gavster

To be honest people are generally focused on what their own practice and don’t pay too much attention to what people are wearing. You are dresssing for comfort, and want something that has some give and isn’t too baggy or clingy and that does narrow the field some. I guess there are limits (Bikram himself wears some pretty outlandish stuff by all accounts) and I guess someone might mention it if you crossed them

I had problems finding something suitable in the shops.

I thought the obvious thing was to try a cycle shop. I discovered that the shorts on offer were either bibbed, padded or baggy/non-stretch. I tried two dedicated cycle shops and Decathlon, a discount warehouse type place in the UK, and didn’t have much joy.

I searched around a bit online and found some shorts I am very happy with. I eventually got hold of some Craft Pro Cool Boxers from http://www.runnersworld.co.uk. Although they are described as boxers, I think that’s a misnomer – I’d call them trunks personally, and, in modesty terms, would consider them entirely suitable for a Bikram session.

Be careful though – there are two varieties of the Pro Cool, one of which is padded – do your research first! (www.wiggle.co.uk shows pictures of both, and I now recognise which is which by looking at the markings in the photo – wiggle themselves are sold out of the unpadded one unfortunately)

(Waiting for my non-stick towel order to arrive! At the moment I rent a towel from the studio, but it’s too short for Triangle, and I come very close to slipping…)