I was recently gifted a couple pairs of of athletic shorts. Unlike the athletic shorts I buy for myself, they did not come with a liner (?)–basically built-in underwear–they’re just short. What does one wear under such shorts? Regular cotton underwear? Do I have to buy a separate athletic liner, eg sports underwear? Or am I supposed to just go commando?
ETA, I guess this might qualify as Game Room or IMHO, but we’ll see what the all-knowing mods think.
Assuming you’re male, you want support for anything vigorous and onlookers would probably not want a burlesque show.
Look for specific sports underwear as cotton gets abrasive when wet.
Jockstrap.
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Synthetic compression briefs. I agree with running coach that anything cotton is a no-no.
Boxer briefs.
Thanks for the replies. I’m a little annoyed that I have to spend money to make my gifts work effectively, but here we are.
Yeah, this is what I do, depending. Not the old fashioned gym jock
Look for a running jock in particular.
I go with a more compression type boxer brief when it’s not hot.
I also ran in Ex Officio briefs for quite a while until they died after a couple years.
If they were padded cycling shorts, nothing.
Synthetic compression boxer briefs are what my son’s sports teams wear for running (cross country and track)