Okay, so I’m a 40-something guy who’s above average height, but stocky (I know I’m not the only one like this here!). What do you guys see as the ideal jockstrap look? I used to feel insecure if the butt straps or waistband dig in at all, but I’m at the point that I’m cool with myself. So if a jock reveals the fact that I’ve got love handles and a bit of butt flab, so be it. I still can’t stand the brands that call a 36” waist extra large...gimme a break...big dudes need cool jocks too! What do the rest of you think? ...and while we’re on the subject of aesthetics, do you point or tuck? Comfort matters, of course, but which looks better? I’ve got a few old #10s with a secure, but stretchy pouch that actually keeps me pointing up if that’s how I put it on. JSCentral...thanks for carrying brands that fit all of us!
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What’s the best jockstrap aesthetic for a typical guy?
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I'm with you...I have that problem, too. I see a lot of jocks I'd buy, but their definition of xxl is a medium or less.
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I like the old school sports jock look best myself far as the joke goes. I guess I kinda have a big ass but wouldn't say I'm really a chucky guy but I actually like how the straps feel on my cheeks lol I also like seeing thicker guys asses in them and how the look. seeing a "real" mans ass in a jockstrap if know what mean haha. My Jocks are large size but I can tell if I didn't exercise the amount I do and just sat around all the time I would probably for sure have to go up a size because my ass would be bursting out my current jock more than already is haha I seem to gain weight in my ass fairly easy lol. But if anyone is interested give my pic a look and comment what you think!
Exactly! When a manufacturer decides they’ll only make jocks for 36 inch waists and under, they’re missing-out on a lot of potential business.
Stocky yes, but so am I! Actually, similarly sized. Not “obese” or anything...just stocky...that’s not bad!
Jockedstrapdad
Jockstrap Fan
There is nothing wrong with a beefy guy in a jock!! I'm a medium, but think the stockier guys look even better!! Hell at 54 I'm getting the dad bod too, no abs and sucking the stomach in, lol, a guy in a jock looks hot and a framed ass in straps, definately!
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Guess I'm ok then? haha but agree
Jockedstrapdad
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After seeing your pics, yes!! Nice ass man!!
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Oh thanks alot! haha lest someone thinks it is.
I occasionally purchase jockstraps in person, rather than online,though in both cases I'm often despairing of the sizing issues that confront those of us who might not be super slim,with an athletic body. I've enjoyed wearing jockstraps since my late teens(I'm 53 now), and in recent years I've noticed that manufacturers seem to be making sizes that actually don't match the description- ie calling a 36" waist as XL - just not accurate. Whilst many jockstraps have a degree of stretchability,they aren't so comfortable in the pouch,even if the waistband is OK. As a larger guy,I've bought XL sized jockstraps, which fit on the waist,but squash my genitals in the pouch. Even some of the types made for those of us who are more well endowed, such as the Andrew Christian Trophy Boy range- their XL fits me,but the stretchy pouch barely contains my genitals comfortably. There's a whole market out there for the larger,non athletic bodied guys, who are into jockstraps- if manufacturers made those larger, XXL+ sizes,that were more realistically sized, both in the waist and the pouch, then I'm guessing they'd be inundated with more business. I love how a jockstrap looks on me,the straps framing my butt,and the pouch gently hugging my generously sized cock and balls. I wear all types of jockstraps, both the more sport types,Bike and other brands,as well as the more fashion types,Nasty Pig, 2xist, etc,as my daily underwear, particularly in the warm weather.
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I wear jockstraps to the gym,at my local health centre, etc. Have done for years. Even if I just drop by for a swim, I'll be wearing one,before changing in the locker room. I have gotten plenty of looks and occasionally the odd guy staring,as I dress or undress,but I'm not at all bothered. Randomly I get a compliment, I just thank the person and carry on with my dressing or undressing. As far as I'm concerned, jockstraps are just another form of male underwear.
Right there with ya on the dad bod development…that’s really what it is…a lot of us guys on here don’t look like the models on JSCentral, but we’re a lot more typical “real men.” Maybe JSCentral might start a “regular guys” or “dad bod” section! I think that’s be pretty dang cool!!
You’re EXACTLY RIGHT!!
Absolutely! Get a few "non model" types,just regular real sized guys, who are obviously into jockstraps and wear them regularly themselves. I'm sure they'd be popular.
