Ways to Wear Your Hair to the Gym
Avoiding exercise because of concerns about hair becoming messy and damaged is a common practice, according to Harvard University. These concerns can be eliminated by wearing an exercise-friendly hair style when you go to the gym. Keeping your hair pulled back, away from your face and neck, prevents hair from becoming damaged and disheveled by the water and salt from your sweat. Does this Spark an idea?
Ponytail
Any discussion of gym-friendly hair styles would be incomplete without this classic. If your hair is shorter than shoulder length, wear a headband to keep any wayward strands from slipping out of the elastic and into your eyes. This style works for any hair type, provided it is long enough to be pulled back.
Braided Ponytail
This twist on the classic ponytail keeps hair more secure and does a better job of keeping long strands from flying into your face and sticking to your neck and back. Simply pull hair back into a high ponytail, then braid the entire length of the ponytail and secure the braid at the bottom with an elastic. This style is ideal for people with fine, straight hair that tends to work its way loose from other hair styles.
Bun
Ballerinas provide the inspiration for this gym-ready hairdo. This style does the best job of keeping long hair off your face, neck and back. Pull hair back into a ponytail, grasp it and twist until it is tight. Then wrap the entire length of the twisted hair around the base of the ponytail, and secure hair using an elastic or bobby pins. To make this style even more secure, use a braided ponytail. Curly hair is most easily secured using this hair style.
Braid
If your hair is long and has a tendency to become frizzy, this style is ideal. Separate your hair into three equal sections, and interweave them by alternately crossing the right and left sections over the middle section of hair. Secure the braid with an elastic. This style can be advantageous if you perform exercises while lying on your back, since it doesn't create a bulge on the back of your head like a ponytail or a bun.
Braided Pigtails
This youthful style has all the benefits of a braid, as well as the additional advantage of keeping hair off of your neck and back. To create braided pigtails, separate your hair into two equal sections down the middle of your scalp. Braid both of these sections, and secure them with elastics. This style can work on most types of hair.
Headband
If your hair is too short to pull back, this style may be your only option. Headbands come in a multitude of varieties, all of which help to prevent hair from flying into your face while you exercise. A thick band that wraps all the way around your hair will do the best job of securing hair. Headbands can be used in conjunction with any hair style to further secure hair while you are at the gym.
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