Yoga Pants — Why Can’t Men Wear Them?!

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https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*9dKk_EhIpJJpiTagZExiEw.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@rimakruciene?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Rima Kruciene</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/yoga?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="fce8">Nonetheless, I was able to see the benefits of turning into a downward facing dog for a relatively brief period of time. But, I noticed something curious when my wife and I would watch instructional yoga videos. The women would wear clothes that were derived from decades of <a href="https://www.darpa.mil/">DARPA</a> research.</p><p id="d727">The men were dressed in saggy t-shirts and gym shorts from 20 years ago. Adhering to the “when in Rome” theory, I’d rock the same shorts I wore on the basketball courts of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County more than 1.66 decades ago (I’m old).</p><h1 id="4eb9">Advanced engineering</h1><p id="6a01">Clearly, something is going on here. Either yoga pants dramatically enhan

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ce yoga performance/effectiveness, or, some fitness apparel cabal has suckered us all into a nefarious scheme to sell Lycra-based products.</p><p id="c768" type="7">Why are there so many mesh panels?! You are charging the world for a full pair of pants, but with 80% of the fabric!</p><p id="493d">I like to wear pajama pants, and it seems that, if they were slightly tighter, I could be a yoga master. Admittedly, no one should ever want to see me in tight pajama pants. But, if a slight size adjustment could increase the benefits of the Archer Aiming at a Slightly Overweight Pigeon Pose, I kinda think it might be worth it.</p><h1 id="c50a">So until…</h1><p id="576f">…we men can safely wear yoga pants, or I can use the laundry process to sufficiently shrink my pajama pants, I am doomed to a lifetime of falling over 13 times per minute when trying to replicate something YouTube tried to convince me was a good idea.</p><p id="0b16">My shorts cost $15 twenty years ago. My wife’s pants, developed by the world’s most accomplished engineers, cost$ 3.4k.</p><p id="e8c2">I think it’s clear why I am terrible at this.</p></article></body>

This is why I always fall down when trying a new pose

My wife practicing yoga on a beach in the Bahamas. Photo credit: the author

Some time ago, my wife talked me into trying yoga. She is rather good at getting me to do stuff I wouldn’t be naturally drawn to. My current status with yoga is “it’s complicated”.

I took a break from yoga, mostly because of lower back pain. Also, mostly-er, because I can’t physically balance myself, even when I am sleeping. I can trip when I am lying down on an ergonomically supreme mattress.

The kids would start taking odds on when daddy would fall over. If you took the “more than two poses” ticket, you were doomed.

Why is the dog facing downward?

Nonetheless, I was able to see the benefits of turning into a downward facing dog for a relatively brief period of time. But, I noticed something curious when my wife and I would watch instructional yoga videos. The women would wear clothes that were derived from decades of DARPA research.

The men were dressed in saggy t-shirts and gym shorts from 20 years ago. Adhering to the “when in Rome” theory, I’d rock the same shorts I wore on the basketball courts of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County more than 1.66 decades ago (I’m old).

Advanced engineering

Clearly, something is going on here. Either yoga pants dramatically enhance yoga performance/effectiveness, or, some fitness apparel cabal has suckered us all into a nefarious scheme to sell Lycra-based products.

Why are there so many mesh panels?! You are charging the world for a full pair of pants, but with 80% of the fabric!

I like to wear pajama pants, and it seems that, if they were slightly tighter, I could be a yoga master. Admittedly, no one should ever want to see me in tight pajama pants. But, if a slight size adjustment could increase the benefits of the Archer Aiming at a Slightly Overweight Pigeon Pose, I kinda think it might be worth it.

So until…

…we men can safely wear yoga pants, or I can use the laundry process to sufficiently shrink my pajama pants, I am doomed to a lifetime of falling over 13 times per minute when trying to replicate something YouTube tried to convince me was a good idea.

My shorts cost $15 twenty years ago. My wife’s pants, developed by the world’s most accomplished engineers, cost $3.4k.

I think it’s clear why I am terrible at this.