Oh if you're wearing the briefest Speedos? There was another guy at the pool wearing briefs of about 2.5 - 3 inch sides, but mine were 2 inches. Still doesn't bother me.

Sharing shorts
 

As a young senior runner I was to take part in a road relay in Hastings, when we arrived a friend discovered that he had forgotten to bring his shorts and asked if he could borrow mine. I was doing the 2nd leg and he was doing the final 4th leg so there was time to go down into the pedestrian underpass below the changeover and swop shorts.
I had chosen to wear a pair of really short Umbro running shorts made from fairly stiff shiny black nylon, with a white trim. They had cut away slit sides and I liked the way you could almost but not quite see inside them. They were unlined so one had to wear really brief underwear with them.
It was a fairly warm day and I ran quite hard so by the time I finished my leg of the race both I and my clothes were slick with sweat, I saw Andy and we both dashed down to the underpass, I pulled off my warm, slightly damp shorts and handed them to him and he pulled off his track suit bottoms then slipping my on my black shorts. As I put my track suit bottoms over my tiny briefs I saw Andy in my shorts and liked the way he looked, better than the square shorts he usually wore. He then dashed back to the road and prepared for his leg in the race.
Later when Andy gave me my shorts back they were really sweaty having been run in 2 legs of the race, but Andy had run hard and the team had done well.

Well this morning at lap swim I could have asked a fellow "how does it feel to be the only guy NOT wearing speedos"?
But I didn't. It's not nice to pick on someone for what he wears in the pool. I think.

Going off what you said I almost always wear a speedo under my jeans if I am going to somewhere where the opportunity could arise. It is a quick excuse to wear on and you dont need to get changed.

Beginning
 

I have done the following in the past to ease my way into wearing speedos at the pool. Put your speedos on at home and when you get to the locker room just take off your outer clothes put them in the locker grab your goggles and cap-then-either wrap a towel around your waist and go to the pool, or as I did take an old drag suit over your speedos-mine was a Dolfin that I cut the liner out of and the first time get into the pool with it on-swim a length,take it off in the water and put it up on the side of the pool. Reverse before you get out. It will be easy to put the drag suit back on without the liner. Get out and go to the locker room. The second time do the same but don't put the suit back on in the water but get out and then put in on over speedos. Third time repeat but drop the suit before you get in the pool-take your time and do some stretching obvious to all in just the speedos-go swim -get out of pool and don't put on cover and go to locker room. Next time just wear speedos. Wear rhe same speedo for weeks. With a cap on and goggles hooked under your speedo you will look like you mean to be a serious swimmer-walk with confidence and engage in conversation at all times when the opportunity arrives. Watch how some people will "look you over" while talking to them. Stay confident-you have nothing to be "shy" about!

I don't have a problem walking around in a Speedo - it's being naked. So I tend to wear them under my trousers before going for a swim, and after the swim I aim to change in a cubicle. Some pools are unisex and are all cubicles, which makes it easier.

Bede,

That sounds like a very good compromise for you. The most important thing is that there is no right or wrong way. If you're fine walking around in a speedo but are uncomfortable being naked, then you should do what you are comfortable with. Each one of us decides what our comfort level is and then act accordingly.

D67

Well today while swimming laps at the Y, there were two other guys in swim briefs. One was wearing a black square cut, and the other was wearing what looked like the older suits from the 60's, blue stripes down the sides which were probable 5". No matter, that's what they were comfortable in. I was comfortable in my Turbo 2" Ipanema.

D67

New guy here
 

Hey, new guy here. I've been wearing brief type suits for a long time now. I swim daily at the different pools in the city. For the most part I've never worn anything but a speedo-type suit. A swim club swims at our bigger pool and all the younger guys wear a speedo, nice to see it making a comeback!

