Speedos

Well...I'd be lying if I said I hated it :cool: but I'm not exactly used to being looked at in *that* way, and the age difference didn't help (I'm 27, they were high school ish). As for the guys, yeah there's definitely some people batting for the other team (Ann Arbor, the San Francisco of the midwest), but they're pretty respectful, and it only took me a few visits to figure out the protocol. If you wear jammers or longer swim shorts, shower with your suit on, and wear your shirt when you're changing into your suit, the guys don't stare and leave you alone. Violate those rules and it doesn't mean you're gay, but you don't mind the looks and they might try to chat you up and see if you're interested. So that's my advice to Clyde, if Hawaii's the same, to try the jammers instead.

I'm a thin guy in good shape who wears Jammers to the pool and I do get some glances from guys in the locker room and occasionally from guys and girls in the lanes next to me. Not all the time, but occasionally. The glances from the males used to bother me until I realized that it's a compliment to be looked, ogled, stared at. Who cares if a gay guy wants to get in your shorts? Big deal. I am certainly not going to alter my routine in the slightest to prevent somebody, who may or may not be gay, from seeing me in my birthday suit.

Eight pages already...hot topic! My thought: if I see a guy w/ speedos or jammers getting into the pool in lanes near me, and they look reasonably fit, I'm relieved. This has less to do with what they're wearing than what their suit and appearance represent: someone who probably knows his pool etiquette. Of course, don't judge a book by its cover and all that, but generally speaking, if someone's approaching the pool with confidence, knows what he's doing, he's more likely to respect my workout space too. Not that I will assume that guys in swim trunks DON'T know what they're doing--in fact, I've come to see the same faces, and know which fo the guys will be polite, but if a stranger comes in, I breathe easier if he's wearing something that looks as if he's planning a real workout. With women, it's sometimes harder to tell b/c some the look of some workout suits is pretty close to something you might buy in a department store. With women, I then look for goggles too. Don't even get me started on people who pop into my lane without looking where they're going, start across two abreast, then wade/swim back. (Today, yeah...grrrr! But that's a whole other thread...getting back on the subject, the two women who did this were wearing what appeared to be workout suits.)

well when it comes to the choice between wearing speedos or jammers, i pick the speedos. i started swimming for fitness last year, and about 2 months after i started i decided to give the speedos a try. after i made the switch i never went back to the trunks, because when i swim in them i feel like i get a better workout with them. the other thing is is that i'm the only guy at my age who wears them at the pool i go to. i'm 20 yrs. and yes i get those wierd looks from everybody, but u know what i'm comfortable with it. but would i wear 'em at the beach or public pool, probably not.

Oh, look, a fasion police thread! I never saw so many men in one place discussing fashion for so long. Hmmmmm! :p

For me, I find wearing the clothing of the sport to help with the workout. It also helps with my confidence. For swimming i wear jammers or briefs.