Chub Rub Help Needed

[nomad100]

Now that I am getting more exercise, I have developed the chub rub.  It isn't from skin to skin contact (or I would use body glide or something similar), it's from clothing. 

It is so painful (and red) by the end of a day when I have been walking or riding the bike a lot that it is hard to fall asleep.  It feels like my inner thighs are on fire. 

I am getting in the groove with this whole exercise thing and this is a set back.  And given how much weight I have to lose, I am thinking this is going to be a problem for quite a while so I don't think I can just tough it out. 

How do I stop it? Do I have to wear something under the pants? Like compression shorts or something similar? I usually wear yoga pants (which aren't loose) when riding the bike/walking on the treadmill or jeans (when walking the dogs) and they fit pretty tight to the body.

[amberlyrose]

Stop wearing jeans and put some compression shorts under everything.
I used to get this so bad but I just resigned myself to wearing running capris while working out. I've used body glide with clothes, too.

[lavender444]

Compression shorts/pants will help. As will body glide. It's not just for skin on skin contact.

[venice2007]

Body glide even for chafing from clothes

[shostakovich]

Ditto putting BodyGlide on the inner side of your pants - it really does help. Do the pants that you wear while working out have seams along the inner-thigh? If so, ditch those fuckers and find ones that have no inner seams - I've had good luck with the Champion stuff at Target.

[Deleted]

I read this as "Chin Rub" like 50 times, and was going to tell you to stop working out wearing turtlenecks.

[nomad100]

Mar 10, 2014 13:02:09 GMT -5 @astrid said:

Is it on seams or general areas?

General area. 

Pretty much the whole inner thigh.

It sucks.

[nomad100]

Mar 10, 2014 13:02:28 GMT -5 kooshball said:

PANTALOONS.

I will admit that I was thinking of these before I posted.

[nomad100]

Mar 10, 2014 13:02:38 GMT -5 shostakovich said:

Ditto putting BodyGlide on the inner side of your pants - it really does help. Do the pants that you wear while working out have seams along the inner-thigh? If so, ditch those fuckers and find ones that have no inner seams - I've had good luck with the Champion stuff at Target.

Some do and some don't. 

I will have to see if any of the Champion stuff will fit me.  Last time I checked, it was a no go but maybe now that I am a bit lighter/smaller...

[MamaMaui24]

Jockey Skimmies are the next generation of pantaloons. They look like spanx, but they are not constricting. Very comfortable.

[sake]

Mar 10, 2014 13:00:24 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

so not what I thought this post was going to be about

me neither. this is not what chub rub means in my mind.