Thread 76541423

Why are gym clothes made from disgusting cancer causing polyester?

Why is nothing made from cotton or linen or something else

>>76541423 (OP)
You've made this thread before, and no answer will satisfy you. You can wear any cotton shorts and shirt to the gym, but you don't like that because cotton fucking sucks. That's it, get over it. Polyester is based anyway, it's what I look for in all of my clothes, even my underwear and undershirts are made of it. As long as you don't plan on setting yourself on fire, it's great.

>>76541423 (OP)
because its cheap to produce/manufacture and people are willing to pay money for them

>>76541423 (OP)
Because it dries faster than cotton.

>>76541631
>t. brain full of microplastics

>>76541423 (OP)
nobody ever got cancer from wearing a fucking polyester shirt.
>But muh microplastics!
Its not polyester's fault you're a bitch

>>76541719
Do you not change clothes after working out? Thats what caused my acne, you dirty bastard.

>>76542180
Americans don’t even take shower in gyms after working out kek. They’re afraid of taking out their pp in front of others

>>76542180
Like dry even before you're done working out.

>>76541423 (OP)
>>76541423 (OP)
it's cheaper to manufacture and people will pay just as much for it. it's odd that they've taken away the option though. i would gladly pay more for 100% cotton products but they are getting harder and harder to find. even online you often can't sort by fabric type. it's some kind of grand conspiracy to poison us all with synthetic fibers.

You cannot really do any high intensity stage 4 or 5 cardio in cotton. I tried and it’s not nice. And most people come to gym for cardio only
For lifting cotton is totally fine

>>76541423 (OP)
Mostly marketing it's cheap and can be made almost entirely with post consumer waste. So you send your plastic to asia to be recycled and they sell it right back to you.

Psychologically I think millennials and zoomers have some pathological need to look like they're from the future with all this scifi clothing that makes their ass and legs cratered with zits.

>>76542217
Even dry, polyester caused acne

>>76541423 (OP)
There are plenty of clothes made of cotton. You don't need gimmick "gym clothes." Clothes can't enhance your performance, but polyester can decrease it significantly.

>>76542275
Your dirty sweat and bacteria caused acne.

>>76542280
Do you not change your clothes after working out? 100% cotton gave me room to get home and change before acne time

>>76542275
I never had acne in my life even as a teen, must be genes issue

>>76542294
I don’t wear jeans, never have never will

>>76542283
You can change inside the gym you know? And immediately take a shower too. Even a sauna too unless you're in some hobo gym

>>76541423 (OP)
I just wear 100% cotton t shirts and sweatpants

>>76542305
better watch yo hoe nigga

>>76541423 (OP)
get you some peached cotton shirts bro, change your life

Why not workout in silk?

>>76541423 (OP)
A few reasons.
>It's cheap af even for a synthetic fabric
>It doesn't absorb water
This is beneficial in sports because it evaporates faster, it also reduces chafing because wet cotton is super bad for that.
>Easy and quick to hand wash

But it has it's downsides, polyester doesn't like sweat or oils, it starts smelling bad, it's a festering ground for bacteria. For this reason you have to wash it after every single work out. DO NOT ever use fabric softener on synthetics, fabric softener are cancer as is, but they absolutely wreck synthetics.
I personally prefer wearing cotton t-shirts and socks to the gym, but everything else is synthetic.

>>76541423 (OP)
>Why is nothing made from cotton or linen or something else
are you stupid or something?

there's a myriad of workout clothes made out of
>merino wool
>cotton
basically all high quality /out/ stuff is merino
it also works just fine for the gym

though the fact that you don't know about this
means you probably never visited a outdoor shop and you're too poor for a 80€ merino shirt anyway

technically there's Nylon as well, which isn't polyester but still a polymer
so I guess you don't want it

>>76541423 (OP)
cotton sags like shit with sweat. there are some decent oversized tees/pump covers that are 100% cotton, super thick, and heavy and even those sag after an intense session. for a tee, i think a mix of cotton and poly at about 7:3 is a good ratio.

>>76541423 (OP)
"gym clothes" are retarded zoomer larp. just wear comfy clothes.

>>76542299
>he gets naked in public
Yeesh

>>76542325
I would but they all have buttons and I don't want it to get caught on the bar and rip. They are also all too tight for optimal lifting, overhead press is out.

>>76542342
>It's cheap af even for a synthetic fabric
Some companies charge hundreds for pants

>>76543826
This and that are separate matters, it just means they have absolutely ridiculous profit margins.

>>76542348
>too poor for a 80€ merino shirt anyway
I am, but I own 6 pairs found at various thrift stores, $10, fit perfectly.

>>76541423 (OP)
Doesnt plastic just slip through your system? Isnt that why plastic consumption is 1:1 with how much bpas or whatever are in your system?

