Wearing Cologne/Perfume at the gym
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Does wearing/inhaling perfume impact ones ability to lose weight? Why is this in the diet/weight loss section?
Id prefer not. I find guys are the worst, there are quite a few who think drowning themselves in scent is appropriate....2 -
Doesn't mean people actually do more than just get their suit wet before going in. I have had to leave the pool at times because of people's perfume.1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Does wearing/inhaling perfume impact ones ability to lose weight? Why is this in the diet/weight loss section?
No but it can impact the ability of others in the gym to work out. Breathing difficulties are not conducive to physical activity (which can lead to weight loss).0 -
Tough thing for me is to work with elderly females who don't really dress up to come to the gym. And for some reason, it seems like the same perfume with all of them.
I cough a lot when I work with them and if they ask if I'm okay I just say "I believe it's your perfume. I likely have an allergy to it." Lol, many times that line doesn't work.
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Dear dog, no. Deodorant, absolutely. cologne, no. Never.
Though if I had my way, no one would ever wear perfume anywhere.5 -
I despise strong artificial scents when I'm trying to work out and breathe at the same time. Cigarette stank also makes it hard to breathe.
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No.
Please don't!1 -
No. Its a distraction0
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no. i nearly died when someone wore cologne i was aparently allergic to ...got on the mchine even after wiping it down and stopped breathing. was mortifying being the fat girl on the floor dieing surrounded by hot gym guys after like a minute of lifting the weights...havent went back yet >.>4
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No fragrance and please be clean before you go
. I can't stand smelling someone's dinner, perfume or un-showered body or after work all day smell....sweat just makes it worse. Those sprays don't mask anything either. 0 -
Today I was walking through a botanical garden in Hawaii (on a vacation) with the smell of tropical flowers drifting in the air, the smell was amazing. Then some dude walked by drenched in cologne, I could not proceed any further until he was way out of smelling range. I may have lost my sense of smell after that. Lol4
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Please no. I forgot that I had Amber patchouli perfume on once when I was working out and the whole room reeked like a hookah lounge by the time I was done. Don't subject everyone else to that like I did.5
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No. So obnoxious. It even gets into the machines.
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Those of us not in america have different rules
In th uk we have no such rules. Some places put a shower close to the pool entrance and ask you to walk under it but 1. A quick splash of water does bubkiss and 2. They dont enforce it as law doesnt require them to0 -
I really hate it. So many women wear a ton at the gym. Sometimes I have to leave a machine if they get on the one next to me because I can't breathe.1
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This happened to me for the first time on the treadmill last week. Patchouli. I'm fine with the smell normally, but it really made it hard to breath normally.0
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Please no.
Once I was running on a treadmill and an Axe Bro got on the one next to me... I had to pull the collar of my shirt up over my nose so that I could breathe--and yes, I would rather smell my own BO than someone else's (bad) cologne!3 -
Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »Today I was walking through a botanical garden in Hawaii (on a vacation) with the smell of tropical flowers drifting in the air, the smell was amazing. Then some dude walked by drenched in cologne, I could not proceed any further until he was way out of smelling range. I may have lost my sense of smell after that. Lol
Lmaooooo0 -
sunsweet77 wrote: »No fragrance and please be clean before you go. I can't stand smelling someone's dinner, perfume or un-showered body or after work all day smell....sweat just makes it worse. Those sprays don't mask anything either.
Sorry, I'm not showering between work and the gym.19 -
Let's not forget on walking/running trails. Nothing like running past somebody bathed in the stuff and gagging...3
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Are exceptions made for Sex Panther? It's illegal in nine countries and made with bits of real panther, but I it's been know to help with muscle cramping during yoga and high rep circuit training.13
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Also, when changing afterwards, please don't spray your deodorant in such profusion that I can smell it halfway across the locker room.
Because I'm asthmatic, I like to breathe, and I DON'T like to choose between not breathing and running out of the locker room half-naked...5 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
Those of us not in america have different rules
In th uk we have no such rules. Some places put a shower close to the pool entrance and ask you to walk under it but 1. A quick splash of water does bubkiss and 2. They dont enforce it as law doesnt require them to
I'm American and have been in many states. None of the places I've been have required "a cleansing soap shower" as described in the previous post. I've never even heard of that requirement. They often have the open shower next to the pool for a quick rinse (the kind that you describe having in the UK) but many times they don't, and many people don't use it even if they do have it.7 -
Sadly some people wear so much aftershave/perfume, that a soap shower has no effect, I've nearly choked a number of times on old lady perfume in the pool I used to swim in (you know the kind - Yardley English Lavender or some *kitten*)
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I've literally never considered this, but maybe I should. I'm one of those people with a full face of makeup and perfume on at the gym, because I go right after work, and I'm not going to shower before I workout. Are you guys talking about people who spray right before they work out or in general?! I have no idea if my perfume is still present to any annoying degree after 10 hours . . . .?0
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I've literally never considered this, but maybe I should. I'm one of those people with a full face of makeup and perfume on at the gym, because I go right after work, and I'm not going to shower before I workout. Are you guys talking about people who spray right before they work out or in general?! I have no idea if my perfume is still present to any annoying degree after 10 hours . . . .?
If it's been on you all day, it might not be a problem. However, I used to get off of work at the same time as this 80+ year old security guard, and his cologne was so bad that I'd still smell like him after getting off the employee shuttle and into my car.
So, I guess the answer is "it depends." Try asking a trusted friend at the end of the day if it's still strong. If you wear the same fragrance all the time, you might not smell it like you used to.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »sunsweet77 wrote: »No fragrance and please be clean before you go. I can't stand smelling someone's dinner, perfume or un-showered body or after work all day smell....sweat just makes it worse. Those sprays don't mask anything either.
Sorry, I'm not showering between work and the gym.
I don't even really see the big deal of someone smelling like BO at the gym. Smells like work to me. Definitely more tolerable than some rank-*kitten* perfume.
I work in an employee fitness center for a company of 5,000+. We have many departments where people handle trash, cook, landscape, fix cars, pump gas, work around smokers. I'd much rather smell them and their occupations, personally.4 -
PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »sunsweet77 wrote: »No fragrance and please be clean before you go. I can't stand smelling someone's dinner, perfume or un-showered body or after work all day smell....sweat just makes it worse. Those sprays don't mask anything either.
Sorry, I'm not showering between work and the gym.
I don't even really see the big deal of someone smelling like BO at the gym. Smells like work to me. Definitely more tolerable than some rank-*kitten* perfume.
I work in an employee fitness center for a company of 5,000+. We have many departments where people handle trash, cook, landscape, fix cars, pump gas, work around smokers. I'd much rather smell them and their occupations, personally.
I agree, within reason. There is "I've been killing it at the gym just now" BO, and there is "I haven't showered in three weeks" BO. The first is totally acceptable, IMO>7 -
I worked in a bodybuilding gym years ago and i swear id rather smell mens body spray or perfume over BO, i swear ill never forget the smell of mens BO whilst training, was so bad! I would say yes!2
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I actually did see a running smoker in Florida once. No perfume on planes either - please!5
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