I really wanted to love these, and with all the great reviews I thought I would. Unfortunately, the item photos don't show you the back of the pants, or the crotch. There's no seam on the butt, and the crotch seam area is huge!! The pants look ridiculous while wearing them!  I have never owned a pair of pants with no butt seam, in fact, I didn't know they made them that way! And the crotch seams are super noticeable when you're just standing there in them, so I can't imagine how awkward they would look at the gym bending over and such.

They weren't joking when they say these are compression pants either. While they do fit, they are VERY TIGHT. Not tight in a "this doesn't fit" kind of way, but tight like it's compressing your entire lower body and they would be uncomfortable to wear after a while. As for the high waist, you can fold it over, but since they are so compressing, it highlights your muffin top and feels too tight around the waist. Maybe a bigger size wouldn't do that, or if you don't have belly like me. I would have had to keep the waist pulled up instead of folded.

That said, they are well made and look like they would hold up well. If they had a butt seam (sounds hilarious & stupid all at once, haha) and didn't have such a crazy crotch seam, I'd keep them and buy more pairs. Super bummed.

For size reference, I'm 5'4, about 180 and usually wear a size 12ish and I got a large. I'm including photos of the pants so you can see there's no seam!