Fashion for Athletic Body Types

Serena Williams

Michelle Obama and Serena Williams are two ladies in the public eye that love to show off their toned bodies. They are confident that their bodies exude the epitome of fitness and physical health, but not everyone wants to look “athletic”. Of course there are naysayers that say that Serena Williams looks masculine and scary. Even though Serena is definitely a sexy woman, catching the eye of Common and Michelle, the president of the United States, Barack Obama, some women still hold strong to their opinions of female muscular body types and still feel more comfortable hiding their muscles. If you don’t want to show off those sexy guns, here are 4 ways to feel comfortable and still look cute in the Spring and the Summer.

1.       Wear short or ¾ sleeve shirts, sweaters, and jackets.

a.       This is a way to cover your body without dyeing of heat exhaustion. You don’t have to reveal all of the muscles that you have, but you can still show some skin. Also, you can always roll up your sleeves to the desired lengths.

2.       Wear Sandals or Flats

a.       Sometimes booties can cut you off at the ankle and bring attention to your toned calves. If that’s not where you want people to focus and you don’t want to cover your entire leg with boots, wear flats or sandals. There are a lot of cute styles like ballerina flats and gladiator sandals.

3.       Wear dresses and skirts that flare out at the bottom

a.       I personally think that athletic bodies are the best to rock the figure fitting dresses, but if you want something that isn’t as telling of your figure wear a bouncy dress or skirt. The springtime breeze will definitely whisk your skirt around and give you an air of lightness.

4.       Wear lace and floral prints

a.       Now, I’m not saying that you have to overdose in the whole springtime trend, but one of the common issues that I hear is that girls don’t feel feminine when they have muscles. To counteract this, show everyone that you are a woman by wearing feminine materials like silk and lace.

Be proud of who you are is easy to say, but if you aren’t comfortable with your body you have two choices- change it through healthy options like exercising and changing your diet or dress in a way to camouflage the areas that you are uncomfortable with displaying.

Michelle Obama(L) & Serena Williams(R)

So, what do you guys think? Are these good ways to feel comfortable with an athletic body type? What are some other body types that you guys have and feel uncomfortable with? How do you dress to tackle that?