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Do you have time to go to the bathroom and mop up between classes? Like, take a washcloth with soap, wash down your upper body and armpits, and reapply deodorant? It should be doable in about 5 minutes.
^^^This!
You can use a disposable wet wipes or even paper towel! Soap it up- rinse.
Neck, armpits- you will feel refreshed before your second class.
In addition try peroxide spray in a small brown bottle from Walmart after you used soap under your armpits? Then dry it well.
The advice about a proper detergent for gym clothing is spot on as well.
Most likely your clothes smell, not you...
Well the gym is real small to be honest. They have no showers, just one small restroom we all share. The thing is the class ends at lets say 7:30pm and the next class starts at 7:30 pm. Usually the people who decide to stay for the 2nd class, we just stay on the mats and the new members join us and we get into the warm up, stretches, ect. So taking an extra shirt, washcloth sounds like a good idea, but I dont see others doing that, and I am new lol....
Do I want to be that new guy that is switching shirts, pulling out a washcloth with soap, walking across the mats to get to the restroom and then back across the mats to the section were we store our gym bags, when we have no break in between the classes? lol probably not, but ill think about it. But if we had time in between classes that would work perfectly.
Well the gym is real small to be honest. They have no showers, just one small restroom we all share. The thing is the class ends at lets say 7:30pm and the next class starts at 7:30 pm. Usually the people who decide to stay for the 2nd class, we just stay on the mats and the new members join us and we get into the warm up, stretches, ect. So taking an extra shirt, washcloth sounds like a good idea, but I dont see others doing that, and I am new lol....
Do I want to be that new guy that is switching shirts, pulling out a washcloth with soap, walking across the mats to get to the restroom and then back across the mats to the section were we store our gym bags, when we have no break in between the classes? lol probably not, but ill think about it. But if we had time in between classes that would work perfectly.
I think you're probably making more of an issue out of this than necessary.
If you use a shortcut like wipes you may end up smelling more offensive like a cloying artificial scent.
Being clean, changing shirts and wiping down with a gym towel in between ought to be fine.
Well the gym is real small to be honest. They have no showers, just one small restroom we all share. The thing is the class ends at lets say 7:30pm and the next class starts at 7:30 pm. Usually the people who decide to stay for the 2nd class, we just stay on the mats and the new members join us and we get into the warm up, stretches, ect. So taking an extra shirt, washcloth sounds like a good idea, but I dont see others doing that, and I am new lol....
Do I want to be that new guy that is switching shirts, pulling out a washcloth with soap, walking across the mats to get to the restroom and then back across the mats to the section were we store our gym bags, when we have no break in between the classes? lol probably not, but ill think about it. But if we had time in between classes that would work perfectly.
If nobody else there worries, then why do you? Unless you see people wrinkling their noses when you get near or making comments or avoiding you, or unless everybody else goes and showers in between classes and you're the only one who doesn't, obviously it's not a worry in that gym/dojo... This sounds like a "when in Rome" thing to me.
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Shower before you go. Use deodorant.
I'm impressed and appreciative that you are so considerate.
This.
I always shower before exercising with others, even if we have little/no contact (tennis, etc). It's more refreshing to sweat clean. Not get all wet with sweat over a dirty body.
I also think Birdie had a good idea with the shirt change. Change your top.
It's not you that smells, it's your clothes. Even if they have been freshly washed, according to the links I provided. I know because I had the same problem. It's very common. And the new kind of sports detergent I got worked like a charm. Regular detergent doesn't work, and that article explains why. Try it, and see. What do you have to lose, besides the stench.
Here is a variety on Amazon. Read the reviews, and see what others have to say about them.
If you wear clothes made out of synthetic high-performance fabrics they have a tendency to reek in short order because of the bacteria, and other crud in the fibers that don't come out with regular washing There is a special detergent that i used to buy at running, and sports stores that worked very well. It was a little expensive, but worth it. I think it was WIN, but there are other kinds that work just as well. They don't mask the smell, but get rid of the embedded stuff in your clothes. This link explains it well. And the second link is the search results in case you want to look into it more. Good luck.
It's not you that smells, it's your clothes. Even if they have been freshly washed, according to the links I provided. I know because I had the same problem. It's very common. And the new kind of sports detergent I got worked like a charm. Regular detergent doesn't work, and that article explains why. Try it, and see. What do you have to lose, besides the stench.
Here is a variety on Amazon. Read the reviews, and see what others have to say about them.
The above posts are on to something. DriFit (Wicking moisture) apparel needs to be washed with a different detergent.
I am using a detergent that targets DriFit fabric and it smells much better even during sweating. Also, DriFit Tee shirts need to dry a little after usage or else they will smell really bad.
You're working out, you're sweating. No one expects you to smell like a garden of roses.
That said, if you avoid synthetic fabrics, you'll be a lot better off. I am old school, I wear plain white cotton T shirts for exercise. They're cheap, if it's outdoors they reflect sun, and you can bleach them.
You're working out, you're sweating. No one expects you to smell like a garden of roses.
That said, if you avoid synthetic fabrics, you'll be a lot better off. I am old school, I wear plain white cotton T shirts for exercise. They're cheap, if it's outdoors they reflect sun, and you can bleach them.
Cotton is the worst thing to wear. Traps moisture next to the skin so that you run the risk of overheating AND the risk of hypothermia. Cotton kills.
If you want to wear something natural and old school, wear wool. A nice merino shirt is great to work out in. Unlike cotton, wool wicks moisture away from the skin like a synth fabric. Merino jerseys are great for cycling. Smartwool makes great wool running shirts. Bad news? Ain't cheap.
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