No need to use tampons: New period-friendly gym shorts launched by underwear brand

Manufacturer says shorts are 'for blood, sweat and whatever'

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A lingerie brand has launched training shorts which can hold up to two tampons worth of menstrual blood.

Thinx, a brand which specialises in period-friendly underwear, has now launched training shorts for women who want to work out while on their period and not have to worry about leaking if they choose not to wear a tampon or sanitary towel.

Priced at $65 (£50), Thinx describes the shorts as “period-proof training shorts for blood, sweat and whatever”. The shorts have built in underwear which has a four layer absorbent structure but the manufacturers pledge they are still light and breathable.

Thinx launched in 2014 with their first line of underwear that also contains the four layers of technology which make the pants period-proof.

Periods still largely remain a taboo when it comes to the sporting world. In 2015, former tennis player Annabel Croft branded them the “last taboo” for women in sport after British player Heather Watson attributed her loss during the Australian Open to “girl things".

Watson was praised for speaking so openly about her menstrual cycle and in recent years several other athletes have fought to challenge the stigma.

In 2015, Kiran Gandhi ran the London marathon with no tampon or towel allowing the menstrual blood to leak through visibly to her leggings. She chose not to wear a tampon and ran for “women who can’t show their periods in public, women who can’t compete in athletic events, friends who have suffered through period cramps at work and for women who have survived breast cancer”.