend it.

That isn't "well groomed." That is just gay.

dont understand why runners shave. in cycling it makes sense, but runners that do, gay as hell. . .

Swimming. Drag.

Not a ghey wrote:

That isn't "well groomed." That is just gay.

This ^^

ftge wrote:

Not a ghey wrote:

That isn't "well groomed." That is just gay.

This ^^

You're aware that everyone isn't a heterosexual male, right?

I run and I shave occasionally because I wear silky, tight boxes under my shorts and it hurts if their getting snagged on my leg hairs.

tgg wrote:

ftge wrote:

This ^^

You're aware that everyone isn't a heterosexual male, right?

And even if they are, I fail to see how their shaving preferences have anything to do with it. Boinking other men - now THAT makes you gay.

It just plain feels good. Clearing the brush around the penis is nice too.

no real reason other than it looks better in some people's opinions. cyclists do it because it looks better and because they all do it. culture thing. kind of helps with road rash if you get it but that's just a rationalization not a reason.

i don't shave my legs and i'm a triathlete, but i'm not a hairy sasquatch either.

it takes f***ing forever to do it too. waste of time

must be from the south or something you're digging too deep.

big pig wrote:

tgg wrote:

You're aware that everyone isn't a heterosexual male, right?

And even if they are, I fail to see how their shaving preferences have anything to do with it. Boinking other men - now THAT makes you gay.

If you get massages it helps a lot, just works the muscle instead of pulling out leg hairs too.

ftge wrote:

[quote]Not a ghey wrote:

That isn't "well groomed." That is just gay.

This ^^

Sorry, but no. I have sex with other men. That makes me gay.

I don't shave my body hair. Has nothing to do with being gay.

That being said, I once shaved my legs in college cuz 'all the track runners were doing it' and I gotta say, once the hair started growing back, I had so many ingrown hairs and such itchy skin that I never again did it. You couldn't pay me to shave my leg hair again.

Because male triathletes are some of the most vain people you will ever meet in your life. 99% of them waddle through triathlons just so they can casually mention how hard they train to the cashier at the local coffee shop.

TrollingLevelMaster wrote:

Because male triathletes are some of the most vain people you will ever meet in your life. 99% of them waddle through triathlons just so they can casually mention how hard they train to the cashier at the local coffee shop.

B-I-N-G-O

Actually you're all wrong. It's to reduce road rash, healing time, scarring and infections if they wipe out on a bike ride, which is a bad deal. They have turned it into a weird metro look though.

Andy Potts wrote:

cyclists do it because it looks better and because they all do it. culture thing. kind of helps with road rash if you get it but that's just a rationalization not a reason.

^This

I raced bikes for a number of years. Shaving is part of cycling culture. I got road rash on my unshaved arms and my shaved legs, and shaving/not shaving made little difference in healing or treatment. Many cyclists feel a need to justify it, but really it's just what cyclists do. Cyclists have the best legs, and shaving shows it off.

There's also the justification that it helps with massages, as if Joe Cat 4 really gets regular massages.

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might be wejo wrote:

Swimming. Drag.

In a wetsuit?