Running shirtless

I'm in south florida. from november through april i generally wear a shirt. i sometimes take it off sometimes i don't. it depends on whether it gets soaked with sweat and starts to stick to me. in the summer, i don't even go out to run in a shirt. it will be soaked within 10 mins, the only people i know who wear shirts are people with sun exposure problems, even girls only wear sports bra's

gn1tmac wrote:

I'm in south florida. from november through april i generally wear a shirt. i sometimes take it off sometimes i don't. it depends on whether it gets soaked with sweat and starts to stick to me. in the summer, i don't even go out to run in a shirt. it will be soaked within 10 mins, the only people i know who wear shirts are people with sun exposure problems, even girls only wear sports bra's

I live in DC, and this^^ is what I've seen. If it's over 75 and humid, there's no point in wearing a shirt. Once my shirt gets wet, I'll get bloody nipples. Shirtless is the way...I'm not sure why anyone would want to suffer more with a shirt on.

I've seen a runner in Central Park who runs shirtless in shorts in sub-freezing temperatures.

The rest of you are wimps ;)

I lived in Hong Kong for a while where runners would run in long sleeves and pants in 80+ degree temperatures and high humidity

Example

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I've noticed over the years that people in warmer climates tend to over-dress while people in colder climates under-dress.

Maybe it's human nature to refuse to succumb to natural forces.

Yea i go shirtless and grunt on my runs. It's because i want everyone to see how jacked, and tan i am.

Randy Oldman wrote:I've noticed over the years that people in warmer climates tend to over-dress while people in colder climates under-dress.

I'd take running in single digit temperatures over the hellish heat/humidity any day. IMO, there's nothing better than radiating body heat and needing to shed layers during a run in the dead of winter.

I met the woman who is now my wife while running shirtless on a late July evening in the hot, muggy south. After talking to her for a few minutes I actually asked her to dinner for the next night. We could not be happier!

Our coach has to beg our team to keep our shirts on. Our HS team runs shirtless if the temp is above 40* at the beginning of the outdoor season because we are so excited to see all the snow melting! One time I was a at a meet and I was doing a post race workout and the official yelled at me to put my shirt back on. But that's just the world we live in...

EZ10Miler wrote:

I can't imagine being so a tight @ssed and neurotic that I would wear a shirt while running in hot weather.

this. something about wearing a short sleeved shirt while running just seems dumb to me, regardless of weather.

if its over 50 the shirts off

40-50 I'll probably wear a dri-fit tank/racing singlet

under 40 long sleeves dri-fit

Yes I ran for years at all times of the day without a shirt or hat.

Now in my fifties Im dealing with all types of various skin cancer issues. Shirtless is ok before 9am and after 5pm. Be smart !

I'm 68 years old, 5'11', 157 lbs. I don't have man boobs. My running friends are all over 60 years old. None of them have man boobs. I don't know what in the hell the guy who said "If you're 39, you've got man boobs." is talking about.

If it's hot we take off our shirts. We run in a park, but even if we ran on city streets 'most of us' would probably still go shirtless. All of us still work out 4-5 days a week.

I've been running for 40 years and have always liked to run with as little on as possible.

When racing I wear a tank top, but pin the number to my shorts just in case I decide to take off the tank top.

I don't run in full sun. I run in the morning or the evening. Having a long sleeve dri fit style shirt will protect the skin.

I was in SE Asia and basically all of the white people showed skin. And they paid for it, usually. Bad sunburn.

Ooops wrote:

He begged

Would you have felt/reacted differently, if it had been a woman.

Berty S wrote:

Ooops wrote:

He begged

Would you have felt/reacted differently, if it had been a woman.

If you're asking for your mother again, I've already told her repeatedly no. I'm not interested and please quit bugging me about it.

Personally, enjoy running with the shirt off in full sun. 90 degrees yesterday, sunny, nice track workout at lunch sans shirt. Friday will be same thing, different workout. Growing up in 70's the materials to run in were terrible(nylon shell shorts, cotton t's, tube socks). Best part of summer was when it was warm enough to slide on shoes and shorts to go for a run. Flash forward-

80's - Title 9 & women runners/ track, better fabrics...

90's - skin cancer prevelance (I've had a couple spots removed)...

2000's - political correctness, tech fabrics,

2010+ major running boom (team in training, etc...)lots of runners now who really shouldn't be shirtless (men and women), glad they are running but a whole lot of jiggling going on;

The one good trend is that the faster female runners feel comfortable in their sport bras, kind of the equivalent of guys running without shirts; still see a lot of the younger guys and top masters guys running shirtless. Glad not everyone is politically correct.

If its over 45 my shorts are off

Some reason when I run shirtless I get fatigue quicker. Mental maybe, but rather keep the shirt on.

For a while, I lifted weights pretty hard. Having a skinny runner body, this meant I was absolutely shredded. I actually felt *more* self-conscious running without a shirt when I was ripped. I'd get more looks - I'd like to think they were because I was irresistibly sexy, but there was probably a lot of "Who is this D-bag?" going on.

Now that I'm losing all that muscle and reverting to my natural skinny-fat tendencies, I'm more comfortable running without a shirt. As in, "yeah, I'm not doing this to showboat, obviously; it's just that I don't give a fk."

FWIW I live in DC, and this city is filled with other weight-lifting type-A D-bags who I want to distinguish myself from.

Ooops wrote:

Berty S wrote:

Would you have felt/reacted differently, if it had been a woman.

If you're asking for your mother again, I've already told her repeatedly no. I'm not interested and please quit bugging me about it.

Huh?

I dont understand why people run with shirts on. Just do whatever is comfortable. You already look crazy enough running so might as well do whats comfortable.