What did you initially think of guys in speedos?

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mjtyson — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:43:21 GMT

You mean "grape smugglers"?

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srcoyote — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:44:15 GMT

I remember wearing briefs for the first time when joining a summer swim league at age 10. I remember being uncomfortable that first workout. Then I never looked back. Age 50, and I still exclusively wear briefs for training and open water swims whether the water temp is 80F or 60F. I'll occasionally get a look at a fitness center, and I was even given some good-natured ribbing about it by a stranger a couple of weeks ago. But (while I'm not top tier) when they see me swim the interaction changes.

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Former Member — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:37:36 GMT

I am a firefighter and a man 34 years. when I see my coworker lifeguards in a speedo age 18 I just feel depression on how bad my fitness is and how I don't belong on the beachAt 34, you should be able to get ripped with good diet and workout.When I was 34, undergraduate-aged women in general weren't tremendously impressed by me. On the other hand, they were far more attracted to me than that age woman was when *I* was 21.

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ForceDJ — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:48:35 GMT

Still the best Speedo print design of all time IMO... unremebered.files.wordpress.com/.../vaca2.jpg Dan

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Patrick W. Brundage — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 03:13:22 GMT

At 34, you should be able to ...... be comfortable in your own skin. As someone who was never ripped ... even when I was swimming NCAA D-1 ... and has worn a speedo for ~48 years ... just do it and wear a brief if you want to. If you don't want to wear it, if you're not comfortable, that's also cool.

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Former Member — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:00:01 GMT

I am a firefighter and a man 34 years. when I see my coworker lifeguards in a speedo age 18 I just feel depression on how bad my fitness is and how I don't belong on the beach

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jimsauer — Thu, 21 May 2020 05:03:16 GMT

I take that back. The Lobos took a Christmas/New Year training trip to Hawaii in "75 or '76 We had a guy on the team from Hawaii and he made it very clear that NO SPEEDOS were allowed on his beaches. We all hit a discount store as soon as we landed and bought some el cheapo surf shorts. :) I was on that trip in December 76! you have a good memory as I don't remember that..of course I was broke so I probably still wore my speedo...do you remember the dude from Hawaii nickname? that's one I do remember!

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habu987 — Thu, 21 May 2020 02:38:35 GMT

Most of the guys I see wear drag suits (myself included) or jammers, I don't see many who wear just briefs. I've been coaching and swimming Masters for coming up on a decade now, that's been the case the whole time. My usual reaction is just if I see an especially vibrant/obnoxiously colorful one, and then I wonder where I can get one. All that said, I did break out just the special brief by itself for warmup at the meet my team hosts every January, so I'm sure I was the one everyone was mentally complaining about then! :D forums.usms.org/attachment.php

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Former Member — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:29:54 GMT

I've never understood why people get feisty about it. Briefs were the uniform when I was still in age group swimming. I did think the guys swimming a 5K in unexpectedly cold water last summer was a bold move, but they made it. Otherwise, as long as everything on everyone that needs to be covered is covered, why care what someone else puts on their body?

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Allen Stark — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:49:06 GMT

When I got my first Speedo brief it was before there were jammers. I was proud, I was swimmer. It's what swimmers wore. Swimmers wore swimsuits, bathers wore bathing suits.All the guys on the team wore them.

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Calvin S — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:25:43 GMT

No issue with them here. Worn them all my life. Used to be made fun of by non-swimmers for it. Honestly, if doing the sport I love made me "gay" or "an antiquated word for a log for starting fires," then I was cool with it. Wearing briefs taught me very early to be comfortable with (a) my body and (b) my sexuality. I just did me. On our Disney cruise last May, I only wore my speedo + drag suit. I told my wife point blank I wasn't packing trunks. Hate how they feel. Also don't like jammers for training, only for competition suit. So I basically have no issue with wearing them myself, or with other men wearing them. Wear what's comfortable!

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67King — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:00:22 GMT

Funny, I have seen some guys in their 70's who train in them. But most people my age (46) and younger use jammers. I recently changed from jammers to briefs as the couple of jammers I liked that were supportive have been changed such that they are now made of more stretchy material, and as such, don't really keep things in place. Unfortunately when I swim at the gym, I'm the only one around wearing one, so I feel kind of odd about it.

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ForceDJ — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:35:30 GMT

I usually thought/think..."Wonder where he got his suit? I'm going to need to replace mine soon." Dan