Jewelry and Gym

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  • KateRunsColorado
    KateRunsColorado Posts: 407 Member
    I don't wear mine to the gym or while running outside...my fingers swell and it's just not comfortable.
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  • dwh77tx
    dwh77tx Posts: 513 Member
    I used to wear mine to the gym, but now I don't since I don't want to worry about them getting knocked around. I am in no way worried about someone hitting on me. I could care less.
  • Keedy_Taught_Me
    Keedy_Taught_Me Posts: 4 Member
    I haven't worn my wedding ring(s) since maybe about 6 months after I was married. My husband doesn't wear his either but that's a long story for another day/topic. Lol. But I do wear earrings and occasionally I wear bracelets to the gym. They haven't given me any problems.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I wear mine because I sort of think it would be cool if the rough part of the barbell would leave scratches on them, permanent battle wounds as opposed to the calluses that heal.
  • sarahfit_
    sarahfit_ Posts: 7 Member
    I don't wear any of my rings, to include my wedding set, to the gym, even if it is just for cardio. I wear gloves to lift and it sounds uncomfortable to wear it underneath, and my fingers swell during cardio and makes it extremely uncomfortable to wear rings! My husband wears his all the time, and to the gym to lift, but his cannot be damaged the way my white gold ring can. Nobody has ever asked me why I'm not wearing my ring, but I have been hit on several times at the gym presumably because I don't have my ring on. When I say I'm married, they back off. I don't understand why people make such a huge deal about not wearing their rings - if you're faithful and your spouse is fine with you not wearing it then there shouldn't be an issue at all. I wear mine to work, but any other time it's usually off and in a safe place. Weekends when I'm just around the house, cleaning, doing laundry, etc I still don't wear it. No big deal!
  • sassyrayofsunshine
    sassyrayofsunshine Posts: 499 Member
    I don't wear mine either. They get scratched and I get pinched. And then there's the callouses.
  • climbing_trees
    climbing_trees Posts: 726 Member
    I don't wear rings because they get caught on my skin or my gloves when I lift. Necklaces, bracelets or anklets distract me when they're bouncing around. I have stretched ears and I almost always wear simple plugs or tunnels that don't get in the way of anything, so I leave those in. I also leave in my navel and cartilage piercings because it is time consuming to take apart the rings and it is easy to lose the small parts.

    I see women come to the gym in full makeup and wearing nice earrings and necklaces. Seems strange to me but whatever motivates them to get their workout done, good for them!
  • wiscck
    wiscck Posts: 185 Member
    When I was in high school I mangled my class ring by lifting while wearing it, so if I were married I probably wouldn't wear it while lifting. I do have a jade bracelet that doesn't come off. (Literally. I got it 2 and a half years ago and it has never once left my wrist.) So, naturally, I leave that on while exercising.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I don't take mine off ever. I wear them 24/7. In the shower, to bed, to work, out to dinner, doing dishes, mowing the lawn, while working out. Having said that, I can see why you would take them off while you're lifting weights. My fingers have been pinched many times while lifting but I still won't take them off. But that's just me. Do what works for you.
  • jenzakrzewski
    jenzakrzewski Posts: 2 Member
    My rings come off at the gym, for the exact reasons mentioned. I hate having my skin pinched between the ring and bar! I nearly always forget to take them off before I get into the gym, though, so I most often end up lacing it into my shoe.
  • ChristineinMA
    ChristineinMA Posts: 312 Member
    Married people always wear their rings.

    Yeah.. about that... no. I wear mine when it's safe to do so. Now that I work in an office setting, I wear it to work, but I don't wear it in the shower, in the gym, hiking, cleaning, cooking/baking, etc. My husband regularly forgets to put his on when he goes to work and neither of us wear it to bed.

    Agreed - love people who speak for half the world :noway:
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    I don't wear my wedding bands when doing weights for the same reasons as you but if I'm on the treadmill or something I don't bother removing them.
  • RunWinterGarden
    RunWinterGarden Posts: 428 Member
    I take my wedding ring off for pretty much everything. Every time I'm going to get water or some other liquid on my hands I take it off. The only time I really don't is when I'm running, just usually don't think about it. When I do weights or swim it definitely comes off.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I wear my wedding ring all the time, even when I am lifting. The only time I take them off is when I am swimming, because my hands shrink and I am afraid I will lose them.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    I always have my wedding bands on when I get to the gym but I do slip them off when doing deadlifts. I put them back on after that though. As for other jewelry, I will often have a simple necklace on but that's just because it's something that I don't take off for days at a time. Nothing else other than that.
  • TriciaAllen7251
    TriciaAllen7251 Posts: 283 Member
    Married people always wear their rings.

