What do You Wear to the Gym — Pants or Shorts?

I was getting ready for the gym yesterday morning and was trying to figure out what to wear – shorts or pants?

No its not the biggest decision in the whole entire world – but its one that WILL affect my workout.

Its January – its cold – the gym opens at 8 and I plan on being there at 8:05. There are some days when the heat isn’t on yet and the gym is FREEZING – other days when the heat is BLASTING and its SUPER warm (those days are my favorite). Not to mention the fact that my legs are WHITE. Oh yes — no tan (its winter and this girl doesn’t fake bake) – if the sun reflects off my legs I feel like you need a pair of sunglasses if you catch my legs in shorts in the winter and I don’t want to blind everyone in the gym!

Then I had to consider my workout — it was leg day — I don’t usually like having pants on when I do legs – it makes me feel constricted – I know spandex expands – but it can get awkward – ya know?

Yes – this is the ridiculous conversation I had with myself in the morning and I’m wondering if I’m the only one.

We all have reasons why we do or don’t do things. Even if its as simple as figuring out what to wear to the gym.

I know many women don’t wear shorts because they don’t like their legs and when I recently posed this question on Twitter and Facebook – I found some even more intriguing answers — no shorts = no germs – something I never even thought of.

I ended up settling for capri/leggings that day (which brings up a whole other world of issues I will save for a future post). I was SUPER hot especially doing cardio — but they made my bum look nice – hehe! This conflict will arise again as I pack my bag for the gym tomorrow – I’ll probably put both shorts + pants into the bag and figure it out when I get there – depending on my mood.

So…after all my ranting – I hope I’m not alone….ladies…

What do you wear to the gym – Pants or Shorts or Capris? Why?

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  1. Juy
    841 days ago

    I am the same way, I plan according to what I am teaching that day. I also have different shoes for different classes! So anything from long pants to tights and capris and always a tank style top—usually Lululemon.


  2. Stephanie
    841 days ago

    I wear shorts – never thought of the germ thing before! I get to hot when I wear pants….not to mention I like how my legs look…gives me MORE motivation to workout.

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