When I tried on a sample pair for the first time, I immediately noticed the groin is reinforced by a soft, teardrop-shaped pad, which can be removed from an internal pouch. Matador Meggings (yes, that is a portmanteau of 'men's leggings') features more than just a jockstrap for comfort. While the Lululemon design is more demure in its origin, another menswear brand is explicitly all about the crotch. 'I don't think those women were ready to see my balls on display, it would be pretty pornographic.' We provided more coverage and support to create a tight that could be comfortably worn alone during cooler weather runs.' Guests want the option to be able to wear the tight on its own or to layer it with shorts. 'We also designed this tight for running. 'We designed this style to address the most common piece of feedback we heard from our guests wanting a waistband that would firmly stay put,' a rep for the team shared via email. When asked about the jock, Lululemon's design team emphasized that its focus was more on fit and comfort than aesthetics. The biggest surprise to me was that this desirable feature isn't even mentioned in Lululemon's marketing materials. The jock fits seamlessly into the garment's design, and does a commendable job of downplaying the exact shape of the wearer's junk while keeping everything in place. This came in the form of a built-in jockstrap, minus the awkward rear straps that usually provide support for the goods up front. The brand's menswear line is widely considered top-notch, too, and when I slid on a pair of its Surge tights for the first time, I noticed that there was more support than usual. The first, Lululemon, is arguably the biggest name in the stretchy pant space after helping to bring about the rise of athleisure with its yoga pants for women. The Rock, ever nimble on social media, denied that the towel was for modesty's sake in a good-natured tweet-but the proof that others were covering up the goods with hand towels was too clear to deny the practice is a thing. And no one should ever forget the Dick Towel discourse of 2019, when Jezebel's Tracy Clark-Flory investigated Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's use of a tucked-in strip of material to cover his own Johnson. Shorts over leggings are common, even as they play the role of the training wheels of men's fitness fashion. Along the way, the curve-exposing nature of the garment has caused some guys to ease into totally unimpeded wear. That's not to say the widespread adoption of men's tights has come without resistance, even from guys willing to take the Lycra leap. Now, after much encouragement and some taboo busting, sleek, tight-fitting leggings have been embraced by more men than ever. Once, you suited up for the gym (or more recently, your home workout space or outdoor socially-distanced training spot) by slipping on a pair of nondescript mesh shorts or cotton sweatpants. Masculinity is evolving, and our clothes are changing along with us.

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