In tandem with the ill-fitting bra thread, I’ll pose some questions about guys and jock straps:
How many sizes are there?
Do they fit everyone correctly?
Do guys buy bigger ones to appear macho?
Who would buy ‘small’ other than a grade-schooler?
Are Asian size ‘large’ the same ‘large’ as one of those gorgeous extraordinarily tall guys from the
Netherlands (who I assume have proportional body parts)?
Are they comfortable?
How long do they last?
Do guys own more than one?
Are they used just to stop everything from flopping around? Other than that, are they really protective?
Do extraordinarly hung guys have to get them custom-made?
In my football playin’ days, I owned several. As well as several cups.
Yes, they come in different sizes. As did the cups. In my day, “Bike” was pretty much the only manufacturer worth trusting.
Wearing one that’s too big is like shaking eggs inside of a steel box. (owie zowie!) Besides, it’s based on waist size more than “package” size. You want them to fit snugly enough to hold the cup firmly in place without pinching. It’s to keep “big jim and the twins” from flopping all about, and to tuck them neatly out of harms way of a stray ball or foot.
Used during practices and on game-day, I’d go through about 4-5 jocks in a season. They tend to get stretched out.
As for “asian-large” as opposed to “nordic-large”, I couldn’t say. I’m and “irish-extra-large”, if that’s any help.
I’m either too macho or too stupid. I’ve never been entirely clear on which, although getting kicked in the nuts playing soccer makes me lean towards stupid.
Straykat, how could you do that to ME? He didn’t deserve that. Now I have to console him. Oh, MysterEcks, there, there. I will make you feel better. Hee, hee. :mischievous smiley:
Every guys … uh … ‘junk’ … sits in a different position than the next guys. In other words, some guys have it sittin higher, towards the belly-button, and others have it riding kind of low. Women are the same way.
Jocks pretty much come in four sizes … S, M, L, and XL. Never met anyone whom had to wear an XL.
In my experience, M has always been too tight and L has been a little loose. This doesn’t help, as loose will cause things to ‘pinch’ and tight will cause things go ‘bind’ and suffer from blood-deprivation.
Happily, riding a little loose has never been that big of a problem for me so that’s what I do. DR
In general, jock straps are only worn for keeping a cup in during jewel-threatening action, or by those wierdo runners who like short silk shorts w/ no other underwear. Not being a wierdo short-short runner (just wierd), I only have experience with the former situation.
When worn only for ‘combat’, the cup is kind of like a tux in that you don’t have to worry how it looks -all the codpieces kinda look the same in uniform. Unless you get an erection during whatever you’re doing, the size is dependant upon only the waist size and general comfort. Large seems to be okay for most, besides jr high kids and featherweight boxers/wrestlers.
The jock strap by itself is just kinda form fitting, a little hammock for your important bits. I don’t remember ever wearing one by itself, though maybe for arousal concealment purposes on a date where I knew we couldn’t go too far… kinda rings a bell.
The ill-fitting bra thing analogy doesn’t really apply, and here’s why. We (guys) don’t really care how it looks under wraps. Anytime our package gets attention is okay by us.
The question on protective vs otherwise: yes they can just stop’em from floppin’ but most times are for inserting a protective cup into.
Sort of uncomfortable w/ the cup in. Without, should be okay. Remember it as drafty though
Back in my Tang Soo Do days, I heard from one of the other guys in class that there were cups made for martial arts that were cut a little smaller for increased range of motion (of your legs, not your naughty bits).
