Music create wonders to your daily workout sessions. It motivates you to go forward and never settle till you reach your fitness goal. Unfortunately, when it comes to choosing the right sports earphone, not all are built for everyone. Even the sports earphones with expensive price tag won't cut it. 

 The reason behind this constraint is simple. Whether one enjoys exercising remotely, hitting the gym or prefer running outdoors, he/she will inevitably sweat. That's not trivial, rather a common occurrence when someone plays these sports or get involved with any strenuous physical activity. And this is where electronics gadgets and sweat don't go too well and starts deteriorating in quality and service both. Hence, it's essential to invest in a pair of sports earphone with an ATM rating (or at least moisture resistant ones). 

Ideally, one should be able to rinse the headphones after each session.

Sweat is the main reason, why ordinary headphone doesn't last too long. But this is just one aspect to consider when you will purchase some sports earphone/headphones. When you are at the gym or working out at home, your body goes through an intense movements, so is your earphone/headphone's wire. It has to endure a lot of stress and jarring movements. Hence you need a sports earphone with super flexibility and ultra-durability to bear this intensifying and vigorous fitness training sessions. Normal earbuds come nowhere and will come out from your ears intermittently.

The second most requirement of an ideal sports headphone/earphone is - it should snugly fit in your ears. Sports Neckbands are the most popular and will always be the first choice in this category.

Lightweight earphones/headphones with zero noise cancellation features can be dangerous because one needs to be aware of their surrounding while exercising outdoors. Hence, disturbance-free sports (it's not entirely noise-free) earphone/headphones are the safest bet. If you are busy sweating out inside a familiar environment or possibly in your house or in indoors at the gym, then one can vouch for noise-cancelling headphones, as these headphones certainly help in eliminating distracting sound and also let you concentrate on your workout or the activity you are engaged with.

Sports headphones are not that expensive, hence, it is always better to root for some popular brand that you can trust, rather than opting for some cheap quality, substandard product.  By doing so, one can easily feel the difference in sound quality and overall build quality without dolling out heavy cash.

Finally, if it's for workout purpose, please consider buying a model of headphones that has reflective colours, which will help in amplifying the visibility and enable you to exercise outside at night or in low light conditions. Usually, the flamboyant colours are used by sport headphones manufacturer, which are pretty fashionable anyway, and can certainly use them indoors as well.

The above points are a few important requirements for choosing the best sports headphones that will both sound excellent and serve you well for an extended period.