It reduces the amount of mosquito bites per individual by having more shirtless bodies around for the mosquitos to go after.
It reduces the amount of mosquito bites per individual by having more shirtless bodies around for the mosquitos to go after.
Really sweaty wet shirt = bad shafting, especially under the underarms.
Mostly what I’m gathering from this thread is that a surprising number of LRers are unaware of the existence of wicking fabric. I guess if a cotton T-shirt is your alternative, running shirtless might seem like a good option, but wearing an actual running shirt is really the most comfortable way to go.
A video search reveals the wide-spread nature of the phenomenon:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=men%27s+cross+country+practice
I think the primal nature makes guys feel like they need to run faster, if for no other reason so they "look more like a runner" with their shirts off.
wear running clothes wrote:
Mostly what I’m gathering from this thread is that a surprising number of LRers are unaware of the existence of wicking fabric. I guess if a cotton T-shirt is your alternative, running shirtless might seem like a good option, but wearing an actual running shirt is really the most comfortable way to go.
Well, I’ve run in many brands, sizes, and styles of technical shirt and nothing beats shirtless for me. Perhaps my body is the exception and not the rule, but unless the shirt has some spandex-like cling to it, I’m pretty much doomed. Even a 5k in a Sugoi singlet in 80 degree and humid weather led to nipple chafe.
In high school we weren’t allowed to go shirtless, so I almost always wore a classic wife beater undershirt, helpful for me due to being form-fitting. There were some cotton shirts I would wear too in spring but I suppose my nipples have just become weaker rather than tougher.
That, and it’s way less laundry for the warm running months.
Really? Even with all the super- thin high performance material out there it’s still just waaay too hot to wear something!?!? Yet somehow women manage to cover up. Big babies.
wear running clothes wrote:
Mostly what I’m gathering from this thread is that a surprising number of LRers are unaware of the existence of wicking fabric. I guess if a cotton T-shirt is your alternative, running shirtless might seem like a good option, but wearing an actual running shirt is really the most comfortable way to go.
^This. Are these runners still living in the 1970s? Wearing a modern running t-shirt is more comfortable even when it´s hot as hell.
In Spain, where I live, it is considered rude for men to go shirtless, usually even in the park, and mostly male runners wear shirts even when it is 100F. Of course, the air is dry, and the shirt dries out fast, as you run, and it's usually actually cooler to wear one than not.
(Note to British tourists: in Spain the beach is topless, but it's considered crude and base to wear a bikini or go shirtless on the streets in the town two blocks from the beach. Also, stop drinking so much.)
Were you home schooled? My entire school life as kids theee was shirts vs skins. That’s how they divided the two for team sports. Shirts was the worst. Being able to exercise/train with your shirt off is one of the best things od being a guy. Skins is the wining team
well,, wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoeroticism
Well done, at least someone on this thread pointed out the blindingly obvious...
let me fill you in wrote:
Former D1 guy here. It's a D1 thing. They obviously aspire to go D1, as everyone does. Lol
This is something D1 teams do. Now you know.
Nothing to do with D1. It's just a team thing. Teams in Europe do that as well and no one here knows what D1 is.
Næh wrote:
let me fill you in wrote:
Former D1 guy here. It's a D1 thing. They obviously aspire to go D1, as everyone does. Lol
This is something D1 teams do. Now you know.
Nothing to do with D1. It's just a team thing. Teams in Europe do that as well and no one here knows what D1 is.
Kenyan and Japanese runners never run shirtless.
Steve Jones never ran shirtless.
Næh wrote:
let me fill you in wrote:
Former D1 guy here. It's a D1 thing. They obviously aspire to go D1, as everyone does. Lol
This is something D1 teams do. Now you know.
Nothing to do with D1. It's just a team thing. Teams in Europe do that as well and no one here knows what D1 is.
It does have to do with whether you were d1 or not. If you weren't a d1 runner, or former d1 at least, you don't know but everyone should definitely know what d1 is, shirt or not.
Former d1 here. We used to run topless on my d1 team but I know a few d2 runners (former d2) who never went sans shirt. (D3 guys never went topless though. Muffin top syndrome, made recruiting girls team more difficult)
But they were d2, not d1, and those that know, know d1 is where you go if you're fast and in d1, you go no shirt. Especially if your d1 practice was in the heat. Otherwise, a d1 team running shirtless could be mistaken for a WWII reenactment of when the Allies freed the concentration camps. (For this reason and campus security, D1 guys should always check with coach first before going shirtless)
Shirtless is standard racing dress for mountain running in the 49th state.
Pros:
- Tan
- Avoid chafing
- people will know your fast
- not add a pound of sweat to your shirt
- your not a pus$y
Cons
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Nipple chafe is the reason obviously
I get the feeling that a lot people don't actually do much running on here. Moisture wicking, quick dry, or whatever can still get drenched and be uncomfortable, especially when its the middle of the summer in the deep south. 18 miles on an 85 degree day in southern Alabama in August feels way better without a shirt than it ever would with any type of shirt.
Running without a shirt feels better, prevents farmers tan, increases vital sun exposure to allow for more vitamin d, avoids chafing, and is leads to you having to do less laundry. Y'all who think running with a shirt is better are just weak little yuppies that don't know much about nothing and are afraid of what others think about them.
itshotout wrote:
I get the feeling that a lot people don't actually do much running on here. Moisture wicking, quick dry, or whatever can still get drenched and be uncomfortable, especially when its the middle of the summer in the deep south. 18 miles on an 85 degree day in southern Alabama in August feels way better without a shirt than it ever would with any type of shirt.
Running without a shirt feels better, prevents farmers tan, increases vital sun exposure to allow for more vitamin d, avoids chafing, and is leads to you having to do less laundry. Y'all who think running with a shirt is better are just weak little yuppies that don't know much about nothing and are afraid of what others think about them.
Somebody here just got a little butthurt when I pointed out that he, and other shirtless runners, mainly do it to expose their bare upper bodies to each other - just like crossfitters.
