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Jock for modesty

Dm106

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How many of you were given a jock and told it was for modesty? How old were you at the time and what were you needing to wear it with?
 

SwimmerJock

Jockstrap Fan
The (all male) YMCA I visited as a youth, with Dad, provided and washed/cleaned all the workout gear (shorts, shirts, socks, and jockstraps) in large bins, sorted by size! We only brought shoes. Swimming was nude-mandatory, apparently for hygiene for the required pre-swim “soap shower in the nude“ (at least, that was the reason most often heard). I recall the bins of [mostly Bike] jockstraps often looking pretty frayed (but clean), likely victims of the institutional dryers, as sometimes the pile of jocks remained warm in the supply bins well after the dryer torture! Nevertheless, we wore the tattered straps as all the guys seemed to do automatically. i distinctly recall Dad, telling me (about age 12-13) to “make a habit” of wearing a jockstrap. In addition to genital support, he suggested that it could prevent an awkward boner while my “developing pecker bounced” freely under the baggy shorts. .. and, that it “shouldn’t matter” anyway, with only guys around! Once in awhile, as a teen, I sneaked a jockstrap home from there to wear/try on with a thickening boner, and use for my masturbation loads. Sometimes, not always, I would return the cum-rag jock to the “worn/used” gear hampers at the Y. If only I knew then what I now appreciate, I might have preferred taking a [Jockstrap] “souvenir” from the “used” hamper for sniff & stroke pleasures…. Possibly never returned !
 

jockbear

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Never had big enough enough equipment for others to notice. Briefs were enough to do the trick for me. Dad did notice that I was adjusting a lot aroud 12 or 13. My nuts were sticking to my leg, still hate that. He had Mom get me some low-rise briefs. The leg holes on my Hang-Ten briefs did'nt stretch out like tighty whities..... problem solved.
 

billTO

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The (all male) YMCA I visited as a youth, with Dad, provided and washed/cleaned all the workout gear (shorts, shirts, socks, and jockstraps) in large bins, sorted by size! We only brought shoes. Swimming was nude-mandatory, apparently for hygiene for the required pre-swim “soap shower in the nude“ (at least, that was the reason most often heard). I recall the bins of [mostly Bike] jockstraps often looking pretty frayed (but clean), likely victims of the institutional dryers, as sometimes the pile of jocks remained warm in the supply bins well after the dryer torture! Nevertheless, we wore the tattered straps as all the guys seemed to do automatically. i distinctly recall Dad, telling me (about age 12-13) to “make a habit” of wearing a jockstrap. In addition to genital support, he suggested that it could prevent an awkward boner while my “developing pecker bounced” freely under the baggy shorts. .. and, that it “shouldn’t matter” anyway, with only guys around! Once in awhile, as a teen, I sneaked a jockstrap home from there to wear/try on with a thickening boner, and use for my masturbation loads. Sometimes, not always, I would return the cum-rag jock to the “worn/used” gear hampers at the Y. If only I knew then what I now appreciate, I might have preferred taking a [Jockstrap] “souvenir” from the “used” hamper for sniff & stroke pleasures…. Possibly never returned !
SI, how long ago was this? Wish the Ys still did this, but not with COVID now, I suppose.
 

SwimmerJock

Jockstrap Fan
SI, how long ago was this? Wish the Ys still did this, but not with COVID now, I suppose.
Those were the standard through the 1960’s, into mid-70’s, when many (urban core) YMCA’s (for men) weren’t far from a YWCA (for women). YWCA facilities, as such, are hard to find, maybe nonexistent…or everything is now “the y”? With the Y’s all coed now, nude swimming is gone forever. Likewise, workout gear is brought by individual members, yet some facilities still offer member plans with uniform washing and personal locker rentals. Towel service, though dwindling over the years, is still standard at some urban core y’s, apparently for convenience of members not having to carry towels (and their workout gear) to/from their city workplace. All of these, trends and changes were happening long before COVID ! Yes, it would be nice if these conveniences were available anywhere, but the y’s services are parallel (usually better with big swimming pools) to other [LA, 24-hour, etc] fitness chains.
 

excanuck99

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I used to wear tight trunks to swim when in high school and my dad insisted I wear a jock since my shaft was clearly visible. I once wore a Superman costume for my kid's Halloween party (all the parents wore costumes and my kid insisted I go as Superman), and I wore a soft cup to give me a smooth bulge and ensure I didn't offend anyone.
 
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SCPettinga

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I was always taught that a jock was for both support and modesty: support because I needed it, and modesty because society demanded it. ;)
Wasn't it because gym shorts were for hot weather and gym wear? They were thin, and they were short. Look up Larry Bird playing basketball at ISU. Back in 1968, it would be easy to have your balls leave your shorts when doing sit ups if you didn't have a jock on. I can't remember anyone ever getting a boner in a locker room (once when I was about 40, and this married man masturbated in a full 16 shower, shower). Funny, no one left till he ejaculated, but other men were not getting boner but getting pretty long and it cleared out when he was done. Gyms were not sexual, which allowed us to be naked or in our jocks and now bother caring. (Always Strapped, you are the kind of man I'd strike up a naked or jocked conversation with or shave naked next to you). The only time I remember getting a boner was in 5th grade. We had to stand up in front of the class and read our reports. I don't know why, maybe because it was alphabetical and I was up next. Well, I got a raging hard on which wouldn't subside. I managed to pull up behind my belt; but it slipped free on the way to the front. Jeans were not allowed, only kakis, so it must have been fairly obvious. It was both exciting and humiliating at the same time. Now, if you had the locker room to yourself; it was a different story.
 

