Married guys who lift weights at the gym...

La_Amazona
La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
in Chit-Chat
No reason why I ask this... I promise. It's just an innocent question. :blushing: :bigsmile:

Do you wear your ring when you lift weights?? I would imagine it's a hassle taking it off and putting it back on but I also imagine it could hurt or get in the way when you work out.
«13456

Replies

  • LesliePierceRN
    LesliePierceRN Posts: 860 Member
    I'm not a guy, but I lift heavy.. and I keep my ring on. Of course, it's a simple gold band. I even keep it on to do deadlifts, so if there's an excuse others give for the ring pinching them, etc, it's not true. Or why are you at the gym if you can't take a tiny pinch on the palm?
  • carpp107
    carpp107 Posts: 99
    Nope....Don't wear mine....I've bent and scratched mine really bad lifting with it and that was the ending of wearing it while training.......
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    I always take mine off when in the gym.. it buries into my finger too much when I am lifting. and with weight loss it has come off my hand while running...
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    I do, but I have quite a callous just below it on my hand. It occasionally pinches too. I'm not worried about scratches, it's Tungsten Carbide. It probably scratches the bar!

    JM
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    I'm not a guy, but I lift heavy.. and I keep my ring on. Of course, it's a simple gold band. I even keep it on to do deadlifts, so if there's an excuse others give for the ring pinching them, etc, it's not true. Or why are you at the gym if you can't take a tiny pinch on the palm?


    whatever. my ring pinches the FU@K out of me. but i gues i'm just a liar. Or a big wimp who can't take a pinch.
  • journalistjen
    journalistjen Posts: 265 Member
    I was wondering If was going crazy or having water retention issues. I haven't lost a huge amount of weight yet, but my rings don't fit me most days, unless I am swelling from water. I've considered getting a temporary sizer screwed in to them until I lose all the weight I need to.
  • bhalter
    bhalter Posts: 582 Member
    I know this question is for guys, but I take off my engagement ring ANY time I exercise. I don't want to risk damaging it or losing it, plus, my fingers swell when I get hot.
    I was wondering If was going crazy or having water retention issues. I haven't lost a huge amount of weight yet, but my rings don't fit me most days, unless I am swelling from water. I've considered getting a temporary sizer screwed in to them until I lose all the weight I need to.

    Yep - mine is already on the verge of not being able to stay on (apparently the 5 pounds I've lost so far came straight from my fingers), but I'll wear a ring guard and wait to get it re-sized until the end of the year, closer to my wedding. I don't want to get it sized, then lose more weight, just to have it need sized again.
  • dlw13
    dlw13 Posts: 119 Member
    When I was married I never wore my ring in the gym, for multiple reasons. The knurling on the bars scratch the heck out of jewelery, particularly soft gold. I never liked the way my grip felt on a bar when I was wearing a ring and there was always the possibility of catching it on something and causing an injury. I would recommend to anyone lifting free weights to remove all rings and bracelets before working out.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    I take off all my jewelry while I'm changing for the gym, including my rings. No sense in having it pinch or potentially get banged up.
  • shawnp80134
    shawnp80134 Posts: 86
    I take mine off, it ends up just hurting and scratching.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Why would I take it off? It's a total chick magnet.

    On a serious note, my ring isn't very wide, so it kinda hides right here in the crease when I bend my fingers. So it never makes contact with the weights.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I'm neither married, nor a man, but if I do lift heavy and if I had a wedding or engagement band (you know, if my bf would get his *kitten* together and propose haha) I would definitely take it off. One, I imagine it would scratch the band pretty badly while lifting, 2 I'm sure it'd be uncomfortable (I don't wear any jewelry while working out except stud earrings), and 3 I'd hate to get sweaty and it slip off or something.

