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19 June 2019, 11:56 PM | #1 |
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If you lift, do you wear your Rolex in the gym?
I’m not talking about machines, but barbells.
Normally I wouldn’t wear my Sub to the gym but I forgot to take it off before I left home the other day. My gym is a bare bones kind of place without lockers, so that wasn’t an option (not sure I would have been comfortable with it even if it were). Didn’t feel comfortable leaving it in the car. So I just used my glide lock and put the watch on above my wrist wraps. Felt forty kinds of weird and I was definitely concerned I would smack the ceramic into something. It ended up fine, but got me wondering what the rest of you do. I certainly don’t see watches at my gym (maybe the occasional Apple Watch). Do you wear your Rolex to lift? If not, where do you leave it, especially if you can’t go directly from home to the gym? |
19 June 2019, 11:57 PM | #2 |
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No
I use my Apple watch which tells me my heart rate, calorie burn and can keep me connected to my phone, texts and emails.
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19 June 2019, 11:58 PM | #3 |
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20 June 2019, 12:03 AM | #4 |
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Next to my Patek, I have a gym in my basement
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20 June 2019, 12:07 AM | #5 |
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19 June 2019, 11:59 PM | #7 |
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No. When I used to go to the gym after work I would just hide it in my car before I was in the gym parking lot. A quick smash and grab I doubt anyone would find it. Now I built out a gym at work and home so no longer an issue.
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20 June 2019, 12:03 AM | #8 |
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Good call. Hide it *before* you get there. Will have to work on exactly where to do that.
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20 June 2019, 12:07 AM | #9 |
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21 June 2019, 10:23 AM | #10 |
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Ditto, plus is doubles as an iPod through my wireless earbuds
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19 June 2019, 11:59 PM | #11 |
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No. G-shock for the gym.
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20 June 2019, 12:00 AM | #12 |
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No, not at all. Then again my training is a bit all over the place - yoga, CrossFit, F45, boxing. Maybe if I stopped this, I could afford more watches.
But, I have seen guys wear their Rolex watches when lifting. Scares me to death. |
20 June 2019, 12:02 AM | #13 |
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Yes wear one of my watches in the gym every time.
Watches are there to be worn, just have to be careful depending on what you are doing. |
20 June 2019, 12:07 AM | #14 |
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Ofcourse I wear my Rolexes. All I do at the gym is lifting weights basically. Wouldn't leave it in a shady locker and why bother taking it off? I'm sure most of us have created a certain wrist awareness, so why would you worry about smashing your wrist especially in the gym? I'm never worried about it because I'm always aware.
Now, I wouldn't take my phone with me; I want to work out while I'm at the gym, not answer phonecalls that can wait 9 out of 10 times.. Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A600FN met Tapatalk |
20 June 2019, 12:08 AM | #15 |
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Yeah I lift heavy and wear my sub c also wear it for cardio
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20 June 2019, 12:09 AM | #16 |
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I am in the same boat as Brian; my Apple Watch only sees wrist time at the gym. I love how I can program intervals and HIIT with it, along with timing, heart rate, and shuffling through music while connected to the iPhone.
For the latter part of the question, I always leave the nicer watches at home since the gym is only two minutes away. |
20 June 2019, 12:16 AM | #17 |
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No, but it isn’t because of potential damage, it’s because it would be uncomfortable and wrist flex would be an issue with a bracelet
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20 June 2019, 12:23 AM | #18 |
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I wear my rubber band TAG Aquaracer 43mm when I workout. I really like this watch for working out since the large face helps my old eyes monitor the second hand to time sets.
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20 June 2019, 12:26 AM | #19 |
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Yes! Not gonna leave it in the locker.
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20 June 2019, 12:27 AM | #20 |
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why not
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20 June 2019, 12:28 AM | #21 |
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Tbh if you really WORKed out you’d have your answer
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20 June 2019, 12:31 AM | #22 |
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20 June 2019, 12:34 AM | #23 |
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20 June 2019, 12:55 AM | #24 |
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20 June 2019, 12:32 AM | #25 |
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Yes
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20 June 2019, 12:37 AM | #26 |
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One of the great advantages of working out at home!
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20 June 2019, 12:37 AM | #27 |
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nope.
nothing to do with the watch, just hate anything on my hands or wrists when lifting/exercising. I take my wedding ring off when working out too.
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20 June 2019, 12:39 AM | #28 |
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I wear an Enso ring. Can’t wear anything but a wedding band for martial arts and I hate getting punched with metal, so I got it to be nicer to defense partners (and in case I ever break a finger—much safer). They’e silicone bands. Worth checking out. Super comfy and they have some that actually look like metal now. There are several brands but these are the ones I’ve worn.
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20 June 2019, 12:37 AM | #30 |
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All the time.....
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