# jeans for body builders **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333 "2012-06-06T23:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![impatien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@impatien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/impatien)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/1 "2012-06-06T23:57:42Z")
My son works out a lot, and has large thighs, so the skinny jeans don’t work for him. His waist is a 32. Does anyone know of a brand or style of jeans that would work for someone built like this? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/2 "2012-06-07T01:24:01Z")
Has he tried standard brand “relaxed fit” jeans? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/3 "2012-06-07T03:11:29Z")
Levi’s 569 seem to be popular [here](http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=22657&page=1). ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/4 "2012-06-07T03:32:53Z")
Ditto 569s. I had the same problem/solution in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/5 "2012-06-07T03:41:53Z")
Moved to IMHO from General Questions. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/6 "2012-06-07T03:58:57Z")
This is a thread for which I am uniquely _unqualified_ to give advice. Sorry. That’s all I had to add. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/7 "2012-06-07T13:32:45Z")
Relaxed fit or Carpenter style jeans provide more room in the legs and crotch. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/8 "2012-06-07T13:48:48Z")
What’s wrong with [Zubaz](http://www.zubaz.com/)? Isn’t that the required uniform of bodybuilders everywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/9 "2012-06-07T13:52:24Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > What’s wrong with [Zubaz](http://www.zubaz.com/)? Isn’t that the required uniform of bodybuilders everywhere? You’re asking two very, very different questions there. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/10 "2012-06-07T13:55:24Z")
My daughter recently used [makeyourownjeans.com](http://makeyourownjeans.com) and was quite impressed with the service. You choose your fabric, pockets, details and input all your own measurments for a pair of jeans that fit correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/11 "2012-06-07T14:01:53Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > My daughter recently used [makeyourownjeans.com](http://makeyourownjeans.com) and was quite impressed with the service. You choose your fabric, pockets, details and input all your own measurments for a pair of jeans that fit correctly. Awesome!!! I popped over there to check it out and expected it to be expensive. But $50-$70 for custom jeans? I’m ordering a pair this weekend 🆒 And chinos and dress pants? Holy crap… ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/12 "2012-06-07T14:09:31Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Awesome!!! I popped over there to check it out and expected it to be expensive. But $50-$70 for custom jeans? I’m ordering a pair this weekend 🆒 > > And chinos and dress pants? Holy crap… The website is occasionally frustrating and trying to find definitions for some of their styles was a challenge but yeah for the price it was worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/13 "2012-06-07T14:42:35Z")
I don’t know what brand my son uses, (waist 29, huge thighs) but they are just very loose with no form fitting at all. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/14 "2012-06-07T15:48:26Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > What’s wrong with [Zubaz](http://www.zubaz.com/)? Isn’t that the required uniform of bodybuilders everywhere? My eyes! My Eyes! There needs to be a warning as this link is not safe for anyone, anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/15 "2012-06-07T17:07:05Z")
Sounds like “crybaby” Crosby, who was doing an interview and he was saying he can’t buy jeans without getting them specially fitted, because hockey players have big butts 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/16 "2012-06-07T17:44:39Z")
Anything but skinny jeans. By definition these things should be off your list (not to mention the only people who wear them are girls and the Jonas brothers). ---
**Author:** ![impatien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@impatien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/impatien)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/17 "2012-06-07T18:29:32Z")
Thanks for all the replies. I’ll definitely have him check out your suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![tom0100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@tom0100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tom0100)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/18 "2012-08-13T18:01:38Z")
I played Hockey for 10 years, so I have big glutes and quads (butt and thigh muscles). I also lift weights a lot : 5’10" and 225lb 32" waist I can only wear certain jeans with my legs and butt being more muscular than average. I wear : Lucky Brand 131 's Levi 550 (If you are feeling more generic) Levi 559 (a bit tighter than 550 but slightly more stylish) Mavi’s “Max” series jeans (I think Mavi discontinued the Max series though) Express Brand “Blake” series I have some Calvin Klein ‘Relaxed Straight’ Jeans from 4 years ago that are awesome. I’m sure he changed the cut though;( Buckle makes several but I find most of them too funky fresh for me:) > [@impatien](#): > > My son works out a lot, and has large thighs, so the skinny jeans don’t work for him. His waist is a 32. Does anyone know of a brand or style of jeans that would work for someone built like this? ---
**Author:** ![tom0100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@tom0100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tom0100)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/19 "2012-08-13T18:30:19Z")
It’s Lucky Brand 181 and not 131. 181’s are called ‘hockey player’ jeans at the mall 'cause they fit big legs and butts. > [@tom0100](#): > > I played Hockey for 10 years, so I have big glutes and quads (butt and thigh muscles). > > I also lift weights a lot : 5’10" and 225lb 32" waist > > I can only wear certain jeans with my legs and butt being more muscular than average. > > I wear : > Lucky Brand 131 's > Levi 550 (If you are feeling more generic) > Levi 559 (a bit tighter than 550 but slightly more stylish) > Mavi’s “Max” series jeans (I think Mavi discontinued the Max series though) > Express Brand “Blake” series > I have some Calvin Klein ‘Relaxed Straight’ Jeans from 4 years ago that are awesome. I’m sure he changed the cut though;( > > Buckle makes several but I find most of them too funky fresh for me:) ---
**Author:** ![tom0100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@tom0100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tom0100)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333/20 "2013-11-15T16:54:13Z")
> [@tom0100](#): > > I played Hockey for 10 years, so I have big glutes and quads (butt and thigh muscles). > > I also lift weights a lot : 5’10" and 225lb 32" waist > > I can only wear certain jeans with my legs and butt being more muscular than average. > > I wear : > Lucky Brand 181 's > Levi 550 (If you are feeling more generic) > Levi 559 (a bit tighter than 550 but slightly more stylish) > Mavi’s “Max” series jeans (I think Mavi discontinued the Max series though) > Express Brand “Blake” series > I have some Calvin Klein ‘Relaxed Straight’ Jeans from 4 years ago that are awesome. I’m sure he changed the cut though;( > > Buckle makes several but I find most of them too funky fresh for me:) \*\*Carhartt jeans \*\*relaxed and loose fit are great too! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeans-for-body-builders/624333.md?page=2)