Hey guys, I get where you're coming from but it's way more complicated than you may think. It's easy to say simply start a new store or start a new section on Jockstrap Central of dad bods but you're assuming a LOT of things. Ultimately it comes down to cost, time and practicality.
First and foremost: This topic is one of the many reasons we started Your Jockstraps, so guys of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds can share and explore our shared interest - jockstraps. This is a companion site to Jockstrap Central for our customers, fans and yes, even guys who don't frequent our store.
I'd also like to point out that I'm pretty sure our roster of models over the past 16 years is far more diverse than any other underwear store. Most stores don't even bother to shoot their own catalog photography (let alone, take a sexier and more explicit approach to it) and the ones that do, use cookie cutter GQ models or cookie cutter muscled burly gym gods. Most of our models are not career models, they're just regular guys with an exhibitionist streak in them and wanted to model for us for the fun, the experience and to show off (and make some money and go home with some new jocks and gear).
There are many factors involved in how we choose our models but the most important one is simply: we can only hire who applies for the job. We find our models through word of month, referrals, some from model networking sites. Before Covid, we also placed ads in classified sites like Kijiji and did casting calls. A few models have come from our model callout from the Jockstrap Central website and once in a while, we'll see a hot guy on the street, pull over in our car and hand them a business card. Once, a customer of ours flew to Toronto from Germany on his own dime just to do a shoot.
The guys who are generally actively seeking modeling work don't tend to be older guys (with dad bods) as they tend to be more settled with careers and even families and appearing naked on a adult underwear store with faces showing isn't something that works for where they are in their lives. These guys (with dad bods) also have to be an exhibitionist, be outgoing and definitely confident in themselves as shy and reserved doesn't normally come across well in a shoot.
Adding to the above: there's a reason that 90% of the guys on Your Jockstraps who actually do post photos don't post photos with their faces showing.
The main criteria for modeling for us is that the models have to live in or around Toronto. We're not a brand like Andrew Christian, Calvin Klein, C-IN2 or even Cellblock 13 and can't afford to fly models in and cover their lodging. Luckily, we're in a big city and have access to a lot of great guys.
Although it may not seem like it, we only do between 12 and 20 shoots a year. We'll often shoot a new model a few times during that period. That means you'll be seeing the same few models over and over during a period of time. Because of this, we're constantly receiving emails from black guys wondering why we don't have more black guys and Asian guys wondering why there aren't more Asian guys on the site. Muscle guys wondering why we don't have more muscle guys, etc.. We tell them if they know some black, Asian, muscle guys in Toronto who are willing to model and go full-frontal then send them our way. So, likewise, if any of you out there know any good looking older guys with dad bods who live in Toronto then send them our way - and there's a chance we may shoot them (but there's also a chance we won't).
We've had lots of hot guys inquire about models have been older and verging on a "dad bod" that we would have certainly shot but they have all been from other parts of the world. We've told them to make their way to Toronto and if the stars align (as in, we have new product needing to be shot) we can try to make a shoot happen. We don't shoot guys for the hell of it but only when we have new products arriving.
Another major factor that determines who we choose for a shoot is simply based on what new products we have that need to be shot. We try to match a models look with what we're shooting but most importantly, size is often a major factor. We often have only samples of new products sent to us and often only size medium to bring to a shoot so we can't very well bring in a guy with a 36 inch waist. Breaking the shoot in two would cost too much money and eat into the already slim profits. We are a retail store and not a manufacturer.
Each shoot last four hours and we have to get through as many products as possible because photo shoots are expensive and time-consuming by the time you pay the model, pay for studio time then have to edit, color correct, crop and tag all the photos we use for each product page.
(There's a reason most underwear stores are happy to use the mostly headless, non-sexual photos that the manufacturers supply.)
Ultimately, we hire guys that Adrian and I like. There's not one model we've used that wasn't to our tastes (well, maybe one but that's another conversation). Sometimes I feel unique compared to other guys in how varied my taste is in men. I find so many guy pigeonhole themselves (i.e... "I only like older guys", "I only like young guys", "I only like uncut/cut guys", "I only like hairy guys", "I only like little guys", I only like Black guys, "big burly muscles guys", "I don't like Asians", "fems", etc...)
