What's Your Suit Shopping Experience Like? - Gym Go-ers and Athletically Built Guys

[JayJay]



maybe u should lose some weight

You realize that many of the posters in this thread are thin, but have odd proportions because of athleticism or nature.

 

[Achilles_]



You realize that many of the posters in this thread are thin, but have odd proportions because of athleticism or nature.

This. There are some crazy drops in here

 

[CharlesAlexander]

This is actually a huge problem for me. I am 6'4" 210, mostly mustle and very little fat. When I am like this, it's not too bad. I can tailor a 42L or 44L OTR suit and have it fit like a glove.

Problem is when I am not lifting, my weight fluctuates. I naturally have crazy matenbolism and can go down to 190 when take my "breakes". I like to take a 3 week break from lifting every 3~4 months. I get great results building my muscles back up and the rest period is good for my body.

Obviously this creates a problem with my taliored suits and shirts as they tend to look slightly "baggy" at this point.

It may sound crazy but I started buying 2 sets of suits. A set for when I am lift and a set for my "off season". It's been working out pretty well for me.

 

[Achilles_]



This is actually a huge problem for me. I am 6'4" 210, mostly mustle and very little fat. When I am like this, it's not too bad. I can tailor a 42L or 44L OTR suit and have it fit like a glove.

Problem is when I am not lifting, my weight fluctuates. I naturally have crazy matenbolism and can go down to 190 when take my "breakes". I like to take a 3 week break from lifting every 3~4 months. I get great results building my muscles back up and the rest period is good for my body.

Obviously this creates a problem with my taliored suits and shirts as they tend to look slightly "baggy" at this point.

It may sound crazy but I started buying 2 sets of suits. A set for when I am lift and a set for my "off season". It's been working out pretty well for me.

Do you do shows/competitions? How much does your weight fluctuate?

 

[CharlesAlexander]



Do you do shows/competitions? How much does your weight fluctuate?

No way, I'm not that build. I am just very top heavy in my triceps, bicepts and chest area, so I tailor my suits accordingly. But when I take my break I can lose up to 20 pounds of muscle (this is skinny bastard Charles).

No worries though, now that I have my skinny guy suits.

 

[Achilles_]



No way, I'm not that build. I am just very top heavy in my triceps, bicepts and chest area, so I tailor my suits accordingly. But when I take my break I can lose up to 20 pounds of muscle (this is skinny bastard Charles).

No worries though, now that I have my skinny guy suits.

Wow! You must change your diet pretty radically.

 

[CharlesAlexander]



Wow! You must change your diet pretty radically.

Funny thing is don't. I just have freakish metabolism. When I'm not lifting I lost weight like crazy.

 

[linds_15]



Funny thing is don't. I just have freakish metabolism. When I'm not lifting I lost weight like crazy.

thats pretty interesting man, thats a big fluctuation without a diet change

 

[Nicola]

20lbs in three weeks? You sure you don't need a new scale

 

[CharlesAlexander]

hmm, I never though about. It is a pretty big change. But I am 210 right now, make no mistake if I don't go to the gym at all for 3~4 weeks I will be down to 190~200.

Maybe it comes from living in a 5 flight walk up and not owning car?

 

[Nicola]

10 isn't that hard to believe. Diet changes can do much of that. So if you change your eating at the same time that might be it.

I find if I take a longer break that when I start back up I pick up some extra water weight. Easily a couple of pounds.

I'm in a three story at over 700 metres above sea level

 

[promark809]



I've whittled my number of suits down to six that fit best, all of which are Isaia. I'm going the bespoke route as soon as I identify a tailor. A colleague of mine uses Chan, and his suits look great; however, I'd rather use a domestic tailor that I can visit frequently for fittings and such. I'll be in Hong Kong in a couple of months, and will keep Chan and other tailors there as an option.

I'm fairly new to this whole bespoke thing. What's their price range usually? I'm assuming they're more the high end priced suits.

thats pretty interesting man, thats a big fluctuation without a diet change

Yea, I thought that was crazy how you lose so much weight so fast but then I remembered after not working out for one month while I was in Japan, I had dropped 20 lbs. (the same 20 lbs. that took me one whole semester to gain going to the gym). Lost A LOT of my muscle. For guys who go to the gym 4-6 times a week and then have even one month of no lifting, muscle gets broken down fairly quickly. But then it's also pretty easy to gain back when you start back up your gym routines.

 

[JayJay]



I'm fairly new to this whole bespoke thing. What's their price range usually? I'm assuming they're more the high end priced suits.

The price varies a lot among tailors, as low as $600 for Chan, according to my colleague, and as high as you can imagine for the upper tier.