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Well in Friday's mail I had a package and it was from SSF. My shorts had arrived. After gleefully ripping the package open then opening the protective inner wrapper I found my shorts. Like I had said before I didn't know which ones I was getting and what I got surprised me.
Instead of the black splits or the black and grey grappling shorts I got a pair of all black grappling shorts. Now the apperance of them is just like the silver and black only with solid black flex panels on the inside and outside of the leg. A quick test fit and I was in business.
These fit, my ssf splits were 34" and these were 36" but they fit about the same. The leg openings are a tad larger on the Grappling shorts compaired to the splits. The legs came in just above the knees on my 6' frame. The hips were just right which was the problem with the 34" I had orginally purchasesd. After a short dance around the house in celebration of my new shorts I did the mandatory pose down in front of the mirror. They looked right. Other than the slight muffin top on the sides were my love handles are(my fault not the shorts) The logo was crisp and sharp and is the one photoed above.
The closure system remained the same as previous models however the velcro was more "aggresive" than my other pairs. I would think you need to be extra careful to close the fly prior to washing to avoid snags. You should also be extra careful to close the fly before going out in public.
This mourning I wore them to the gym. It was saturday get hit in the head time so I thought I would try them out. I pushed through a bunch of rounds boxing, kickboxing and doing some modified mauy thai. At no time did the shorts become a question. they stayed put on my hips, didn't sag or come off the waist and were comfortable. Not did they impend in any way movement including high kicks, knees or spinnng kicks or the falling down which normally follows my spinning kick attempts. While laying there after falling down repeatedly they didn't show my butt so that was a good thing for everyone there. I did have to stop looking at them in the mirrors on several occasions in order to avoid being beaten senseless.
Other than me needing to lose weight and get a tan(ghostly white legs, black shorts not the best combo) I couldn't be happier with these shorts. I feel that I got a decent product for a great price and dealing with Ron was as always easy and trouble free.
I'm sending them off for some logo work and will post pictures after they come back. These shorts beg to have advertising space sold on them as there's plenty of room for sponsors and gym logos.
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