Flip flops

PurpleEpiphany
PurpleEpiphany Posts: 96
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Has anyone else seen people at the gym on the treadmill or elliptical in flip flops? I'm not talking sandals with a strap to hold them on, but full-on flip flops. Wouldn't that just make it so much more difficult to work out? I don't get it.
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  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.



    With that stick up there it must get real tough to sit sometimes.
  • JessigirlJb
    JessigirlJb Posts: 656
    i wouldn't personally but to each there own..
  • dkweathington
    dkweathington Posts: 69 Member
    I love flip flops but never at the gym.
  • quellybelly
    quellybelly Posts: 827 Member
    I can be a little uncoordinated sometimes, but I can't imagine even attempting to run on a treadmill with them! Don't gyms usually have shoe wear policies for safety reasons?
  • Ilovejacks
    Ilovejacks Posts: 153 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.
    In Chas.SC we wear Flip flops every day,every where & For every occasion.Except the gym:):ohwell:
  • Ilovejacks
    Ilovejacks Posts: 153 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.
    In Chas.SC we wear Flip flops every day,every where & dor every occasion.Except the gym:):ohwell:
    *for
  • Jonalee1977
    Jonalee1977 Posts: 415 Member
    My gym has a rule against flip-flops.
  • Ilovejacks
    Ilovejacks Posts: 153 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.



    With that stick up there it must get real tough to sit sometimes.
    LOL
  • KeisterBunny
    KeisterBunny Posts: 33 Member
    Flip flops are not for the gym and working out. They are very bad for your feet because you have to grab with your toes to keep them on, and there is no real support for your arches.
  • Louisianababy93
    Louisianababy93 Posts: 1,709 Member
    ive wore flipflops to the gym before..
    but,i didnt know i was going to go to the gym .

    true story.
  • nicehormones
    nicehormones Posts: 503 Member
    Yes. I rarely see people at the gym at my apartment, but a lady came in wearing flip flops and a sundress and started working out on the elliptical. I was like umm what? lol
  • ElleOQuent
    ElleOQuent Posts: 429 Member
    That's just one of the thousands of things that people do that has absolutely no impact on my life.
  • GypsysBloodRose26
    GypsysBloodRose26 Posts: 341 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.



    With that stick up there it must get real tough to sit sometimes.

    And I adore you. That was hilarious.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.

    False.
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    I love flip flops, but there's a time and a place for them... gym doesn't seem like the safest place for them though. Stubbed toes, getting stuck, dropping stuff...
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
    I squat and deadlift barefooted. I've seen other do so in flip flops. But running on a treadmill in flip flops, they must have major toe pinching strength.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.

    lol maybe if you live somewhere with horrible weather. here in Phoenix where it is sunny and nice almost all the time flip flops are everyday wear. :)
  • monicalosesweight
    monicalosesweight Posts: 1,173 Member
    Ouch. I'm picturing the flip flop breaking and seeing it go flying maybe hitting someone walking behind the machine who starts jumping up and down and knocks someone else down...sounds pretty darn dangerous. I think I'll move my butt WAY over to the other side of the gym room. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.
  • innocenceportrayed
    innocenceportrayed Posts: 569 Member
    Flip Flops were meant to wear to the shower or around the pool. Not every day, every where, every occasion.

    Tell that to every florida resident, if you wear closed shoes, you're going somewhere fancy LOL


    Our gyms around here do not allow flerp flerps on the machines. Yes, flerp flerps, if you haven't seen it, google it.
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    I've done it on the elliptical, but to be fair, only when I forgot my sneakers.
  • Alohathin
    Alohathin Posts: 360 Member
    I live in Hawaii. I've seen people wear flip flops for EVERY occasion. ;) Some people only own flip flops. I've seen high schoolers on their PROM wearing flip flops. ;)
  • joecollins9385
    joecollins9385 Posts: 355 Member
    My gym has a rule against flip-flops.

    mine too. i keep a pair in my gym bag for after my workouts though :)
  • RainHoward
    RainHoward Posts: 1,599 Member
    That's just one of the thousands of things that people do that has absolutely no impact on my life.

    What she said.

    I was under the (apparently false) impression that most gyms had a rule against that type of foot ware for reasons of liability. It seems like a really good way to bust ones backside. All I can think is Ouch.
  • cozmosis77
    cozmosis77 Posts: 7 Member
    That's just one of the thousands of things that people do that has absolutely no impact on my life.

    Amen.

    I keep hearing how the world is such a bad place. There's war. And a bad economy. And this. And that. But no matter how bad we've got it, there's time in the day to debate wearing flip flops at the gym. Sometimes I wonder what the generations who had to face the Great Depression or World War II would think about our "problems."
  • MeliJean78
    MeliJean78 Posts: 249
    Nothin says beast-mode like Flip Flops and wait .............yoga pants! Don't hate.
  • ToughTulip
    ToughTulip Posts: 1,118 Member
    I squat and deadlift barefooted. I've seen other do so in flip flops. But running on a treadmill in flip flops, they must have major toe pinching strength.

    LMAO! xD
  • ToughTulip
    ToughTulip Posts: 1,118 Member
    That's just one of the thousands of things that people do that has absolutely no impact on my life.

    Amen.

    I keep hearing how the world is such a bad place. There's war. And a bad economy. And this. And that. But no matter how bad we've got it, there's time in the day to debate wearing flip flops at the gym. Sometimes I wonder what the generations who had to face the Great Depression or World War II would think about our "problems."

    No one is saying that it is a problem. Its just a silly topic in "chit-chat, fun, and games"
    Highly doubt anyone finds this to actually impact their life. Lighten up!
  • wildcelticrose
    wildcelticrose Posts: 40 Member
    I was hiking on Mt Rainer in my flipflops on Sunday night when a friend and I drove up to watch the meteor shower.

    Here in the Pacific Northwest, when we finally get summer it is meant to be fully, manically and obsessively embraced.

    We didn't really have summer last year, so I refused to acknowledge fall by wearing pants or shoes other than flipflops until I absolutely had to.

    I made it well past Winter Solstice in flipflops, I had to put pants on a bit earlier than that :(

    Given the popularity of barefoot running, what's a bit of treadmilling in flips?

    I manage a farmers' market and on Saturdays I walk (and sometimes run 8 - 10 miles a day in mine (thank goodness they're the squishy kind :)
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    I would never go to the gym in flip flops, but I have been known to do a nice power walk on the beach boardwalk in them. Sometimes my feet get sore though, so I don't do it very often. For pretty much every other activity, flip flops are my go-to for as long as I can stand to wear them in the weather hehehe

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