We don't set out to only hire any "type". Fate plays a bigger part, much more than intent
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Something many of you don't know but Jockstrap Central is a VERY small business. It's just me and my husband Adrian. We encounter so many people who think we're a large company like International Jock, Andrew Christian, AussieBum... but we're not. We work almost 7 days a week to keep Jockstrap Central going. I'm sure there's lots of guys who wonder why the Jockstrap Central website hasn't had a upgrade in almost 6 years. It's not mobile friendly, there's no search function and the customer back end is non-existent. I've been trying to upgrade it for the past 5 years and haven't had the time. I built the Jockstrap Central website from scratch back in the day, both front and programmed the e-commerce part of it. To build a new site would mean that I would have to take a month off to catch up on technology/programming and so much more. The good news is I have found a solution and am now working on Jockstrap Central 2.0 and expect to have it launched within a few months. It's going to be slick and modern and mobile friendly and have search capabilities. It will also have wish list, saved carts and so much more.
So, in a perfect world, sure it would be fun to create a second store called dadbodjock.com (great name, @RadJock ) but it would double my work load. I own underwearcentral.com and thongcentral.com but due to a lack of time, I doubt those stores will ever see the light of day.
Ultimately, we started Jockstrap Central back in 2005 and we're very proud of what we've accomplished. We're not a typical store. Despite being penalized by Google for being adult our decision to show our models in jocks and gear the way they were designed was the right one. We've survived recessions, changes in technology, changes in the way traffic is generated (traffic from websites and blogs versus most traffic coming from prudish social media) and now Covid - so I think we're doing ok.
Are we perfect, no. But I promise you try our best.
Finally: we take all constructive feedback to heart. We can't always act upon everything but we are listening and perhaps it will influence the future paths we take.
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I know the above is a lot of rambling on but I really do need to get on with my work. I know there's similar topics that have been brought up in other forum threads. I'm not going to repeat myself by reply everywhere.
Cheers,
John.
GingerBear
Jockstrap Fan
John,
This is exactly why I am so glad to have found JSC, not only great products and service, but your openness and honesty about who you are and your mission to bring superior products to everyone. Personally, I can’t express enough gratitude for having a site that allows open, honest, raw discussions about any questions and topics. I don’t know when I have ever been more comfortable to ask a question or even share photos of my little fella. Who knew there would be such a genuine brotherhood with the same interests. So I say thank you for being real and allowing the rest of us to follow that path to love, acceptance, and new pleasures. Much love, Ginger Bear Fred
Jockfreak
Jockstrap Fan
I also used to be self conscious that the straps dug into my ass. Then I started realizing how hot I was for the jock pics on tumblr that showed the straps digging into some dudes beefy ass. Ha.
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Ha yeah same here until I see how my ass looked in a jock, I've never really had a huge ass i would say but always kind of had a beefy one. Then I realized thats what most others seem like about me in a jock and now its my favorite part of wearing one now too, how my beefy man ass looks in them haha love it.
SCPettinga
Jockstrap Fan
Gym & Duke make white traditional jocks. I look best in those. 3" waist bands, 3 or 4 xxx fit me best without folding over. They are also quite comfortable. Jock sizes generally seem to be mislabeled. Do not buy your waist size. Something a size or two larger are my favorites. I'm 5' 11" 185, I was in a a bit better shape before the covid and I have found the larger sizes that are not common, to be the most comfortable. Shoot, they are not that expensive. Buy a 3 XL and a 4 XL and discover one that is not too tight. I have not found that the "cup" size does not matter as much as wearing something that is too tight.
packedstrap
Jockstrap Fan
I agree. I do like a traditional jockstrap and all white is something I really like. Bike which is gone made a great jock, McDavid is good but the pouch is stiffer, Duke had the "PRO DUKE" which they discounted and now only have the regular one. The main issue I had with DUKE in the past was the pouch was very long and tended to pull your junk back more. The newer ones are not so bad but they are thick. Several years ago I learned to buy up a size to avoid the pretzel roll of the waistband when wearing one. Getting one my size resulted in rolling up in the back which felt like a rope. Most adult male cups only come in one size. The original BIKE cup in the 80's was rather deep but they got shallower over the years. Now my freshman year in collage I lived with another football player and we mostly wore jockstraps. I had a Tennis class after English which did not allow me a time to fully change in the locker room. One day I grabbed my DUKE jock which had DUKE repeated in the waistband. The pouch was long and when I sat in my chair the pouch relaxed and slid back. It did a number teasing me and I would squirm in my seat. Surprise I never came. It gave me my first slight rim job. I hated English but that jock made it SOOOO much more interesting.