Working Out In Jeans

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  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    Jeans just seem really uncomfortable for strenuous workouts. Walking is fine, but if you're lifting, you might end up ripping them depending on how fitted they are. Also, the possible chaffing that could happen :(
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I would say no to wearing jeans during exercise unless your workout of choice is walking.
    You can get longer shorts, sweat pants, leggings, or yoga pants pretty easily.
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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I don't even have jeans, so no for me.

    If someone else wears them, that's cool. :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Some bros lift in their jeans and work boots at my gym. I think it's odd. Anyway, I can't imagine doing cardio in jeans. So sticky.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    No. Just no.

    But... caveat... I do tend cycle in regular street clothes (including jeans) since for me that's a means of getting around.

    Jeans ain't exactly the most comfortable cycling clothes. There are folks working on that, though. There's a woman in Toronto who just launched a line of women's cycling commuter jeans -- I've been following the project carefully and aim to check them out once I've lost enough weight to fit into her sizes.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    is this a serious question?
  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    @ndj1979 yes.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I would not ….jeans not really suited to squatting 250+ pounds...
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    Sundays are my rest days. So I just take a short walk around the neighborhood on that day. And I wear my workout shoes but with jeans. I cannot move as fast in jeans. I try to keep up the same pace as I do throughout the week and I just can't do it! So nay, for me.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Some bros lift in their jeans and work boots at my gym. I think it's odd. Anyway, I can't imagine doing cardio in jeans. So sticky.

    I'm surprised your gym allows that. I wonder if there are insurance issues with members who get injured while not wearing proper footwear.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Some bros lift in their jeans and work boots at my gym. I think it's odd. Anyway, I can't imagine doing cardio in jeans. So sticky.

    I'm surprised your gym allows that. I wonder if there are insurance issues with members who get injured while not wearing proper footwear.

    Seems like a work boot might be safer around heavy things than sneakers.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Mean cameltoe whilst squatting? Pass.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    myheartsabattleground wrote: »
    Yay or Nay?

    Yay.

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  • Myrmilt
    Myrmilt Posts: 124 Member
    I used to occasionally hike in jeans when I was first hiking, but cotton and denim kills in the high country, so I don't any more. I only wear wool or synthetics to work out in or hike.

    Maybe yard work, but even then I wear yoga pants.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Some bros lift in their jeans and work boots at my gym. I think it's odd. Anyway, I can't imagine doing cardio in jeans. So sticky.

    I'm surprised your gym allows that. I wonder if there are insurance issues with members who get injured while not wearing proper footwear.

    Seems like a work boot might be safer around heavy things than sneakers.

    Perhaps, I wouldn't know since I don't work out in boots, at least not since I left the military but I just wonder at the insurance and what "proper footwear" might look like in a gym's policy.
  • brewinggirl_butskinnier
    brewinggirl_butskinnier Posts: 108 Member
    The thought of it makes my crotch hurt.
  • w734q672
    w734q672 Posts: 578 Member
    This is America, you can do whatever you want.
  • harlequin0318
    harlequin0318 Posts: 415 Member
    Not on leg day!
  • alereck
    alereck Posts: 343 Member
    That spells yeast infection to me, and my gym also does not allow them. But hey, if you love them, wear them, who cares?
  • JenniDaisy
    JenniDaisy Posts: 526 Member
    I get being comfortable, but this is just bizarre. Do you swim in jeans too?
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    _Zardoz_ wrote: »
    Why would you wear clothing that would hold onto moisture and possibly rub ?That makes no sense. If you're comfortable wearing jeans while working out you're not working hard enough.

    this
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    Nay, denim would never work as workout fabric for me. Athletic wear is meant for stretch, breathability, compression and moisture wicking.
  • Agator82
    Agator82 Posts: 249 Member
    Why does this matter? If the anyone wants to wear jeans when he/she work out then G-d bless them and let them wear jeans and likewise if you do not want to do so. I love PF, but is a rule that is silly and it should be eliminated.

    At one point of my life I did wear jeans to the gym and I would run and do leg presses and all that good stuff and I was perfectly fine with it.

    So if you can workout in jeans and it is comfortable with you do what feels good and ignore the naysayers who will whine about it.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Agator82 wrote: »
    Why does this matter? If the anyone wants to wear jeans when he/she work out then G-d bless them and let them wear jeans and likewise if you do not want to do so. I love PF, but is a rule that is silly and it should be eliminated.

    At one point of my life I did wear jeans to the gym and I would run and do leg presses and all that good stuff and I was perfectly fine with it.

    So if you can workout in jeans and it is comfortable with you do what feels good and ignore the naysayers who will whine about it.

    OP asked for opinions…she is receiving them …

    I don't see how there can be "naysayers" when she asked an open ended question ...
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    No way. For walking outside, sure. Running outside when it's cool, heck, I wouldn't really care, but at the gym? No way.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    no way..... I can't even handle full length workout pants while doing cardio.... capris or shorts only
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
    I wouldn't wear jeans while exercising, unless I happen to be going for a short run at work on lunch and I'm wearing stretch jeans that day anyway. I find they like to ride up uncomfortably, while at the same time falling off my waist (I have yet to buy new jeans after losing 11 lbs). And parts of them get a bit sweat-soaked, yuck. So normally, no. But if you're comfortable in them, go ahead.
  • rainbowblu
    rainbowblu Posts: 119 Member
    Most of us don't wash jeans after 1 wear, but if you exercise in them wont you have to? That would shorten the life of the jeans if you are always washing sweat out of them...
  • DiabolicalColossus
    DiabolicalColossus Posts: 219 Member
    Hey, jorts worked out perfectly fine for Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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