# How do gymnasts avoid wedgies and cameltoe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 7, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703 "2006-06-07T04:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CrashBamSplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CrashBamSplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrashBamSplat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/1 "2006-06-07T04:00:40Z")
You know you’ve wondered. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/2 "2006-06-07T04:29:51Z")
> [@CrashBamSplat!](#): > > You know you’ve wondered. 😛 I don’t thing they’re avoided as much as it is an accepted occupational hazard. ---
**Author:** ![surlyprince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surlyprince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surlyprince)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/3 "2006-06-07T04:31:45Z")
Spray adhesive. ---
**Author:** ![CrashBamSplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CrashBamSplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrashBamSplat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/4 "2006-06-07T04:35:04Z")
> [@surlyprince](#): > > Spray adhesive. I accept that as an answer to the wedgie portion of my question. However, as a chick, I’m thinking it’s not a likely solution for the cameltoe issue. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/5 "2006-06-07T04:39:15Z")
Those leotards always looked to me to be padded in the crotchal area. That would prevent camel-toe as well as cutting down on impact during beam exercises. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/6 "2006-06-07T04:48:54Z")
Fun fact that I heard but can’t back up after way too much googling: it’s against the rules to “adjust” in mid-performance. ---
**Author:** ![surlyprince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surlyprince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surlyprince)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/7 "2006-06-07T04:51:20Z")
> [@CrashBamSplat!](#): > > I accept that as an answer to the wedgie portion of my question. However, as a chick, I’m thinking it’s not a likely solution for the cameltoe issue. I once dated a gymnast. That is the answer she gave me. Though I am male, and as such have a tendancy to stop listening before people stop talking… I may have missed a detail or two. ---
**Author:** ![CrashBamSplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CrashBamSplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrashBamSplat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/8 "2006-06-07T04:52:32Z")
I found the [adhesive](http://www.ten-o.com/product.asp?deptId=271&PAGE=1&ID=864)! Still no clue about the cameltoe. ---
**Author:** ![CrashBamSplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CrashBamSplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrashBamSplat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/9 "2006-06-07T04:56:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Those leotards always looked to me to be padded in the crotchal area. That would prevent camel-toe as well as cutting down on impact during beam exercises. See? You wondered too! I’ve been through a bunch of leotard sites with no mention of padding and I can’t find padded underwear either. Maybe it’s one of those things you have to be “in the family” before they let you in on the secret padded underwear manufacturer. ---
**Author:** ![CrashBamSplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CrashBamSplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrashBamSplat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/10 "2006-06-07T05:01:24Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Fun fact that I heard but can’t back up after way too much googling: it’s against the rules to “adjust” in mid-performance. Well, of course. Difficulty is low and execution sucks. ---
**Author:** ![CrashBamSplat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CrashBamSplat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrashBamSplat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/11 "2006-06-07T05:03:36Z")
> [@surlyprince](#): > > I once dated a gymnast. You lucky dog. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![surlyprince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surlyprince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surlyprince)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/12 "2006-06-07T05:14:37Z")
> [@CrashBamSplat!](#): > > You lucky dog. 😃 Oh yes, I know. I was there. She was also a cheerleader, and a stripper. Anyway…enough about my exploits. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/13 "2006-06-07T05:28:54Z")
_Must… Fight… Urge… To… Google image…Gymnast + Camel toe…_ Awe who am I kidding… Off to google I go. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/14 "2006-06-07T06:21:52Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Fun fact that I heard but can’t back up after way too much googling: it’s against the rules to “adjust” in mid-performance. That might be what the Sticky Buns Kit website (the one CrashBamSplat! linked to) is talking about when they say this: > [@](#): > > Gymnasts the world over are plagued by wedgies. Happening at meets everywhere is the dilemma of wheather to take the deduction. Sticky Buns liquid adhesive and sticky strap adhesive tape help to solve this problem. Maybe the “dilemma” is the choice between finishing your routine with a big wedgie or losing points by trying to pick the leotard out of your buttcrack. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/15 "2006-06-07T12:09:02Z")
This could be avoided by doing it nude. I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/16 "2006-06-07T12:19:35Z")
Cathy Rigby was an advocate of nude gymnastics at one point. In the August 21, 1972 Sports Illustrated magazine she had her pic on the balance beam nude. Then, she started selling maxipads. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/17 "2006-06-07T14:04:01Z")
> [@surlyprince](#): > > Oh yes, I know. I was there. She was also a cheerleader, and a stripper. Jackpot!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/18 "2006-06-07T14:09:24Z")
Did her father own a liquor store? **That** would be the Progressive. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/19 "2006-06-07T14:12:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Did her father own a liquor store? **That** would be the Progressive. I was wondering if she had a twin. Now _that_ would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703/20 "2006-06-07T14:13:01Z")
> [@CrashBamSplat!](#): > > How do gymnasts avoid wedgies and cameltoe? According to certain websites… they don’t. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-gymnasts-avoid-wedgies-and-cameltoe/359703.md?page=2)