>causes higher estrogen
It also supposedly blocks receptors and shit but your body also has mechanisms to flush out splinters and shit, im just skeptical is all and id like to see an argument as honest as mine that proves that i dont have to carry as much weight.

are polyester jacket/vests fine since they're not touching your skin?

>>76543845
If your okay with overheating, sure.
Polyester doesn't let air through like wool, linen, cotton, silk.

>>76543832
yeah I know, either used you can get cheaper new ones at ~30-40€ online as well
80€ is just what a quality brand merino shirt would retail at an outdoor shop

but of course OP is a retard
who's too poor to buy new and too stupid to find merino shirts in thrift stores

>>76541423 (OP)
Does anyone else wear cotton to the gym because it helps you stink less?
The polyester stuff has no way to absorb your sweat so you reek immediately due to bacteria chowing down.
Cotton clothes are way less smelly during initial workout.

>>76546033
Don’t have this issue. Im not black so i’m not sweating fecal matter

>>76541631
OH MY SCIENCE

>>76546033
Read the last paragraph of the comment.
https://desuarchive.org/fit/thread/76538764#76538990
It's about body odour and how to deal with it, it's not supposed to smell that bad and that quick.

>>76541423 (OP)
Just wear a cotton vest, you retard.

>>76546062
This is going to sound fucking stupid, but I actually threw out all of my cotton clothing because it gave me eczema breakouts. The cotton would absorb sweat and rub my skin raw, while the polyester feels softer and cooler. Apparently cotton is supposed to be better for eczema, but fuck that shit.

I can't believe this thread is defending plastic "clothes"

>>76541423 (OP)
Let's not forget that polyester will literally crater your sperm count, only temporarily I think, but still.

>>76546046
Oof, funny stuff there, anon

>>76547212
Damn that's crazy, I've got the opposite problem, can't wear any polyester shit because it just causes flare ups, so I gotta use cotton instead.

>>76542180
>>76542275
your subpar genetics caused acne you fucking run, not a shirt

>he doesn't lift in grandma's hand-knitted woolen sweater
shiggy niggy

>>76541423 (OP)
what is a good shirt that will not stink badly? The people at my gym told me I stink after my cardio session.

My shirt holds my BO like a crackhead sucking a dick for 5 dollars

>>76541423 (OP)
I work out in the cheapest, most plain looking, drab ass cotton clothes and wear the most beat up all stars you've ever seen while strength and physique mogging my whole gym. Just lmaoing @ gym consoomers spending 50 bucks on a polyester t just cause it has some bitch ass branding on it. I also know a dude who outruns most long distance runners while wearing the most worn out asics running shoes from like 2010. Resolve above all.

>>76548400
not if you were the fag on the technogym rowing machine

>>76550338
I have no idea what you're talking about

>>76547881
>The people at my gym told me I stink after my cardio session
Punch their lights out man

>>76541423 (OP)
Polyester will only give you cancer if you eat several hundred pounds of it.

>>76541423 (OP)
Niggers stopped picking up cotton

>>76543588
>>76543588
Niggers like you are the reason people think its okay to work in an office environment wearing flipflops

>>76547881
Don’t be a nigger. Only niggers stink.

>>76541631
Holy Fauci! Methinks my eye spies a science based lifter!

>>76541423 (OP)
Cotton clothing gets wider when it's wet, and retains the moisture strongly. That's a recipe for rubbing yourself raw. Linen isn't as bad, but similar.
Merino wool (or any fine wool, really) is the only natural fiber that makes for good gym clothes. or just work out topless.

>>76551981
>>76546062
I'm not plugged in enough to recognize the meme. Did nipples shill polyester or something? Is nobody else allowed to prefer polyester now?

>>76541423 (OP)
Personally, I blame jews

Polyester shorts aren't as bad if you wear cotton undies. Your top priority should be ur peepee and gibbies, followed by your shirt.

You can get cotton Hanes undies and cotton tees at any big box store for cheap, or Pact for higher quality / ethically sourced.

Obviously the less plastic shit you have in your life, the better, but realistically it's a gradual process for many peepz.

a based anon already said this but since repetita iuvant: merino wool. It dries up quickly, it feels great, and it takes way longer than synthetic shit to start stinking

>>76542275
>before and after visiting baltimore

>>76541631
There's a lot of real estate between "does nothing" and "causes cancer" that muh heckin science people leave out of anything they have a weird ass compulsion to defend for some reason. Same with low powered but non stop EMF exposure

>>76541423 (OP)
Any of you try Uniqlo's AIRism tees specifically for working out in?

is wearing cotton tshirts with like 40 percent polyester really that bad for you??? it gets so cold here in the winter and those sort of shirts dry way faster than 100 percent cotton

>>76556190
Bamboo is better

>>76541423 (OP)
theres 20 dollar cotton tank tops on yeezy.com

>>76557681
There's $4 pima cotton shirts on poshmark