Kilted at the Gym??

**Riverkilt** · 27th December 04, 11:50 AM

Just curious. Anyone out there been brave, bold, adventuresome enough to wear their kilt to a public gym to work out in?

Obviously not a fancy traditional, but maybe a non-traditional or a tartan in a low cost version.

Seems do-able, comfortable, possible...

Ron

**philibeg** · 27th December 04, 12:22 PM

well...I often wear my kilt to the gym...but I wouldn't wanna do leg presses in a kilt...hat would give me a a bit more exposure than I'm looking for I'm afraid!

**Will** · 27th December 04, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Just curious. Anyone out there been brave, bold, adventuresome enough to wear their kilt to a public gym to work out in?

Obviously not a fancy traditional, but maybe a non-traditional or a tartan in a low cost version.

Seems do-able, comfortable, possible...

Ron

While I have considered wearing my kilt to the gym, especially when it gets warmer, I can't imagine working out in it. Maybe Riverkilt just meant wearing it to the gym.

I would like to be at the point where I show off my abs, but working out in a kilt might lead to other kinds of showing...

**Riverkilt** · 27th December 04, 03:26 PM

Nope, meant working out in it too. Though, I sure did forget about leg lifts and leg presses.

Ron

**Satirist** · 27th December 04, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Seems do-able, comfortable, possible...

I don't go to a public gym anymore since mine closed down, (thanks Gold's Gym), but I have tried to work out a few times in a kilt. It was actually more trouble than it was worth. I tried with a sportkilt, and an ulti-kilt, (a short kilt like garment for playing ultimate frisbee), Doing a low intensity workout where I could actually take time to adjust my kilt for modesty, and comfort wasn't too bad. High intensity workouts just left me flapping in the breeze so to speak. Any bench work also left me vulnerable as my kilt rode down my thighs from my knees to sit almost on my waist by time I got done with one set. Needless to say, I'll stick with my compression shorts, gym shorts combo.

**phil h** · 28th December 04, 10:22 AM

I have thought about it and will probably do so one day.
will do it on shoulders day maybe,a day where most of my workout will be done stood up.arm raises etc.
or sitting on a bench doing shoulder press.
would be great for squats,as I suffer from my undies up the crack of my **** while doing squats.BUT I think I may be in danger from flashing my bits

so leg days is a NO NO in a kilt.
maybe arms would be a good day too, takes some planning me thinx 8)

**Hamish** · 28th December 04, 04:45 PM

A couple of years ago, when I went to the gym for 2½ hours, three afternoons a week, I always travelled there and back in a standard style Utilikilt (that's the now discontinued one, with all-round pleating and a zip fly). Was on the receiving end of a few compliments for the kilt (and for me for wearing it!) from other guys in the changing room, but I would never have dared to wear such a thing in the gym itself whilst working out. My thoughts are that it would be too heavy and too hot - a lightweight nylon kilt or one made from the same fabric as gym shorts might be more practical, but only when working on selected equipment.

By the way, I gave up the gym after 7 months of concentrated work and a lengthy discussion with my training instructor. After 2½ hours of serious work, three days a week, I had not changed my shape at all, I had neither lost nor put on weight at all, I was not feeling any fitter at all and, above all, I was absolutely not enjoying myself! My Instructor agreed that I had given the exercising and work outs everything I had, and neither he nor the gym manager could understand why I had made no progress. Frankly, those hours I spent there were some of the most boring and uninteresting of my life!!

Sorry about that, but I am of the opinion that many gyms are there to make money, not help their clients. Unfortunately, that one was the only one within 20 miles (and still is). Rant over!

**Satirist** · 29th December 04, 08:07 PM

Sorry my post is going to stray into the area of fitness and not have mention of kilts but I don't know how to reply to this post so that it shows up in the off topic area.

Originally Posted by Hamish

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By the way, I gave up the gym after 7 months of concentrated work and a lengthy discussion with my training instructor. After 2½ hours of serious work, three days a week, I had not changed my shape at all, I had neither lost nor put on weight at all, I was not feeling any fitter at all and, above all, I was absolutely not enjoying myself!...

Wow, 7 months? That's far too long to go without any changes. I've heard far too many stories like this. My wife works for GNC, a nutritional supplement chain, and is constantly asking me to help design workouts to help her clients achieve their fitness goals because they can't find the help they need at their gyms. I give tips where I can, but in order to actually design a proper workout for someone I need to know a lot more than what they can tell me through a middleman.

A good personal trainer should recognize within the first month, according to your weight and body measurements if a particular routine is working for you or not. I also feel that one should have fun, or at least enjoy their workout program.

2.5 hours is also far to long to be in the gym unless you are a professional athlete, or attempting to become one. You can get a very good workout in one hour or less.

I'm very impressed with your sheer grit at sticking with it for so long without enjoying it, however I'm quite disappointed that the trainer could not recognize that your program was not working.

The trainer should have also given you suggestions on:
1)Proper diet to achieve your goals
2)Multivitamins
3)Supplements to either help you lose weight or build muscle

Originally Posted by Hamish

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I am of the opinion that many gyms are there to make money, not help their clients....

Unfortunately Hamish, I do feel that you are right. So much of the business of fitness is being taken over by "chains", or only being operated for profit, that it does seem to be a sad state of affairs indeed. In order to truly achieve your fitness goals, you either need to spend an ungodly amount of money on a "good" personal trainer for one on one tutoring, or do an extensive amount of research. Unless of course you are lucky enough to have a small owner operated gym nearby that has knowledgeable people who care about your fitness goals.

As for the having fun part of it, only you can add that.

From what I've seen in your pictures, and as active as you are, you seem like you're pretty fit to me. As long as your doctor says you're fit and healthy, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

**Jewddha** · 29th December 04, 09:58 PM

I sympathise, after about 4 months of doing some serious cardio (and midway strength/endurance training), I had done nothing but GAIN weight. However I can't afford a trainers advice, so I've just cut down on the muscle work, and I seem to have balanced out (though still more than before) (if anyone would care to give advice, thanks in advance). And back on topic, I have not tried... I tend to have a fair portion of my workout as rowing, and well, I'm sure you can imagine...

**philibeg** · 29th December 04, 11:37 PM

Well, as Satirist so rightly pointed out, diet and cardio workouts have to work together, trying just one or the other will not help matters much. I know people who end up eating more because of going to the gym, when in fact they need to be eating less, or at least reducing their carb intake...I find that eating only raw food (fruit and veg basically) till the evening meal works well for me, but these things are very personal.