Anyway at the smaller pool, it's a bunch of regulars who go. Other than me, there's the odd speedo. A few square cuts and lots of board shorts. We usually have to wait until doors are locked to get in. Everyone knows each other and we are all pretty friendly. A few weeks back, waiting to get in, it was me and one of the other swimmers. I stood under the shower keeping wet and warm. My swimming pal started to comment on my suit. He told me I had balls to wear one. I said I do, and pointed to them. He laughed and said he used to wear one and wants to buy one and asked where did I get mine. It was obvious he had been working up the nerve for a while to ask me.

Said he was going to stores to look. I told him he wouldn't have much luck until spring. He asked where I got mine (I have a few and switch them daily so I can wear them a bit longer) and I told him online. He said he'd have his son look for him. Gave him some advice, especially around sizes. I really hope he doesn't find one cuz he just doesn't have the right build for one. Maybe squarecuts might be better on him.

And last week, one of the older guys forgot his trunks. I said 'here take one of mine' knowing full well he wouldn't be caught dead in one. He was like No Way! The other guys all laughed.

Other than that, nobody has really ever commented on my suits unless to ask where I get them. It's happened a few times.

Anyway, more for another time.

At my college rec, there are a fair number of speedo wearers. However, I still get some comments/looks from time to time. One time I was walking into the hot tub and two guys in boardshorts gave me a dirty look. One time I passed by a guy while walking from the pool to the lockeroom and he laughed when he saw me in speedos and whispered something to his friend. I've also gotten comments in the locker room and pool - "Hey speedo boy!" or "Nice speedos!" or "I like your speedos" sarcastically. It makes me feel self-conscious at times, but I love wearing speedos around hot men and like to check out other handsome speedo wearers.

Wear speedos in the pool because they help you swim faster, swim faster than the guys with dragging board shorts and listen to see if anyone is still being sarcastic. If you can outswim them and they are still talking rubbish then ignore them, they are unworthy.
If you can't outswim them then make improving and beating them your target. Beat them once and you'll always beat them.

Speedotime, my university rec center pool is pretty similar. There are quite a few guys who wear swim briefs and quite a few that wear boardshorts. Most people don't give a damn what you wear, but there are always a few self-righteous pricks.

Like Torchwatch said, wear them to help you swim faster and better than those guys. This is a lap pool, after all. Swimmers wear briefs at lap pools. So long as everything is reasonably covered, it's none of those guys' business what you wear to swim laps.

It seems to me like they are so bored with their lives that they can't help but freak out when they see a fit dude in speedos.

What do the self-righteous pricks do/say?

I've only received one bad comment in a lifetime wearing Speedos.

If you are going to the pool to swim laps, wearing a speedo makes sense. In fact, wearing board shorts to swim laps makes no sense since they create drag and make swimming harder and less efficient.

However, if you are going to the pool just to sit in the hot tub and sit in the steam room or sauna, I would wear board shorts myself.

Actually, board shorts don't make any sense for anything except sleeping during cold weather. Otherwise, they are excessive clothing and an annoyance.

Honestly, I have no problems wearing speedos to the pool, but the tough part is when it comes to the beach!

man up -- Wear Them

Wearing speedos in a pool while doing a hard swim session makes you a swimmer, but wearing speedos on the beach makes you a sun worshipper and into sensuality. This may be a bit too much in a heteronormatic environment where any display of male sensuality is frowned upon. We all have to survive in our own minds and our own communities.

Nich,

Do what works for you. If wearing speedos on the beach makes you uncomfortable, then don't do it. Perhaps you'll give it a try when you're ready, but only when you are ready.

D67

I think I don't wear Speedos at the beach because I never swim in the sea. Otherwise...

Though I'm thinking of taking part on the community dip in the sea next New Year's Day, so it definitely would be Speedos then.

