Gym shorts
Gym shorts , also known as sports shorts , are shorts that are mainly used for sports , but sometimes also as everyday clothing (both as outerwear and as swimwear and underpants ). The reference to the term "gymnastics" refers less to the disciplines of apparatus and floor exercise than to gymnastics as a culture of movement. The shorts are related to the gym shorts , the terms are often used synonymously.
The gym shorts are loose fitting shorts with an elastic band on the waistband. In slight variations, it is used in several sports. While gym shorts were initially mostly made of cotton , from the 1970s onwards they were increasingly made of nylon sheen. Modern gym shorts usually consist of breathable synthetic mixtures, e.g. B. Climalite, Coolmax, Tactel. Before competitions, to warm up or in cold weather, a sports suit is worn over or instead of sports trousers and the corresponding T-shirt .
Usually they have built-in inner slip and can be worn without underpants. If they are used as swimming trunks , which is particularly common among young men, this is also expected in some bathing establishments for hygienic reasons. However, since this is impossible to control, especially in France, only tight-fitting bathing briefs are often tolerated.
Football shorts
Football shorts are particularly popular, since the 1970s they have also become increasingly important as casual wear and are currently experiencing a revival. The gym shorts are often combined with a T-shirt or with a jersey for sports . The popularity particularly concerns special shiny trousers from the 1970s, made famous by the footballer Franz Beckenbauer . Today they are coveted collector's items and are traded on internet auctions, whereby rare specimens can reach three-digit euro amounts. The trousers and t-shirts for fans in the colors and patterns of sports clubs - especially soccer clubs - are fan articles .
Sprinter shorts and boxer shorts
There are also gym shorts as sprinter shorts. The shorts that are worn in boxing are similarly cut, but with a significantly wider and higher-seated elastic waistband . " Boxer shorts " as underwear are only based on this in a simplified manner and are more similar to football shorts .
Different cut gym shorts
For women, girls and boys (for boys, however, only up to the age of about ten years) there were gym shorts in slip form between 1960 and 1990, which were colloquially called gym briefs, but were listed in the catalog as gym shorts. Initially, the material used was black double rib and Helanca. There were also gym shirts to match.