    No, not true. Been happily married for 25 years and neither of us wears a ring. Too cumbersome at work and the gym. I don't need a ring to tell me I'm taken and if anyone asks I gladly tell them I am.
  • Greywalk
    Greywalk Posts: 193 Member
    Married people always wear their rings.

    Not always in a game we have to remove ALL jewelry or it is a no play. I do the same at the gym for the same reason...dangerous to have them on in some of the activities.
  • kyleekay10
    kyleekay10 Posts: 1,812 Member
    I wear mine because I sort of think it would be cool if the rough part of the barbell would leave scratches on them, permanent battle wounds as opposed to the calluses that heal.

    That's oddly poetic. I like it.

    OP- I don't really wear rings in general, but lately I've been keeping on my cheap-o bracelets (black rubber bracelet and one of those rope bracelets), and I keep all of my piercings in. If I were still married, I wouldn't wear my ring though. Don't want to risk the ring getting bent and smashing my finger.
  • agdyl
    agdyl Posts: 246 Member
    Married people always wear their rings.

    No, not true. Been happily married for 25 years and neither of us wears a ring. Too cumbersome at work and the gym. I don't need a ring to tell me I'm taken and if anyone asks I gladly tell them I am.

    Same here - married for 12 years and we don't even have rings. If someone is flirting with me, it's not hard to bring up my husband in conversation and that's that. Between sports that we both do and my husband's work - they would be off more than they would be on for safety reasons, and they'd be expensive things to lose...
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    Married people always wear their rings.

    even for MRIs? Xrays? married people take their rings off for many different reasons.
  • goldarae
    goldarae Posts: 85 Member
    I wear mine because I sort of think it would be cool if the rough part of the barbell would leave scratches on them, permanent battle wounds as opposed to the calluses that heal.

    I just recently got engaged and that sucker never comes off. My dad and my mom have been married to 32 years and my dad is an electrician who also never takes off his band. His wedding band is all kinds of crooked and scratched and I think it is so awesome.
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    Married people do remove them occasionally. My husband is a woodworker and for some projects it's safer to remove his ring. I'd rather he take the ring off than lose a finger! When we did Taekwondo I always took my ring off for sparring so I didn't scratch someone else with it.
  • sunshine421969
    sunshine421969 Posts: 273 Member
    My husband and I both wear our wedding bands,, He never takes his off...and I just very rarely take my off..only making biscuits or putting on panty hose..lol..but if you and your husband are ok.. with it nothing wrong with it..You and he both know your married..:smile:
  • my wife wants me to wear a ring to the gym; so I am buying another ring just for the gym that is stronger then gold and I will wear my real wedding band when out n about.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I have been asked where my wedding bands are by married friends when i'm at the gym and I realize that among us I'm the only one without my bands. My husband and I don't go to the gym with our bands on because I hate having to make sure i don't get my skin pinched while doing weights or it somehow falling off. same thing with the husband.

    So just curious, do any of you were wedding bands or jewelry at the gym?

    I leave that stuff in the locker room, except for my prince albert.

    How do you make friends with that thing on anyway?
  • FitWarrior7
    FitWarrior7 Posts: 332 Member
    I used to wear mine into the gym and out of the gym and when I got there/left I would either store it in the side pocket of my gym bag or take it out of the same side pocket. It was in the same pocket as my gloves, headphones, water bottle, straps, etc. On New Years Eve it fell out when I was taking something out of the pocket. My heart dropped when I tore my bag apart when I got home. Thank god when I got there the day after new year's day I asked the girl if anyone had turned it in and luckily there was an envelope that contained my wedding ring. Thank god for honest people. Now I take it off and leave it in the car. It's locked and it's safe and I know exactly where it will be when I get back out there.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I don't wear mine IF I go the gym (usually I workout at home). Mine has diamonds all around it and it hurts when I lift. I don't even wear it around the house because it gets in the way when I'm painting and can cut into the sides of my fingers. My husband doesn't wear his when he lifts either. But both of us have a little bit of tan lines, so at least it's obvious that there's usually a ring there!
  • dextersgramps
    dextersgramps Posts: 39 Member
    I don't wear my wedding ring unless I`m going out somewhere special.For my own safety I wont wear it at work as it could get caught on something or arc against a wire terminal.At the gym it might pinch when lifting and also get distorted,I always have it with me in my wallet and if anyone asks I always let them know I`m happily married.It`s also Wife approved.:happy:
  • MrsCamp2013
    MrsCamp2013 Posts: 49 Member
    I wear my wedding rings, that's it. I 1. don't want to get hit on, and 2. am scared to death of losing it! If I take it off, I lose it! I guess if it bothered me I'd take it off, but I havent had any problems