I’m just gonna be honest with you. I used to be a total fatass (over 300 pounds). I’ve lost a shit ton of weight. Now I got all this disgusting loose skin which just flaps around and hangs everywhere. I can’t afford to get nip/tucked and lipo sucked.
My problem with tri training is the swim. I get insanely self-conscious when I go to the pool. I usually swim in a shirt, but the ‘drag’ slows me down a LOT. I didn’t realize how much until I swam in my tri suit and shot off like a rocket.
I have looked everywhere, but I can’t find swim suits for men which cover the torso, and breasts. The only exception is tri suits, but they cost too damn much for training.
Does anyone know where I can find a cheap swimsuit option for men which covers me up like a one piece woman’s swimsuit? I’m tall in case that is a consideration.
a lot of these one piece competition swimsuits are very cheap right now, because they’re outlawed for competition starting in a week. i think something like this might work nicely.
a lot of these one piece competition swimsuits are very cheap right now, because they’re outlawed for competition starting in a week. i think something like this might work nicely.
I can’t seem to find the cheap ones. Could you by chance point me in the correct direction?
i don’t know, i think you’d have to hunt around. i haven’t tried looking for one of these, but, how could you continue to sell these for anything near retail now that they aren’t legal?
I’ve got a Speedo fastskin (short legs, with zipper in back - a swimming suit) that you’re welcome to have.
I’m about 175-180.
Let me know and I can ship it off to you.
Looks good, price is right, but without an attached bottom my loose skin would ‘ooze’ around it. It looks disgusting. It is the same reason I can’t wear cycling jersey without bib shorts and a compression garment. Thanks for trying.
I’ve got a Speedo fastskin (short legs, with zipper in back - a swimming suit) that you’re welcome to have.
I’m about 175-180.
Let me know and I can ship it off to you.
Thanks, but it wouldn’t fit. I’m still over 200 and progress dropping weight at this point is VERY slow. I’ll probably not reach a weight where I could fit in it.
I might suggest you just say WTF and swim. I think the world has seen enough weight loss situations on The Biggest Loser to know what happened. I’ve seen so many unusual things at pools over the years that you would not phase me in the slightest.
I’m also with last tri. Just say fuck it and go shirtless. I’ve been swimming for years and I can say that there is much much worse that enters the pool. Confidence while training will help you in the long run when you are racing. Be proud of the weight you lost and if anything, be happy that you don’t have to spend extra$$ for drag suits!
I might suggest you just say WTF and swim. I think the world has seen enough weight loss situations on The Biggest Loser to know what happened. I’ve seen so many unusual things at pools over the years that you would not phase me in the slightest.
PS - outstanding job on the weight loss!
While my friends at the local run club, cycling club and tri club have all know I’ve lost a shit ton of weight, none of them have seen me without massive amounts of compression and strategically chosen outfits. I look pretty damn good in my compressed outfits, but I look like a disgusting melted blob without them. Without clothes I can’t even look at myself in the mirror without feeling absolute disgust and shame.
I don’t think I could ever force myself to go swim without at least having a shirt or trisuit on. I need something that totally covers my compression outfit which is holding in my melted stomach and moobs. I just wish they made one piece neck to knee swim suits for men the way they do for women. I know it probably isn’t a huge market, but people like me would certainly buy the outfits if they were affordable.
I’m also with last tri. Just say fuck it and go shirtless. I’ve been swimming for years and I can say that there is much much worse that enters the pool. Confidence while training will help you in the long run when you are racing. Be proud of the weight you lost and if anything, be happy that you don’t have to spend extra$$ for drag suits!
My friends swim at the pool. I just don’t want them gossiping about how I look like a melted pile of flesh beneath my clothes. I mean, they wouldn’t do it to be mean, but if it ever got back to me it’d make me feel horrible. I’m very self-conscious.
Perhaps a simple one-piece tri racing suit might work (this, for instance)? It should everything together, pretty much every tri store on the planet sells them in a multitude of sizes.
Should you need a bit more compression, perhaps as mentioned a speed suit would be good? Trisports has the Nineteen Frequency Speed Skin on sale here; they have XL’s, which might fit you – I’m 6’1", 210, and a Large in Nineteen suits fits me fine. According the the Nineteen size chart, an XL will fit someone 5’11" - 6’5", and between 215 and 230 lbs.
I know you said you can’t afford surgery to remove the excess skin, but if it is THAT big of a deal to you, and affects how you feel about yourself, is there any way to do it? Even on credit of some sort? I don’t know what such a procedure would cost, but it would seem that the benefits to you would be quite dramatic.
Perhaps a simple one-piece tri racing suit might work (this, for instance)? It should everything together, pretty much every tri store on the planet sells them in a multitude of sizes.
I got a couple of them. They’re AWESOME. I just feel like I’m going to bust or rip them if I wear them all the time.
The cost is too high for me to risk it so they mainly just sit there and wait for me to race.
If they were $40-60 I would feel OK risking it, but the cheapest tri suit I have found is closer to $100.
It is because of the tri suit I realized how much wearing a shirt is slowing me down. I was TWO MINUTES faster on a 250m swim (went from seven minutes to five).
I understand and empathize feeling self-conscious. I think if you friends saw the extra skin they would see it as evidence of your hard-won weight loss, not in a making-fun-of way.
And if they do make fun of it, they don’t deserve you as a friend.
I don’t have any solutions; I just want to offer encouragement for your swimming - in whatever way feels most comfortable to you.
Trust me, you won’t rip the tri race suits. The worst thing you’re doing to them is exposing them to chlorine, which shortens their lifespan – but that will pretty much apply to ANY swim stuff you use in the pool. I get what you’re saying on cost, though.
Perhaps this is a bit more in your budget?
And by the way…good on ya. You’ve chosen a far tougher row to hoe than the majority of us on this board, and for that alone you have earned my respect.
Looks good, price is right, but without an attached bottom my loose skin would ‘ooze’ around it. It looks disgusting. It is the same reason I can’t wear cycling jersey without bib shorts and a compression garment. Thanks for trying.