Advice to male skaters: underarm sweat...
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Positive change, Nathan Chen had that horrible white top that showed so much sweat earlier this season- but changed to a black lace top that doesn't show any sweat marks.
Ditto sweat stained armpits in light or moderately coloured tops. Really distracting in pairs lifts......and totally not in a good way...
Oh my, you just read my mind. :thumbsup: I was thinking Vladimir Morozov in his blue costume when I posted this message.
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The stream quality I watched was not good, so I didn't catch any armpit sweat fortunately so far during the GPF. However, as soon as I saw the title, I can't help but recalling my all-time favorite pair skaters at Worlds in Nice. While the program is a masterpiece and I love them dearly, I can't take my eyes off the blatant sweat stains on the male skater's armpits for the wrong reason. If skaters can't resolve the problem with deodorant products, please avoid any costume made of solid colored or too bright colored fabric potentially making the sweat stains more evident.
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But his FS costume is just as horrible :roll9:
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I read a hack about putting a panty liner in the armpit of your shirt when you want to prevent pit stains.
Lol guys might feel a bit weird about that but there are underarm pads specifically made to absorb heavy sweating. Panty liners are the cheaper opinion and just as effective though.
Yes I don't think guys would really go for putting such a feminine products for their clothes. So of course some company is going to make the same thing but label it differently so they'll feel more comfortable. That's a business technique that always works for some reason.
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When doing a water painting outdoors, I once used a liner to blot brushes because I had forgotten to bring my usual painting towel. Many were horrified.
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When doing a water painting on outdoors, I once used a liner to blot brushes because I had forgotten to bring my usual painting towel. Many were horrified.
Probably works better and made less of a mess.
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doesn't fly away in the wind either. :thumbsup:
But back on topic, other than Chen, I haven't noticed too much sweat-stuff in the Men's events this season.
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Let me make this clear, I hate talking about this subject, especially as a man. However, the BEST thing for a Man to do is..........Sew a Kotex Lightday's Oval Pad into your costume. When I was dancing for Coca Cola, We actually had a pouch sewn into the Armpits of our shirts that had Velcro attached to it. We were given "Pads" for all TV appearances. It sounds gross but, they totally worked. Due to the thinness and shape of the actual pad, you really can't see them. Unlike shoulder pads, which are thick, and meant to "Reshape" the look of your shoulder. These "Pit Pads" as we called them, stayed hidden and really did a great job.
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I think I know who you're talking bout and I totally agree and thought of them too when I saw the title. I guess the Men don't care, though.
I'm glad Nathan Chen changes costume, it wasn't nice to look at that's true.
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I'm pretty sure there are more important things for the men to worry about 
Have some of you guys done sports yourself? Sweating is kind of what happens then. Pretty natural. If I'd have to speed truck down an ice rink to throw myself into huge jumps that end up feeling like an elephant kicked me in the stomach, because I have to take a force several times my own body weight on the landing, sweat would not be high up my worry list either. Good for the men if they avoid sweat stains, but if they don't, who the f*c cares.
Have some of you guys done sports yourself? Sweating is kind of what happens then. Pretty natural. If I'd have to speed truck down an ice rink to throw myself into huge jumps that end up feeling like an elephant kicked me in the stomach, because I have to take a force several times my own body weight on the landing, sweat would not be high up my worry list either. Good for the men if they avoid sweat stains, but if they don't, who the f*c cares.
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I'm pretty sure there are more important things for the men to worry about
Have some of you guys done sports yourself? Sweating is kind of what happens then. Pretty natural. If I'd have to speed truck down an ice rink to throw myself into huge jumps that end up feeling like an elephant kicked me in the stomach, because I have to take a force several times my own body weight on the landing, sweat would not be high up my worry list either. Good for the men if they avoid sweat stains, but if they don't, who the f*c cares.
Look, sure, I don't think anyone disputes this is a biological process, and to the extent that anyone is trying to 'shame' the men for it I don't agree with that at all. But it's unattractive, distracting, and ultimately unnecessary that we are seeing their pit stains. Others have explained clearly above that this problem can be prevented by specific products and how.
I'm not gonna pretend this is a perfect analogy, but women get their periods every month. I'm fully aware that many female skaters choose deliberately to control their periods so they don't coincide with major competitions, but those who don't use products to ensure that the period is not visible when they skate. Now if one didn't, I'd say the same thing- it's a natural biological process and we shouldn't shame her for having the period- but it would be baffling given the fact that there are products that exist to make it invisible to the audience.
Finally yes, this is a sport, but it is a performance sport. It is not a jumping contest, there are programs that involve more than just elements. The look and aesthetic of the skaters does matter. Things that take us out of the performance matter. Appearances and how one presents themselves matters. I don't buy into this oh they are men they can't help it line of thinking.
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It has nothing to with them being men or women, if you're trying to tell me there I was being sexist or whatever (the OP directed this at men, and I would say the exact same things about sweat stains on women). And regarding it showing when a woman has her period - that actually happened to a lady this season, and I would have been hugely pissed if anyone would have reacted with 'that was so unattractive, distracting and unnecessary'. I'm sure it was a lot worse for the girl herself then for the people who 'had to see it'. (And the analogy isn't just 'not perfect', it's flat out weird)
Yes, there is a very big performance aspect, which is why we nitpick everything about these peoples looks to death to begin with, quite often to the point where I think people are becoming unfair (though it's usually happening more with the ladies then with the men). That doesn't mean 'unperfect' things won't happen, or that they're not humans performing a sport there. And even if there is stuff out there that could prevent sweat stains, if people aren't comfortable with that for whatever reason, they're hardly required to use it just because some people seeing them have a problem with it. It's 100% your problem. If you don't like it, fine, but having a whole thread about it is IMO ridiculous, calling it 'gross' is unfair and childish - and the OP even mentioned their 'odor'
though I should probably be impressed someone can smell them through the TV.
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Uhm, this is a sport that gives penalties for costume violations and costume failures...
Not suggesting that for this issue, but also saying that if the ladies are literally spending thousands of dollars or Euros on costuming, that the men could avail themselves of reasonable work around to avoid gross distractions....
And by the way, I very much like the skater that was, I suspect, the impetus for this thread....And hope that he would like to find a way to raise the polish of his presentation.
Not suggesting that for this issue, but also saying that if the ladies are literally spending thousands of dollars or Euros on costuming, that the men could avail themselves of reasonable work around to avoid gross distractions....
And by the way, I very much like the skater that was, I suspect, the impetus for this thread....And hope that he would like to find a way to raise the polish of his presentation.
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That comparison makes no sense. Costume failures need to be penalized because something falling off a costume and onto the ice could be dangerous for the next skater. And a costume violation is something that would happen because of a costume people chose to wear, knowing about the rules on this. I doubt people chose to sweat.
And men generally don't spend a lot of money on their costumes? I'd think a lot would beg to differ (and not everything that looks simple and cheap actually was cheap either). It's also a bit sad how this comment is kinda sexist, in apparently an attempt to call out others for being exactly that.
And again with calling it 'gross'. Gross is someone spitting on the ice or stuff like that, not some darker circles on a shirt :hopelessness:
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