For those who wear glasses...

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  • jennifries227
    jennifries227 Posts: 113 Member
    I wear my glass pretty much all the time, including when I'm working out. They're pretty well-fitted, so I don't have any trouble with them flying off or anything. They do fog up sometimes, but usually not all the way, so I can ignore it pretty easily.

    I honestly never thought about it. I need my glasses to see, so I wear them. I usually do workout DVDs, and although I've got them all but memorized, I still feel like I need to see them.
  • Calamitycazza
    Calamitycazza Posts: 87 Member
    My eyesight is terrible, but for some reason, I really dont like wearing my glasses when I workout! So I just go without. I think it's when I sweat, I dont like having them stuck around my face lol
  • lawlorka
    lawlorka Posts: 484 Member
    I wear my contacts when I run - because I sweat and my glasses always slip down my nose and its really annoying.

    But for everything else I'm happy in my glasses, weights or stationary bike, row etc.

    I have prescription goggles for swimming.
  • BIGJIMMYU
    BIGJIMMYU Posts: 1,221 Member
    I have used both but I tend to be a big "sweater" when I do cardio so I tend to wear contacts usually as I hate sweat drops hitting my glasses. It doesn't wipe off the lenses very well.
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  • xsmilexforxmex
    xsmilexforxmex Posts: 1,216 Member
    I don't like the feeling of trying to see without my glasses and I can't wear contacts so I work out with my glasses on. I have noticed some people pulling theirs off at my gym but I feel like I'd break mine.
  • Widadita
    Widadita Posts: 176 Member
    I always wear them while exercising, otherwise I would get headaches.
  • xenoa
    xenoa Posts: 106 Member
    Working out at home and without my glasses. Few times they came flying off or just slipped off while in a plank so it's safer to not wear them.
  • Zikhona123
    Zikhona123 Posts: 22 Member
    I put mine on all the time.
  • KarlKerlKirl
    KarlKerlKirl Posts: 1
    I keep them on, unless it's something with a ball.
  • benefiting
    benefiting Posts: 795 Member
    Do you take off your glasses (either go "blind" or switch to contacts) when you work out? I've been going to the gym for a few weeks now and I never really think much about it but have always kept my glasses on. I don't see anyone else doing the same, though, and I guess I'm just curious how others go about it. I don't wear contacts at all, so it'd either be glasses or staring at blurry stuff while I work out, so maybe that's why I keep them on! Anyone else keep 'em on or is it really just me?

    I keep them on... unless I go swimming. :)
  • Eastern_Echo23
    Eastern_Echo23 Posts: 198 Member
    usually i go without. My eyes are not as bad. I only use them for reading things that are far away. I tried contacts but they just made my eyes dry and itchy so i went back to nothing. Works for me, try it out and see what works for you
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I wear mine all the time. The first thing I do when trying new frames is jog on the spot to check they won't slip off when running!
  • HipsterWhovian
    HipsterWhovian Posts: 195 Member
    I wear contacts when I'm running, and prescription goggles for swimming. Normally wear my glasses the rest of the time.
  • ColeCake292012
    ColeCake292012 Posts: 247 Member
    I usually end up taking them off because they slide all around once I start sweating like a beast.
    And then I'm blindly going through the rest of my workout.
  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I wear my contacts when working out. (As I do most of the time anyway) if my contacts are bothering and I've taken them out and am wearing my glasses, I do take them off when working out. With all the water that runs down my face during an intense workout, it's best to leave them off or they tend to slide down my face!
  • khoshgeleh16
    khoshgeleh16 Posts: 150 Member
    I prefer contacts for most cardio things - my glasses bounce around in Zumba and while running, and are deeply annoying when you get sweaty - but at the gym, I don't really mind. Especially if I'm just doing weights, where I'm unlikely to dislodge them and they won't get too sweaty and icky!
  • beattie1
    beattie1 Posts: 1,012 Member
    I haven't read the other replies yet, but I take my glasses off, they'd get sweaty drips on the lenses or tend to fall off. My distance vision is good enough to see what an instructor is doing / cross the road safely / not bump into things. I wouldn't be able to read a small display on an exercise machine, but I don't do that sort of stuff - and the displays I've seen are readable, to me.
  • littlecely
    littlecely Posts: 45 Member
    I've been working out at home for the past couple of month and I always wear my glasses. When I was younger I'd wear contacts to the gym but that was more for weird aesthetic reasons. Now if I started going to the gym again I'd wear my glasses as long as I wasn't doing anything that would make them fall or fly off.

    For swimming though I tend to wear contacts. I just find it more practical, it's for visibility. I can't see anything without glasses or contacts.
  • ratchet2
    ratchet2 Posts: 87 Member
    I am blind (legally according to the eye doctor) without my glasses. The only time I do not wear them is swimming. I may wear an old pair (not up to date, so blurry) if I am afraid that they will fall off.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    If I don't wear my glasses, I'm extremely prone to migraine symptoms, so the glasses stay on as much as possible.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    I don't wear my glasses when I work out. However, my vision isn't so bad that I'm a danger to myself or anybody else by taking them off. :laugh:

    This-but don't be offended if I don't say hi! I just can't see you clearly enough!
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    I wear mine all the time. The first thing I do when trying new frames is jog on the spot to check they won't slip off when running!
    I do that, too! I jump up and down a few times to make sure. I've always worn my glasses when working out. Mind, I'm not doing anything where I'm going upside down or anything but I have been lifting weights, doing pushups, etc. Mine have Transitions, too, so they are also my sunglasses and I have run many half marathons and shorter races in them with no problems.
  • damorzacon
    damorzacon Posts: 124 Member
    99% of the time I wear my contacts. Even on days when I've worn my glasses all day I'll put my contacts in just to work out. I can't stand having my glasses sliding off my face once I get sweaty.
  • lulukittie
    lulukittie Posts: 340 Member
    I have a slight astigmatism, so technically I only need glasses to read, use a computer and drive. I can't wear contacts (rosacea) or get LASIK (prescription changes yearly) so I just go glasses-free. It doesn't bother me as much as running with my glasses would.
  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    I wear my glasses, but usually an older pair. Sweat can hurt anti-reflective coating, so I avoid wearing new pairs I care about.
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    I wear an old pair of glasses with the dorky strap so they don't fall off from sweat. When I do yoga, I don't wear them at all.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    i've always kept them on and never had issues. back when i wore contacts it was more comfortable tho.

    lasik for me on 4/12 yay

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