    I rarely see men or anyone lifting wearing rings, I'm assuming simply for the functionality.
  • kirstyg1980
    kirstyg1980 Posts: 302
    I'm a woman - married and I have to take my rings off as they do pinch, but then I do have 4 rings i wear on 3 different fingers (2 on wedding ring finger and my husbands wedding band on my middle finger opposite hand and a signet ring on my ring finger, didn't at first but the heavier I lift the harder it gets

    My husband can't wear his ring to work as he could loose his finger due to it, he's a stone mason and if it caught on a stone it could do some damage, so I wear it
  • dukes418
    dukes418 Posts: 207 Member
    other than a sportswatch, I don't wear jewlery.
  • laurarpa
    laurarpa Posts: 244 Member
    I'm not a guy but I cannot wear mine. I have little "balls" inside to keep them from twisting because I have big knuckles :-) and it HURTS. I can't wear them kickboxing either if we are punching bags. I still know I'm married :)
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    My husband has ruined 2 rings, nice ones, by lifting stuff (not at the gym, but moving stuff for work or whatever). I'm done replacing them :sad: I would say that taking them off is a safe bet.
  • MyFeistyEvolution
    MyFeistyEvolution Posts: 1,014 Member
    Yo!

    I never wear my rings to the gym...once I get warmed up and my hands start swelling...3 rings are a real ***** to get off.!

    Certainly don't wear them when I lift either....I don't see many people wearing jewelry in general.
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    Married woman here - I do take my rings off if I'm lifting heavy. It hurts!!
  • Z_I_L_L_A
    Z_I_L_L_A Posts: 2,399 Member
    I wouldn't because mine was bent so bad doing heavy deads we had to find some pliers to bend it back before my finger turned black from no circulation. Thought we were gonna have to cut it off. Little pinch my @zz...lol.Go heavy or go home!
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    I tried to wear my "leave me alone " ring once but it annoyed me. I have small hands and need all the grip I can get.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    when my husband was lifting, he took his off, to avoid damaging the ring. He doesn't wear it to sleep in or work on the car, either, but wears it to work and going out.
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
    When I was married I took it off on days I did deadlifts. I have bent that thing completley out of shape
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    I'm not a guy, but I lift heavy.. and I keep my ring on. Of course, it's a simple gold band. I even keep it on to do deadlifts, so if there's an excuse others give for the ring pinching them, etc, it's not true. Or why are you at the gym if you can't take a tiny pinch on the palm?

    I bet your jeweler hates you.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    My husband hasn't worn his ring in years. I trust him so I don't worry about it :tongue: But I can see how it would be annoying when you're trying to decide whether or not to hit on someone :wink:
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    I'd take mine off. (if i were married)
    Gets in the way.
  • aj_31
    aj_31 Posts: 994 Member
    I was wondering If was going crazy or having water retention issues. I haven't lost a huge amount of weight yet, but my rings don't fit me most days, unless I am swelling from water. I've considered getting a temporary sizer screwed in to them until I lose all the weight I need to.

    I did that and it was nice because they placed gold spacers in mine and I was able to move them as needed depending on my fingers that day. When I was cold my fingers would get real small but when I was hot or working out sometimes my fingers would get bigger. Eventally the spacer broke from being moved and I got it sized. Now my ring is starting to move around on me again.

    At the gym I usually wear my ring unless I'm lifting and it starts to bother me. Then I usually undo a shoe lace or two and put my ring there until I'm finished with my workout. Not the best place for it but I don't want to run back to the locker room and I don't know that I would trust leaving it in my bag.
  • _HeathBar_
    _HeathBar_ Posts: 902 Member
    I'm not a guy, but I lift heavy.. and I keep my ring on. Of course, it's a simple gold band. I even keep it on to do deadlifts, so if there's an excuse others give for the ring pinching them, etc, it's not true. Or why are you at the gym if you can't take a tiny pinch on the palm?

    Ughh.. really? I don't wear my ring when I workout. My fingers swell up to the size of Italian sausages which make it painful to keep on. I guess I'm just a lying wuss who can't take the pain.
  • 76tech
    76tech Posts: 1,455 Member
    If I had reason to wear one at the moment, I would remove it when lifting. Why ruin your jewelry.

    I had a wedding ring a while ago, and it got scratched and bent to hell and back because I refused to remove it when working on my car.

    I got smarter and started taking it off after that.
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
    I have to take of my rings before any workout. My hands turn into cartoon caricature hands with the swelling.
  • Victorking32
    Victorking32 Posts: 15 Member
    I do take it off, but I wear it on my phiten necklace so its always on me

Categories