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WIBU to wear gym wear

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MindTheBumps · 27/05/2021 12:45

We have dress down Friday every week in the office. Tomorrow I will be pushed for time between finishing work and getting to the gym.

WIBU to wear gym clothes in the office? Black lycra leggings and a Sport Bra with a T-shirt over.

I can't decide if it is acceptable or not, most people wear jeans which seems fine to me for casual Friday.

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idontlikealdi · 27/05/2021 12:47

Depends on your role / client facing / expectations etc.

Dress down day in my office is definitely not gym wear. Just get changed before you leave. It takes what two minutes?

newnortherner111 · 27/05/2021 12:47

I think you are. Leggings are unsuitable as would be jogging bottoms. Jeans are different.

shouldistop · 27/05/2021 12:48

I wouldn't wear gym wear. Can you not get changed in the toilet?

PurpleDaisies · 27/05/2021 12:48

I wouldn’t. I think there’s a difference between work appropriate casual clothes and gym wear.

HeadNorth · 27/05/2021 12:51

Could you wear the sports bra & T shirt with jeans, so you just need to pull leggings on at the gym?

TedHastingsweeDonkey · 27/05/2021 12:51

We used to have dress down Fridays but sportswear wasn't acceptable. There's a difference between causal and gym wear IMHO so I wouldn't. Used to get changed before leaving the office.

shouldistop · 27/05/2021 12:53

Could you wear the sports bra & T shirt with jeans, so you just need to pull leggings on at the gym?

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reallyreallyborednow · 27/05/2021 12:56

No I wouldn’t.

It takes seconds to change trousers- sports bra and black t-shirt fine, just wear jeans and change into your leggings.

Malin52 · 27/05/2021 12:56

Um no. How long does it take to get changed into gym gear? 5 minutes?

Why not Wear sports bra under 'office casual' clothes: jeans, T-shirt or shirt. Go to loo at end of day take off jeans, put on leggings keep on tshirt from day. 1 minute tops.

AlmostSummer21 · 27/05/2021 12:57

Are you always so attention seeking?

HappyGoPlucky · 27/05/2021 12:58

Flummoxed as to how jeans are acceptable but sportswear isn't. Who makes up these random rules?
I'd wear smart sportswear - in New York yoga wear is like a universal uniform. Maybe take a change of clothes so, if it becomes apparent you've made some kind of bizarre misstep in the unspoken rules of dress down Friday, you can change? Confused
Maybe you'll start a trend and everyone will wear sportswear next Friday? Grin

UntilYourNextHairBrainedScheme · 27/05/2021 12:58

Put jeans over your leggings... How pushed for time will you be? Taking your jeans off and changing your shoes surely won't take long enough to make a difference to anything... Will you want to travel home after the gym sweaty with nothing to change into?

Obviously you can wear a sports bra any day you want...

soughsigh · 27/05/2021 12:58

We had dress down Fridays in an extremely active office. Working at your desk all sweaty while waiting to cool down after a run was acceptable... but sitting around in your clean gym clothes all day was not.

I would go for the quick jeans to leggings change in the toilet but personally wouldn't want to wear a sports bra all day!

ItsJustTheOneSwanActually · 27/05/2021 13:19

Our office has a guideline ‘ if you’d wear it to the gym or the beach don’t wear it to the office’

fairynick · 27/05/2021 13:24

I would wear the t shirt and leggings if they didn’t look too sporty, no nike swoosh on the leggings kind of thing, with different shoes. Then change trainers, would that be an option?

myfuckingfreezer · 27/05/2021 13:27

@AlmostSummer21

Are you always so attention seeking?
Are you always so rude?
Original poster
MindTheBumps · 27/05/2021 13:30

I thought it would be inappropriate, will go with the suggestions of jeans and sports bra/T-shirt and chuck my leggings on in the gym.

Trainers are fine so that's not a problem.

I always travel home in my sweaty sports kit, I literally leave the gym and go home to shower and get comfy. Most people in my gym do this, its a small sweaty run down old school gym so the changing rooms leave a lot to be desired.

OP posts:
fruitbrewhaha · 27/05/2021 13:42

Would you not be uncomfortable in a sports bra all day? mine are quite firm hold. eg tight.

Could you get changed at work so as not to use the gyms changing room?

Original poster
MindTheBumps · 27/05/2021 14:06

I find sport bras more comfortable than underwire bras, I was gutted coming back to the office and wearing normal bras again.

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therocinante · 27/05/2021 14:45

Wouldn't be an issue in our office. Someone came in in a onesie once.

LittleGwyneth · 27/05/2021 14:47

@AlmostSummer21

Are you always so attention seeking?
What a horrible thing to say.
LittleGwyneth · 27/05/2021 14:48

Would be fine anywhere I've worked.

Definately · 27/05/2021 14:52

This calls for my favourite YouTube video!
Going to the office in my activewear Grin

user1471457751 · 27/05/2021 15:00

Surely no one knows what bra you're wearing unless you wear see-through tops? So if a sports bra is more comfortable then just wear that

BobbinThreadbare123 · 27/05/2021 15:02

It'd be fine in my place. Nobody would bat and eye. Could put a hoody on over the top (it's still cold here!)