I haven’t, but I know a few people who do and think it’s a little “too much.” But I’ll admit to being tempted to at least clipping my front or my lower back. It’s getting to be a carpet!
I shave my stomach for sure. I have a long torso and tri clothes sometimes let my stomach show. If it is all hairy it is pretty bogue. Also, I actually do at least shave back my underarms. There is nothing nastier than getting your race photos back and then you have all this hair under your arms. Gross.
so yeah, I trim the stuff back. It seems like the civilized thing to do.
seriously, if you’re growing into a hairy man, just go get it waxed. it will stay smooth so much longer and will grow back finer and thinner…with shaving…well, we all know what happened to Kramer.
I shave my chest/ stomach and also have my gf help me with my back. I only have a couple spots on my back that need it and are no where near as bad as some guys have it but I don’t like it. I just think it looks better while being outside without a shirt etc., especially if you shave your legs.
As for waxing, ah one word… Hell NO! There are few sensations like that one. I will leave waxing and birth to the females
The only thing I shave is my face.
This is the only thing a man should shave.
You are a bunch of metrosexuals and fashion victims.
Who cares if you have hairs on your xyz, those hairs looks nicer than a vain delicate man who is so worried about silly things.
Are you a tough Ironman, or are you some sissy?
Well Ur thread says men or women. I hardly think if a woman who has a carpet on her back or a mini forest between her cleavage would be inclined to post her problem here. But who knows some might find it kinky.
Love you Pluto!
The only thing I shave is my face.
This is the only thing a man should shave.
You are a bunch of metrosexuals and fashion victims.
Who cares if you have hairs on your xyz, those hairs looks nicer than a vain delicate man who is so worried about silly things.
Are you a tough Ironman, or are you some sissy?
AGREED!!! 2 the above from Pluto.
N 4 the same reason them men bikinis should be banned. Gives Tri a bad image.
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Correction - it is okay to shave your head as well - and in many cases desirable (as long as you don’t do it every other day and keep it shiny with some silly creams).
Trim my chest hair otherwise it’ll look like a shag rug, but I don’t shave it. Amazingly, although having a hairy chest, have no hair on my back.
As a head shaver I must say I love you more!
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Have you used a mirror recently? Apparently these guys can start grow later in life? Maybe you are the only one in swimming pool who does not know?
Exactly
See earlier thread by Tibbs on the neutering of the male species.
I just shave it for the thrill of sharp abjects against my skin… ;^)
No, actually I shave legs only. I do trim the pubes. Okay, that was probably TMI. But I’m considering trimming the pits as well.
“Apparently these guys can start grow later in life?”
Well I’m not a spring chicken, but am more annoyed at the recent hairs that have popped up in my nose and ears. Got rid of those fairly fast but they will no doubt keep growing back. The back is still quite smooth so far. My chest makes up for it.
Chest: no (but maybe should)
legs: no (but definitely should)
back: no (no growth!)
under arms: trim
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I shave everything…makes the six pack look better…besides the girls (I mean my GF) love it.
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That seems logically inconsistent.
If you think a real man shouldn’t worry about what others think about naturally occurring hair why would a real man suddenly be ashamed of wearing a speedo? Is he suddenly concerned about people noticing that yes he is a man and actually does have the appropriate equipment to prove it? Why wouldn’t a real man, secure in his masculinity, simply wear what he felt was comfortable? Why would he bother covering up his upper thighs to protect someone else’s misplaced modesty? For that matter, why would a man be shocked at seeing that other men are men?
I thought real men didn’t give a rat’s ass about showing sensitivity to another’s sense of puritan propriety. Good god man! Is this proof that JR is right?
I think I need to shave my pits… After a 1.4 mile OW swim the other day, with only tri-shorts, I STILL got a really bad rubbing under my armpits. I thought it was my wetsuit, or even the tri-suit. But… no, it must be the big giant bush of hair I have under my pits.
The funny thing is, I don’t really have hardly any facial hair, any hair on my legs, nor anywhere else except the privates and my pits. heh. (I do have a full head of hair… errr, did before shaving it again tonight. 
So, should I shave the pits to eliminate the rash? I tried trimming them one time, and ooooh, that was a mistake.
Trae