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| I am a male practicing Bikram. 
Why do some men practice in Speedos? Do they really get more flexibility or is it just to show off their package? I have been considering using a speedo, but I would like a second opinion.
right now, i use under armour compression shorts. they work ok. yes, there is exposure of my package, which is why I attend the classes where there are a little less people and more focus on the yolk between myself and the poses. but if speedos work better, i will give them a shot. the only problem is that i am a big guy with some body fat, which would not look too attractive since I am more of a football player build than a swimmer.
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| Welcome Namrata. There is all manner of male dress but it really comes down to how YOU feel most comfortable from a self-esteem aspect. I really don't know any guys I practice with interested in displaying their "package;" heck, most are more concerned with not falling on their face. For most yoga, I wear the hugger mugger unisex shorts--comfy mostly cotten with bans on the waist and legs. No possibility of falling or gaping and thus, not offending or embarrasing. In the ole hot Bikram room, about anything goes but the tiny speedos just look stupid on men in my opinion. |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Now Brucebhai, you just wait a minute...Speedos don't look stupid on Men...I think they look rather attractive..if the right man is wearing them. Same principal with Women applies here too..some Women look awful in a Bikini Speedo!! I happen to look okidoky good in my (1) one - uno Piece Speedo suit 
In Bikram, Anything goes...at home sometimes I just want to take off all my clothes cause it's so dang HOT!! but, the Bikini helps hold the "package" in place  |
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| Cyndi--you're an animal...I like that... |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Uh Oh!! Brucebhai, I'm NOT going to therapy with you  |
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speedo suits are for swimmers and swimmer's bodies.
(okay, and photo shoots of great yogis)
men in speedos in hot yoga is...gross.
a stranger's sweaty speedo is so very gross.
wear some clothes and be happy you have the option of no shirt.
Yours in Sweat,
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| Bikram himself practices in a speedo in the vast majority of pictures that I've seen of him. In his book, he mentions that he prefers speedos because you should put your foot directly in the bottom hem of the suit when doing tree pose. With the speedo it won't slip. But in his book very few of the male models wore Speedos.
No man in the classes I've attended has worn a speedo. Most wear loose fitting shorts and I assume (Ah Hum!) an appropriate item under that. Personally I wear a coolmax shirt and the same type of shorts that Bruce wears. Outside of Bikram, wouldn't be caught dead in shorts. I've found that the high wicking fabrics are great, but cotton is just plain too hot. |
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| I am comfortable with a speedo since my kids were swimmers but outside the pool environment (or perhaps some super trendy studio for the ridiculously fit) there is a big ick factor I have never been able to figure out how the Ironman triathlon racers can handle that distance biking and running in them  |
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| I think about this a fair amount. As a woman who has extra bady fat, I struggle with looking reasonably well covered and being cool. If I feel pretty good about myself, I will go without shirt and wear a version of a sports bra. If I don't I coverup more. I think the same principal to
men. If you feel uncomfortable in a speedo, then probably its not the greatest thing to wear. Mostly I don't care what others wear, but I have more of an opinion of how I look.
I think teachers should take care to be covered ( no speedos). Its just weird to be on the
floor with a teacher whose package is showing. It's weird enough that I avoid one teacher who did that. It just doesn't fit with the vulnerability of Bikram and the heat.
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Location: A Blue State | Hey...I'm sorry to be so dense, but WTF is a "package"?
Regarding Speedos, there's no way around it. They're embarassing for everybody.
First, the guy obviously thinks that everybody wants a good look at his wiener (is that
what you mean by package?). Second, everybody is trying hard not to notice that
the guy is a total dork.
Let's turn this around. It's the same as a girl doing yoga in a string bikini. Not very
functional and kinda exhibitionistic.
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Guys have boxes?
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| I wear a speedo. I went from long surfer shorts to something like biker shorts to the speedo. And it definately makes a difference. Thats why I did it. It was nothing. I am not self conscious about it. You could see my package before in other shorts, so whats the difference. Cloths change the electrical charge along the skin changing your awareness of the area. So less clothing more awareness. In shorts I was always playing with them so they did not sinch up or get in the way. With a speedo I do not have this problem. I have a yoga body for sure so nothing gross to look at. Whats up with you folks anyway? Yoga supposed to be body accepting oriented not physically repressing or judgemental. |
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| Now we can all hate Brian for not having a gross body innerline - I have a yoga body for sure so nothing gross to look at. Whats up with you folks anyway? Yoga supposed to be body accepting oriented not physically repressing or judgemental. |
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Location: A Blue State | innerline - 2005-04-07 2:03 PM
Whats up with you folks anyway? Yoga supposed to be body accepting oriented not physically repressing or judgemental.
Sorry... just having a little fun with the topic...did I mention that I wear a thong to class
sometimes, especially when I'm trying to get other students to give me more space.
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| For a long time the teachers have talked of doing a nude class. Any takers? |
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| They have regular weekly nude yoga in Austin--it's all guys...I hear...and they're gay...not that there's anything wrong with that... |
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| No, thanks, innerline! I just went bathing suit shopping today and that was humbling enough - yeesh...On that note, I must say that I believe there is a place in Western Culture for the Burkha - the beach! |
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| Whoa, Whoa, a nude class? I heard of that stuff only happening in Australia.
Can it be coed i.e. one male and all female?
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| No, that's a harem. |
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| Reminds me of a story a read in the LA Times last summer.
Ashley Judd, the actress was staying in Yosemite at the Awanee hotel Super fancy place right in the middle of one of the most dramatic valleys in the world. Anyway she decided to do yoga au naturale but when she got ready she found she left her mat outside the door. She tried to reach it quick just as she was. Got outside, grabbed the mat then heard Click. Couldn't get back in. Next thing the hotel desk sees is Ashley Judd wrapped in her yoga mat begging to be let back into her room.
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Location: A Blue State | Bruce - 2005-04-07 7:08 PM
No, that's a harem.
If it were a harem, then I would probably be okay to wear my thong?
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| I'm not practicing bikram anymore but I wouldn't mind having nude classes, no matter if mixed or just guys or girls. I'm all for it! Not only in bikram but any other form of yoga too. But that's just my lonely liberated european mind between all you prudish yanks. 
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Yes, our culture is a bit prudish, more so in some regions that others.
A nude beach in the US is usually something that raises eyebrows and
occasionally something that the authorities will shut down; in Germany,
I gather, all public beaches are nude, no?
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| All the public beaches in Canada are nude, too. The people usually wear something at most of them though....   |
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| Not at all, in fact nudity is illegal in Germany as well. It's "disturbing the peace" or "indecent exposure" or whatever the lawmakers may call it. OTOH topless ladies are quite acceptable nowadays and will not raise many eyebrows on public beaches. We have, however, many nudist beaches, completely legally. They are mostly owned by clubs and therefor private ground where the authorities have no say. I've actually kinda grown up on a nudist campground (like every weekend and holidays since I was 8 weeks of age), so I'm used to see naked people without feeling disturbed or aroused.
My feeling is that this kind of exposure to the natural human body is very good for kids from an early age on, since I've never learned to combine thoughts of nakedness with sex at all. And also I can not understand grown up men looking at porn. As a kid I always thought why do they do that? There are naked people around me all the time, why should I spend money for pics of them?
And then there are much more benefits in naked beaches: You mustn't worry about sand in the crotch of your swimsuit, you don't have to run around in wet swimsuit and risk inflammation of your kidneys and so on.
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