MiPrepJock

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Don't remember being told specifically to wear a jock for modesty, only for "support and protection." But I do recall any number of us on the football team, after Friday night games at home, stripping off our sweaty football gear and jocks, showering, then putting on a fresh jock to wear under our dress clothes to the school dance — to keep things under control in case you got hard during a slow dance with a hot girl.
 

JockMe

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Back in the 70s & 80s it seemed like work out shorts were made with material that was lighter and thinner than they are today. Also shorts were much shorter so if you weren’t jocked your balls would hang out when you sat or squatted etc.

So if you didn’t want to be escorted out of a public gym you pretty much had to strap up.

Well maybe I just always wore the shortest shorts I could find so I had to wear a jock…
 

packedstrap

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Back in the 70s & 80s it seemed like work out shorts were made with material that was lighter and thinner than they are today. Also shorts were much shorter so if you weren’t jocked your balls would hang out when you sat or squatted etc.

So if you didn’t want to be escorted out of a public gym you pretty much had to strap up.

Well maybe I just always wore the shortest shorts I could find so I had to wear a jock…
Nope shorts were short back then and when strapped they always showed. Over the top and through the leg openings. Boys/men were not so worried since wearing a jockstrap indicated you were becoming or were a man.
 

uncle101

Jockstrap Fan
Wasn't it because gym shorts were for hot weather and gym wear? They were thin, and they were short. Look up Larry Bird playing basketball at ISU. Back in 1968, it would be easy to have your balls leave your shorts when doing sit ups if you didn't have a jock on. I can't remember anyone ever getting a boner in a locker room (once when I was about 40, and this married man masturbated in a full 16 shower, shower). Funny, no one left till he ejaculated, but other men were not getting boner but getting pretty long and it cleared out when he was done. Gyms were not sexual, which allowed us to be naked or in our jocks and now bother caring. (Always Strapped, you are the kind of man I'd strike up a naked or jocked conversation with or shave naked next to you). The only time I remember getting a boner was in 5th grade. We had to stand up in front of the class and read our reports. I don't know why, maybe because it was alphabetical and I was up next. Well, I got a raging hard on which wouldn't subside. I managed to pull up behind my belt; but it slipped free on the way to the front. Jeans were not allowed, only kakis, so it must have been fairly obvious. It was both exciting and humiliating at the same time. Now, if you had the locker room to yourself; it was a different story.
The short shorts we had PE I didn’t mind at all plus wearing my bike#10 . My leg straps showing and waistband in the back showing in back. The rediculous longer gym shorts some schools have boys wear. Heavier material too plus Boxerbriefs and not jocks.
 

SwimmerJock

Jockstrap Fan
SI, how long ago was this? Wish the Ys still did this, but not with COVID now, I suppose.
This was a common practice at YMCA facilities until the early-mid 1970’s, as they were at that time,“male only” institutions. The YWCA’s (Women-female only) often had nearby facilities in many major urban core environments. As “equal access” (for women) laws were passed, many “exclusively male” [downtown] athletic clubs were forced to redesign their facilities, which prior to that had allowed (or required) the guys the freedom of swimming nude, and hardly bothered addressing modesty. That seemed to be the “beginning of the end” of universal acceptance of same-gender nudity in public facilities.
 

excanuck99

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This was a common practice at YMCA facilities until the early-mid 1970’s, as they were at that time,“male only” institutions. The YWCA’s (Women-female only) often had nearby facilities in many major urban core environments. As “equal access” (for women) laws were passed, many “exclusively male” [downtown] athletic clubs were forced to redesign their facilities, which prior to that had allowed (or required) the guys the freedom of swimming nude, and hardly bothered addressing modesty. That seemed to be the “beginning of the end” of universal acceptance of same-gender nudity in public facilities.
This brought back memories. Swimming at our high school was segregated by gender. I recall some guys would swim nude and others only wearing their jocks.
 

SwimmerJock

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This brought back memories. Swimming at our high school was segregated by gender. I recall some guys would swim nude and others only wearing their jocks.
….. at my high school (male only) the swimming/life saving/water safety classes were in the nude. The PE coach made it clear he didn’t want wet swimwear or jocks left to mildew in the lockers. After classes with gym gear (including required jockstraps) he would shout through the locker room, “bring your gear home to wash … we don’t want this locker room smelling like your rancid jockstraps!” Those words didn’t mean much, as the locker room usually had a defined scent of sweaty athletes (athletic supporters?), especially first period of the day, after all-night “fermentation!”
 
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SwimmerJock

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older high school wrestling teem mate he sow I had a bad day in compression shorts the he wanted know waist size next practice he gave a new jock told would be cooler in it that why I like jocks wrestling
So much more freedom of movement wrestling in a jockstrap (with or without the singlet)!. The practicality of a jock is most obvious only after a personal comparison. Compression shorts restrict leg and hip movements while sacrificing general comfort or circulation. The intense contact of wrestling makes jockstraps a natural choice, allowing lower torso, legs and groin to breathe with every movement.
 

Dm106

Jockstrap Fan
I used to wear tight trunks to swim when in high school and my dad insisted I wear a jock since my shaft was clearly visible. I once wore a Superman costume for my kid's Halloween party (all the parents wore costumes and my kid insisted I go as Superman), and I wore a soft cup to give me a smooth bulge and ensure I didn't offend anyone.
Secretly, did you like that your shaft was clearly visible? Did you like to show it off and skipped wearing your jock once in a while? I did.
 
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