24 AUG | Best Hair Style For Women Who Work Out DailyPosted: August 24th, 2007By: Treasured Locks |
A.) This is a pretty complicated question. Which style is best for you is going to be dependent on your personal preferences, the texture of your natural hair and the length you have. For example, you’re not going to be able to wear certain styles until your hair reaches a certain length. If your hair has a loose curl pattern, you might be able to wear a fairly maintenance free style with some “flow”. If your hair is in a very tight curl pattern, you might have to wear a ‘fro until you get some length.
If you’re going to natural though, you probably are not going to be able to wear your hair straight (either pressed or flat-ironed). Again, this will be dependent on your hair texture. If you have a tight curl pattern, you’d have to put so much heat on it daily that you’d end up breaking it off. So, you should consider something like a ‘fro or wearing it in braids, locks or some other style that will not require heat to maintain.
September 29th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I’m in this situation, only I’m already natural. I run 25-30 miles/week and lift weights 5 days/week. With a perm, working out is very difficult in terms of maintaining straight styles, so you’ll probably be happier natural. I two strand twist my own natural hair. If done right you can wear the twists 2-4 wks b/f having to take them down, though I’d say re-do then every 2wks, 3 at the most b/c your hair will start to smell if you don’t from all the sweating at the gym. Just make sure you use a loc/twist gel that doesn’t make your hair hard (I use Organic Root Stimulator’s loc and twist gel). If you want to go natural, cornrows are your best bet as long as they are not tight. Same with braids, if you decide to go that route. Too tight braids or cornrows will leave you bald around the edges, so make sure you tell the stylist not to braid or cornrow tightly. Once you get a fro of 3in or so, you can cut your permed hair and you’ll be ready to roll. If you decide to twist your own hair (you can always pay someone too, of course), remember, practice makes perfect, so keep at it. As for wearing your hair straight after going natural, find a good hairstylist who knows how to HOT COMB natural hair the old fashioned way. Plan to take a few days off from working out while you have it straight though. Good luck!
Oh and working w/ a ‘fro…not happening, you’ll end up worse off than when you started, believe me