Reading glasses in the weight room?!

lorrpb
lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
edited November 22 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you have to wear reading glasses in the weight room to read your routine and record your results? I do and it's highly annoying! One more thing to deal with in addition to card, pencil (or phone), towel, and water!

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited October 2017
    I wear mine over contacts and don't like leaving them on while doing the exercise, just for reading and writing. So it's constant on and off.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Not yet...I just got my first pair of reading glasses and they're the lowest prescription...
  • TashaP2011
    TashaP2011 Posts: 142 Member
    I bought a dozen of those magnifying cards off of amazon. I put them everywhere. At least that wouldn't have to go on your face. :)
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Do you have to wear reading glasses in the weight room to read your routine and record your results? I do and it's highly annoying! One more thing to deal with in addition to card, pencil (or phone), towel, and water!

    Write bigger, use larger type on your plan, get used to your glasses. :)
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    edited October 2017
    Not in the gym, but I carry these in my race vest when I'm running. Largely so that I can read my map.

  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    How apropriate you should post this @Lorrpb. I got my first pair of glasses the beginning of August, my phone and note book were getting really fuzzy.

    I am getting by in the gym with writing a little bigger so I don't have to keep putting my glasses on. I am not comfortable in them enough to wear them in the gym yet- scared of breaking the expensive little bug-gers.

    They are quite fun though- known as my 'spectaculars' as there is nothing subtle about them.

    Cheers, h.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Hmm. No. I don't have anything with me when working out. I put my phone and keys in a little cubby hole in the weight area. My "routine" is simple enough to where I can always remember what weight I'm on.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
    I don't have reading glasses but I am near-sighted so I wear mine all of the time. I've found that so long as they're properly fitted I have zero issues - I've even been on rides that go upside down with no fear of them flying off of my face.

    The only thing that I can't seem to tackle is sleeping without imprinting them on my head.

    Same. I wear mine all the time and have a strap for my "gym glasses" so they stay on my head and don't slip. My gym glasses are just my pair of older/backup glasses that I don't mind getting a little grodier.
  • azironasun
    azironasun Posts: 137 Member
    As someone who completely understands your problem, I've had to use a larger font size on my workout tracking sheet. YMMV.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I wear contacts in monovision configuration. Left near for reading (I'm left eye dominant) and noral rt for distance. So, no need for reading glasses.

    I also have a pair of glasses in this configuration that I can use for reading, but seldom use them because I wear my contacts most of the time and usually wear normal 20/20 corrected glasses at home.

    If you've never heard of monovision, ask your optometrist about it.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I would print my friend's program in large, bold type so she could read it without her cheaters
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    I do weights on my back patio with my ray bans on.
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    edited October 2017
    could be the reason why i stick to extremely simple programmes. need to be able to hold the numbers in my head because keeping notes . . . no.

    with that said, no experience of reading glasses. i guess they're actively counter-productive when you're not focusing on something at reading distance? i wear the regular kind that neer come off while my eyes are open, and never even thought of them being an issue with lifting. basically, i guess in my mind: if my glasses are falling off then i really NEED a form check.
  • ecjim
    ecjim Posts: 1,001 Member
    I keep them with my log book so I can see what I'm writing - Eastcoast Jim
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Do you have to wear reading glasses in the weight room to read your routine and record your results? I do and it's highly annoying! One more thing to deal with in addition to card, pencil (or phone), towel, and water!
    Lasik. One of the main reasons I had it done was so I DIDN'T need glasses in the gym. Nothing like fogging up glasses.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Thanks for all your thoughts. My glasses don't slide off. They're end of nose style readers and it's just visually annoying to have them on when not reading or writing. I can't use the kind that sits on the bridge of your nose because then I can't see to walk. I did rewrite my workout card larger with a dark marker, but it didn't make enough difference and the marker actually made it less clear because the letters were too fat. Guess I just need to get past the annoyance of leaving them on lol.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Just to add... I don't wear readers, but I do wear glasses. They stay on for all activities besides swimming. I am very near-sighted, so they are very necessary. I have no problem lifting in glasses. They only bother me with cardio if I forget and wear my heavy pair or if I'm super sweaty and doing something in plank and they start bouncing or sliding.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    Just to add... I don't wear readers, but I do wear glasses. They stay on for all activities besides swimming. I am very near-sighted, so they are very necessary. I have no problem lifting in glasses. They only bother me with cardio if I forget and wear my heavy pair or if I'm super sweaty and doing something in plank and they start bouncing or sliding.

    Same. Except I don't have a heavy pair (mine are too expensive to have a spare pair).

    Thankfully, mine are well fitted and generally don't slide around much, even while running, though running in the rain is a pain because it's hard to see. I generally don't go out in anything more than a very light drizzle.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Hmmm all this feedback from regular glasses wearers is very interesting.

    For me, I think I just have to get use to wearing them. 2 months of adjusting so far, so I don't think I am doing too bad.
    I have a small head and still have to keep going and having the fit adjusted.

    Cheers, h.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,192 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    I wear mine over contacts and don't like leaving them on while doing the exercise, just for reading and writing. So it's constant on and off.

    Ask your eye doctor for bifocal contacts. I wear mine all the time and they do help a lot. I only ear reading glasses when the writing is very small.
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