A couple years back, I started wearing speedos again to swim. It couldn't be in a better place; A sci-fi con, where I could at least go with the thought that I wouldn't be the most out-of shape. A degree of body-positivity is present at the events I frequent. :p

Well, the first time, I was the only one in swim briefs. No big deal. No negativity, no bad comments; I was probably the one with the biggest criticisms of myself. A few of my gal pals were delighted, in that "too bad he's gay" way. The more time passed by at the pool, the more unaware of my garments I became. No unexpected arousal, no guilt, no shame. Just kind of zipping around the pool faster than anyone else (they didn't know that I was a serious swimmer).
The next year, I went to the pool to hang out and see if my usual acquaintances were present. They were. A lady friend then started to call her husband to the jacuzzi, where I had situated myself. He walks out of the pool in a nice red 2" speedo. she then explained that after last year, he felt emboldened to get his own pair. I looked around, and saw a few others had "followed suit" as well. (pun 50% intended).
Every year after that, I see a few more guys in nice swim briefs, of a great variety of different body types. Probably because this convention is held in a nice hotel with a decently sheltered pool. Probably because a great deal of the attendees are also involved in the fetish community.

Someone said in this thread a while back that if one person wears a speedo,type brief maybe others will.become emboldened to do the same. It sounds like you have succeeded in doing just that 7___of__Fine. Good for you.

D67

Its true! A couple guys at the local pool I swim at have asked me where I got my suit (Speedo style). Shortly after, the two who asked now wear them.

So far I'm the only guy that wears Speedos at my gym pool, every other guy swims laps in knee-length shorts -- which has to be a nightmare. I can't imagine why that's the preference. Hoping that the more I go, I'll eventually see some other like minded guys. But I don't feel alone or embarrassed, for some reason wearing a Speedo feels really natural and did from the moment I first put one on. I'm more pleased by the fact that a lot of the other guys at the pool are also not fit or great swimmers; I'd be much more embarrassed if everyone there was an Olympic level swimmer and they had to lap me as I try to get back up to speed.

when I was on the high school swim team the coach made us wear the knee length board shorts for practice. It was a great way to build muscles. When we pulled them off to get times we couldn't believe how fast we went.

Going back to the original discussion topic, I have been the only one in speedos only once or twice, and the biggest feeling I've had as a shy wearer is a sense of leadership. I feel like I am doing my bit to normalize the speedo in the workout environment. The first time was probably just walking around the locker room at the rec center on campus in just my speedo with goggles hanging from my neck. All of the other speedo-wearers tend to go straight out the door to the pool deck from the changing area closest to it, and at this point I was the only swimmer present in the locker room amongst the other athletes there to train for their sports or doing "curls for girls." I felt like I, a non-demigod-walking-the-earth/non-former-school-team-swimmer, was almost trying to show the bros that if even I can wear a speedo comfortably, it should be perfectly fine for anyone there to work out.

As for being the only one hanging out in speedos (not WORKING out), that was when I recently went to Arizona. I was the only one out of the 3 guys in my hotel room that wore a speedo, and I wore it around our room without hesitation, just going about my business getting ready for bed. Perhaps this isn't the BEST comparison, but it's like meeting someone with a bad scar or burn mark on their skin. A girl friend (emphasis on that little space between the L and F) had boiling water accidentally spilled on her neck when she was one or 2 years old, and it left a permanent red area that looks slightly inflamed. At first, it is a surprise to see, but you quickly get used to it and realize it has no reflection on her personality or beauty. Similarly, seeing a guy in a speedo might come as a shock at first, but you would soon adjust. So that's what I'm doing, I guess: providing the initial "shock" to start the process of normalizing speedos again. (Though I'd like to think I'm not THAT terrible-looking in my suit! Lol)


I agree, 50 Free, but actually that's what helped with the final push for me to get a speedo. I was literally the only one at my rec center's pool who was in board shorts!

Many men who would like to wear speedo they do not because "the otter guys" are wearing bording shorts... them the cuestion "how does it feel to be the only guy NOT wearing speedos"? could be a "politically incorrect" and inpertinent question, BUT the right question at the right time for who want wear speedo but still does not dare to it :)

In Austin, there is usually one other swimmer in a Speedo. However, since I don't have anything but bikiniwear, I don't have much choice by design to wear anything else. The area is pretty progressive, so I doubt I will ever hear any discouraging words from other pool visitors. I say, wear with confidence, and enjoy your suit.