Showering at the gym

LishieFruit89

I think putting your underwear under your towel or in a plastic bag are good ideas. i can't believe there aren't any hooks! Being extremely self-conscious, I'd rather my underwear by a tiny bit damp rather than be naked in front of strangers in the locker room.

With your towel wrapped around you, you slide your panties on underneath it.
And then towel still around you, pull your clasped bra over your head.
Then settle it and drop towel.
Now, you're in essentially non-waterproof bikini.
In fact, my bra/panties cover more than my bikini does so it really doesn't bother me.

Delicate

Their should be towel hooks , or put them on the corner of the door if you're worried.

I walk with a towel wrapped around and flip flops, noone really gives a toss what you look like in the womens changing rooms they are too busy thinking of their own bodies. This one time i brought a face cloth instead of a towel, i ended up having to dry off with a hairdryer (cause I never realised until after the place was empty and never thought about wrapping the towel, until after!)

This coming from a girl who used to wear their gym stuff into the shower and get changed there!

dbmata

Well I'm in Germany so maybe things are different but here the towels hang up near the door to the shower area and once you're finished showering you grab your towel and strut your stuff back to your bag where you get dressed. Wearing the towel during the strut across the changing room is optional.

Word. That's what I do.

Through the lobby.

Also, get flip flops, athlete's foot is a *kitten*.

white_roses09

My gym has stalls which is a lot more privacy (a total plus) and makes it a lot more comfortable to shower at the gym. If you're comfortable enough with it, then go ahead and do it. be proud! You're going to the gym and worked up a sweat that's an accomplishment!

ME0172

I shower at the gym 5 days a week.

Yes hang your towel over the top of the door. It might get some splashes on it, but not enough to make it ineffective in drying you.

As for your underwear or anything else - I just wear the towel to the shower. I change at my locker and yes sometimes there are other women standing right next to me. I undress everything except my undies, then put the towel around me, then take my undies off. I reverse it when I'm dressing... with my towel still on I put on my undies then take the towel off and then get dressed. There's something about standing there stark naked that I can't do, but with only my undies on I'm ok LOL. You'll get used to it.

jeephipwr

As a guy, I also took 1/2 of a Viagra. Not that I wanted an erection, I just wanted to "look good"

ashenriver

To the female that started this post, I respect your modesty, it's rare today.

Modesty because we bring a towel to the shower so we can dry off when we're done?

I'm far from modest but on the off chance that I am forced to shower at the gym I bring my towel with me so I can dry off. I wrap it around myself then go change by my locker.

That's right people. I drop the towel and stand naked in front of my locker while I change.

Can you imagine that? Someone naked in a locker room?? Woah.

^^This is me, I grew up going to the pool and after a brief stint in high school where I covered up during changing, I realized I didn't care and no one else cared.

But to answer the OPs question. If there are no hooks available you can purchase a single hook to hang over the shower door, meant for over a normal door. (I actually have this at home).

I have seen some people use little baskets to store and hang their toiletries while in the shower. You can also get GoToob travel containers that will suction to the wall to hold shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.

superfox12082

Where a swim suit! That's what I would do in your situation.

Holly_Roman_Empire

To the female that started this post, I respect your modesty, it's rare today.

I don't think being modest and practical are the same thing.

Yeah, I'm with this post. Modesty in a gym locker room isn't exactly necessary. No one is there to look at you. Then again, it could just be that showering with 50 other females in basic training makes this look very childish to me.

BlueBombers

I second buying some flip flops. I wouldn't walk with bare feet in a shower or locker area in a gym.

And why not shower there? Others do!

^ This. Flip flops are a must!!

fast_eddie_72

As a guy, I also took 1/2 of a Viagra. Not that I wanted an erection, I just wanted to "look good"

lol You win the internet!

eddiesmith1

Legionnaires' disease is a bacteria that is gotten by breathing in a mist or vapor from a contaminated water source, not from stepping in it. It's also not contagious from person to person. Most healthy people that are exposed to it do not become ill. The flip flops will help prevent the spread of athletes foot fungus as long as you disinfect the flip flops as well, just spray some Lysol on them and let them air dry. It's funny how the older folks don't care. They walk out of the shower dripping wet, buck naked and sit on the upholstered chairs in the locker room at my gym. For that reason and productivity reasons, I try not to sit down at the gym.
To the female that started this post, I respect your modesty, it's rare today.

LOL this is not new, I used to go to the Y with my great uncle back in the 60s all the old guys sat around naked chewing the fat after a workout and a steam. I don't use a gym currently but I would just make sure I had flip flops and a disinfectant for the flip flops to avoid athletes foot (It was an issue when I played sports in school too) I have considered joining the same Y my uncle used because it's on my way home (and it's the sauna that appeals on these -24C days)

cafeaulait7

If you want to make sure your undies don't get wet, you could safety pin them to the outside -- dry -- part of the towel. It might look a little odd, but it would be very simple (just remember a safety pin). I never care about looking a little odd on something like that

I do the undie thing by the locker with my towel wrapped around, too. But whatever you like, really.

But nobody cares but you, just to emphasize that Everyone's seen much worse bodies than yours (not that I know a thing about your body, lol).

eddiesmith1

But nobody cares but you, just to emphasize that Everyone's seen much worse bodies than yours (not that I know a thing about your body, lol).

^^^^ yep exactly,