Do you agree or disagree with not being able to wear headphones in the army pt uniform while in the gym?

I honestly don't know if it's in the regulation per say versus post commander directed. I know on CP Walker here in Korea I've seen Soldiers in PT's wearing headphones in the gym and I wanted to gorilla stomp 'em until their great, great grandchildren begged me to stop.

But then I've been in that mood for the past couple weeks.

l agree with not wearing them because they can be a distraction especially if something happens and you may not be aware of their surroundings

Didn’t they change that to where you could as long as you’re inside the gym proper?

What if there is an active shooter, fire, whatever?

Kind of, no, a really assine rule. I wouldn’t call the Army PT “uniform” a uniform. Are you expected to keep creases, spit shine your gym/running shoes, salute, etc?
When I was in the Army, the gym uniform was a white t-shirt, fatigue trousers, and combat boots.

In the Gym yes. However, if approached by a known higher ranking individual one must still listen to those above them "Tact is key"

SSG (Join to see) common sense should apply. If inside and it is not loud enough so everyone in the room hears it and it does not create a safety issue (if long cord and using machines that can suck it in) then they should be allowed.

Gym only, this keeps the confusion down.

Here's what I got from talking to a civilian employee working at a gym on Ft. Drum (this was about 5 years ago): concerning uniform standards when a person or group of people come into the gym in the IPFU they assume that they are doing official PT, which means that they are working according to an approved plan, with a risk assessment and someone knowing that they are there and not without oversight. When a person is in the gym not in the IPFU the staff assumes they are there on their own. 90% of the time this doesn't matter, but in the case of an emergency this slightly alters how they respond to that situation. Now, when I asked about this, it was in reference to using the pool, and if anyone would care if I was or was not in the Army shorts or not. The lifeguards told me that if I am alone, it would be better if I was NOT in any kind of Army uniform.

So, my opinion: wear of the IPFU in the gym should not be done unless you are doing PT as a group in the gym, with oversight, an approved PT plan and a risk assessment. The uniform indicates organization, and tells the staff that the group is supervised. Use of ear buds inside a gym should be fine, if there is an emergency requiring evacuation or something like that there are measures in place to ensure that hearing impaired people can be alerted. We can't all be motivated to run faster and harder with Fox News on half the TVs that we can't hear anyway.

At the McGuire AFB gym, they had TVs in front of all the treadmills and ellipticals, how were you supposed to listen to them without headphones?