Guess what... Seems like I'm not the only person to have such problem.
And one of the reply to that was from a personal trainer named Drew.
Hi there,
I am a personal trainer and have over 20 years of experience in the fitness field. I have good news, this is normal. You don't have a sickness, disease or anything like that. Basically when you exercise, and sweat is absorbed into your clothes making them wet, you bare chest rubs against it. The constant friction of the damp sweaty shirt causes your nipples to peak. Over extend period of time they become more and more irritable.
I freaked out when this first happen to me too! I went to a doctor, who I am close with, and we had a nice little laugh over it. It is 100% normal, your nipples are just sick of rubbing against your shirt!
I deal with it, but sometimes when I know I am going to exercise for a while and it might become very irritable I do the following:
1. Wear clothes that cling to your chest. This holds your nipples in place so there is no friction. I wear Under-Armor, but there are tons of other brands at your local store.
2. It sounds stupid, but it works. Bandaids. Get the water proof ones so when you sweat they stay in place.
3. Wear a normal undershirt and tuck it in. Tuck it VERY tight, as if you were wearing something equal to step one.
The only way to stop this is to cut the friction or eliminate it all together. I hope this helps and keep up the good work!
Not quite entirely sure how true it all is, but I suppose it's quite logical. LOL.
Now now... Perhaps it's a sign I get those Nike tights? But my tummy would show! :(
9 Jujus:
I always wonder.. why do guys have nipples since males don't lactate, lols
get sports bra, they do have for flat chesties too :D
Vaseline does wonders :P
err.. never have this prob before lo.. ;p
Piko-chan, perhaps you haven't tried squeezing? lolz
Now I know... I experienced the same thing too especially after a rough workout. Topless a better choice? LOL...
piko: cuz men pierce their nipples? :P
anon: yeah it's all frictions. get that in the inner part of the arm and legs when u run marathons too.
danny: good lor... ur nipple so strong one...
grat: eeeww! hahaha they've already tried biting and sucking.
bear: @.@ i'm confused... with bear and piko. lol. yeah go topless. i prefer to sit at the side if u go topless. :P exercise of the eyes.
really first time i heard about nipple pain.. maybe you want to consider using nipple tape~~ :p
I get this too whenever I run the distance of 20KM and above. Easy way to fix this issue. Get some sort of waterproof tape and tape it over during the run. Becareful during the peeling though it can be a painful affair. As for chafing on the legs, I usually use those skintight 'performance' thighs. :)
Oooer. Bandaids. Would be quite embarrassing to take the shirt off in the locker room though. Lols.
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