I wear a belt under my shorts and carry a 442 AIWB. Works fine.
I mostly work out at home before heading to the office these days and just keep a handgun within arms reach. If I had to work out at a public gym, I’d probably look at a combination of a 1.5 stack 9mm like the P365 or Shield Plus and either a Phlster Enigma or a Mastermind Tactics Covert belt under my gym shorts. I’ve gone for 6 mile runs with an AIWB G19 or G26 and done burpees with an AIWB G19. It’s not super comfortable but it’s not too much of a hassle. I can only imagine a smaller gun using one of these concealment systems would be even more comfortable.
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Heres my take. I walk around most of the time in outdoorsy clothing. EB First ascent guide pants or shorts are favorites. I also like the Patagonia water shorts. Both have belt loops and are suited to doing lots of physically active things including water sports. A bio-thane belt like the First Spear Line One belt is equally at home in the water. The holsters most often used are the DSG Orion for a G19/G26 or a JMCK wing claw with DCC clips. Is it reasonable to believe that if an ensemble is comfortable for daily and sporting wear it should also work in the training environment?
I believe that it is. I discovered that this same set up works equally well at the mat room as well as the gym! There is no compromise with mobility in the matroom. A proof of concept experiment was done with the gear and a weighted blue gun in G26 form and a live G43. With a liner shirt and a baggier over t-shirt there were not a lot of concealment issues. The holsters kept their positions through several workouts selected for their movement. (Crossfit Karen, Dianne, and Fran) There were no retention issues. There were no comfort issues even when squatting deep or doing burpees. The only concealment issue was when doing flat bench presses and handstand pushups. A snug fitting tech shirt over the gun but under the t-shirt is a fix for the flat bench.I don't do really long runs. This system works comfortably for a 2 mi PT run. All of the gear is able to be de-funked by washing with soap and water.
When it comes to gun selection for all purpose daily carry when not doing work stuff, the G26 is a great (for me) choice. I think I've shared my reasoning before. For the gym, the G43 holds a slight advantage. Thinness makes a difference for me here and I often don't even feel the weight of the gun during the workout.
This is my PT system. It allows me to have a "real" gun in the gym and allows me to have familiar gear in the event it is needed .
"Knowledge is good." Emil Faber, date unknown.
The problem here is that anything on the belt line probably won't work, because you will be taking falls, and there will a lot of force on the harness over the hips; that will drive the gun into your body, potentially dangerously, I would think. As for fanny packs and chest packs, that would be extremely out of place; people simply don't do that, because what would you keep in there that would make any sense? There's also still some issue of impacts, as you fall and slam into a volume or wall. And none of those are viable once you get onto the bouldering wall, where most gyms will strictly prevent you from carrying anything rigid on the body due to safety concerns; the signs at my gym tell you to take off your phone, keys, knives, climbing harness, etc.
I was honestly just being snarky. I'm comfortable not carrying 24/7, and just use risk assessment.
That's not what I got out of this:
A witness to the shootings, Sebastian Henry, of Kalispell, shared his account of the incidents with the Daily Inter Lake.
"I was walking to the DMV when I saw two guys arguing in the parking lot (of the fitness center) and the next thing you know, one guy started shooting at the other, it was about five or six times," Henry said. "I didn't see if the other guy had a gun, but I didn't see one."
Henry said another man came out of the gym and yelled at the shooter before the two exchanged gunfire.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
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Open carry...at least then you can get the bench when you want it.
There's nothing civil about this war.