I've started wearing safety glasses for weight and band workouts.

Vintage VFer · 05-26-21, 01:11 PM

I should have been doing this for years. After I read somewhere here that even the good quality resistance bands (BodyLastics) I have have been know to snap, I picked up some safety glasses (NoCry).

Bear in mind that they will fog up, no matter what the description says.

Does anyone else wear safety glasses for weight and/or resistance band work?

Pam · 05-26-21, 01:49 PM

Good idea Vintage VFer! My regular glasses, are my safety glasses. My parents started us getting our prescription glasses made out of safety glasses when we were kids, as we were doing a lot of downhill skiing. I never thought of how they could help me working out now.

fanofladyvols · 05-26-21, 02:21 PM

I wonder what divers use...wonder if that would work with the fogging of the lenses.

KarenJo · 05-26-21, 02:41 PM

My dad used to scub dive, though not deep diving. He filled his goggles.with whatever water he was in. He had grown up swimming in the ocean and river deltas so it never bothered his eyes.

KarenJo · 05-26-21, 02:56 PM

Forgot to add that I'm also one who counts on my glasses to be for safety. I've worn them since I was in high school. Came in very handy .more than once when I was a hospital nurse.

Gams · 05-26-21, 04:27 PM

I used to use resistance bands at the end of ramping class and we had a lot of them break, but they never snapped back - they would just float down. Not sure why that would be.

killoffsonny · 05-28-21, 11:30 AM

I have the safety glasses I wear to the range.

I bet those would work. I had a band snap and break on my last night but it was lower body and nowhere near my face.

Vintage VFer · 05-28-21, 12:39 PM

If you do a Google search there are numerous articles about folks being injured by snapping resistance bands.

Here is a recent one:

The importance of protecting eyesight during home workouts

https://health.sunnybrook.ca/fitness...home-workouts/

I use the Bob & Brad wall anchors and I would think that would start to wear a band out after a while. I love the anchors though and use them a lot.

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05-26-21, 01:11 PM
Vintage VFer VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001	I've started wearing safety glasses for weight and band workouts. I should have been doing this for years. After I read somewhere here that even the good quality resistance bands (BodyLastics) I have have been know to snap, I picked up some safety glasses (NoCry). Bear in mind that they will fog up, no matter what the description says. Does anyone else wear safety glasses for weight and/or resistance band work? __________________ Goal:250 / Done:91 POSTURE CHECK!

05-26-21, 01:49 PM
Pam Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado mountains, USA	Good idea Vintage VFer! My regular glasses, are my safety glasses. My parents started us getting our prescription glasses made out of safety glasses when we were kids, as we were doing a lot of downhill skiing. I never thought of how they could help me working out now. __________________ Movement should be approached like life - with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude - for movement is life, and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it. Ron Fletcher

05-26-21, 02:21 PM
fanofladyvols Join Date: May 2004 Location: Modify City, State of Fierce	I wonder what divers use...wonder if that would work with the fogging of the lenses. __________________ Don't just work hard, work smart....Pat Head Summitt Never give up on your body!-- Miranda Esmonde-White Word/Guiding Principle for 2024: Embrace: embrace my faith, my family, my friends, myself, the process, the progress, the hard work, the strength program I choose, the recovery methods and rest I need, my life, the good times, and the memories of good people.

05-26-21, 02:41 PM
KarenJo VF Supporter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Central Valley, California	My dad used to scub dive, though not deep diving. He filled his goggles.with whatever water he was in. He had grown up swimming in the ocean and river deltas so it never bothered his eyes. __________________ Karen Jo I now have a doctor's order to never again do push ups (yippee!)

05-26-21, 02:56 PM
KarenJo VF Supporter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Central Valley, California	Forgot to add that I'm also one who counts on my glasses to be for safety. I've worn them since I was in high school. Came in very handy .more than once when I was a hospital nurse. __________________ Karen Jo I now have a doctor's order to never again do push ups (yippee!)

05-26-21, 04:27 PM
Gams Join Date: Mar 2007	I used to use resistance bands at the end of ramping class and we had a lot of them break, but they never snapped back - they would just float down. Not sure why that would be.

05-28-21, 11:30 AM
killoffsonny Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Houston	I have the safety glasses I wear to the range. I bet those would work. I had a band snap and break on my last night but it was lower body and nowhere near my face. __________________ Becky

05-28-21, 12:39 PM
Vintage VFer VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001	If you do a Google search there are numerous articles about folks being injured by snapping resistance bands. Here is a recent one: The importance of protecting eyesight during home workouts https://health.sunnybrook.ca/fitness...home-workouts/ I use the Bob & Brad wall anchors and I would think that would start to wear a band out after a while. I love the anchors though and use them a lot. __________________ Goal:250 / Done:91 POSTURE CHECK!