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after your workout do you always have time to shower?

sarahDickson501
sarahDickson501 Posts: 87 Member
edited January 23 in Chit-Chat
I know I don't :/ I spritz a little febreze on myself to mask it till my baby takes his nap...lol
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  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    I do .................... i take a bath
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    I usually don't shower if I'm going straight home.
  • JusticeGirl25
    JusticeGirl25 Posts: 703 Member
    Not right away. Like to cool down for a little bit then I take a shower.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Not right away. Like to cool down for a little bit then I take a shower.

    ^^This. Nothing worse than getting clean only to realize I'm still sweating from my workout.
  • xvxCelticWandererxvx
    xvxCelticWandererxvx Posts: 2,890 Member
    I like to cool down first before showering.
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    ALWAYS.
    Sometimes I wait 5-10 minutes to let my breathing regulate again if it's been some intense cardio, but then after that I shower.
  • berriboobear
    berriboobear Posts: 524 Member
    I usually workout at home and later in the evening, so I definitely have the time to shower. Although I don't usually just jump straight in after I finish =P
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    I thought women didn't sweat. I thought you ladies only prespired.
  • berriboobear
    berriboobear Posts: 524 Member
    I thought women didn't sweat. I thought you ladies only prespired.

    In my own self-defense, I've never really heavily sweated all my life, just gotten seriously damp... not sure if that's entirely normal =P
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    I thought women didn't sweat. I thought you ladies only prespired.

    In my own self-defense, I've never really heavily sweated all my life, just gotten seriously damp... not sure if that's entirely normal =P

    Oh damp?
  • TwinkieDong
    TwinkieDong Posts: 1,564 Member
    I always take a shower. Though I have thought about using bathing wipes. Just so I could get a little extra work out time. lol http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/no-rinse-cleansing-&-deodorizing-bathing-wipes/ID=prod5846298-product
  • berriboobear
    berriboobear Posts: 524 Member
    I thought women didn't sweat. I thought you ladies only prespired.

    In my own self-defense, I've never really heavily sweated all my life, just gotten seriously damp... not sure if that's entirely normal =P

    Oh damp?


    Damp not wet, haha =P
  • Excuse_less
    Excuse_less Posts: 874 Member
    I like to cool down as well showering. I rarely go without a shower after a good workout.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I'm a dirty dilbert...I'll work out on the treadmill at lunch and then hop on a conference call all icky and sweaty. Nobody can see me when I work from home. :tongue:
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    I always do but I tend to sweat a bit
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    When I work out at work I can only give myself a sponge bath, so no shower, but don't want schwety ballz smell waifting around meeting rooms.
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    i live 2.5 miles from my gym. i take a plastic bag and a clean shirt in said plastic bag. after my workout i change to dry shirt, drive home, make a protein shake, then shower.

    not a full on shower, just shampoo the head and rinse off the body. cause the next morning at 5am i am in my basement doing core exercises and will do a full-on shower before work
  • Babygirl928
    Babygirl928 Posts: 378 Member
    Not right away. Like to cool down for a little bit then I take a shower.

    ^^This. Nothing worse than getting clean only to realize I'm still sweating from my workout.
    Ditto. I work out before work and have to give at least 30 minutes before showering or I am sweating while getting dressed and feel dirty all over again. but LMBO at you spritzing febreeze :laugh: :laugh:
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    I usually don't shower if I'm going straight home.

    yep. If I'm heading home after the gym I'll wait and shower at home. If not, then I'll grab a quick rinse and shower more thoroughly later. No matter what type of workout I'll at the very least have a quick rinse.
  • Mandi5Dogs
    Mandi5Dogs Posts: 17 Member
    If I'm really sweaty I take a shower, if not I take a "bird bath". :smile:
  • 5erious
    5erious Posts: 469
    When I wake up I go to the shower, I run the water, and crouch down in a ball like arnie when he came back through time in the terminator. With the water running down my back, I tense every muscle in my body, and begin humming the terminator theme song(you know the one - da da da, daaaaaaa daaaaaa daaaaaaaa) with my eyes closed. I slowly rise while still humming, and after I finish I open my eyes.

    I know that for the rest of the day I can go out into the world as a completely badass, emotionless cyborg. Alpha as ****, I won't give a **** what anyone thinks. If I want to wear my leather jacket to college, I will.
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Yep, I always shower after a work out.

    I see women at my gym complete a class and just throw a coat on over their sweaty work out clothes and then hit public transport (gym is in central London and is neither residential nor convenient for parking). Yuck :sick:
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    I work out at home, so YES.
  • OhSnap779
    OhSnap779 Posts: 71 Member
    Always! I can't seem to sweat..I just get really hot and red in the face, no matter how intense the workout, and I have a lot of problems with my tendons and joints, so it's straight to an ice cold shower for me when I get done.
  • jellypuffofdoom
    jellypuffofdoom Posts: 7 Member
    I wait until I get home to shower, but I do as soon as I am through the door! Gives me more time to shave & stuff, then can attack the hubby with fresh cleanliness!
  • 37434958
    37434958 Posts: 457 Member
    I always do!! :-) If I don't I feel too uncomfortable!!
  • OMG_Twinkies
    OMG_Twinkies Posts: 215 Member
    Sometimes I get the itch to go for a run on my lunch hour, so I end up having to take a *kitten* bath in the ladies room with papertowels and warm water. But, to be honest, I work with a bunch of dudes in the petroleum industry; they'd never even notice one more funky smell.
  • MissLuana
    MissLuana Posts: 356
    My drive home from the gym is about 10 minutes. During this time, I cool down and hit the shower right when I get home. I still take another one the next morning at 4am before work. It's a mental thing but I have to be freshly showered before going to work...LOL
  • keelerangela
    keelerangela Posts: 88 Member
    Sometimes I get the itch to go for a run on my lunch hour, so I end up having to take a *kitten* bath in the ladies room with papertowels and warm water. But, to be honest, I work with a bunch of dudes in the petroleum industry; they'd never even notice one more funky smell.

    :flowerforyou:
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    today: 30 min of 1 hr lunch spent longboarding, hard, in the sun.

    - dress for office + sk8 (which means no girlie clothes)
    - keep sk8 shoes in car; wear slipons which don't stink and change shoes as needed
    - get a little sweaty
    - stink a little bit
    - wreck the hair
    - go back to desk and don't worry about it

    generally i exercise at least 1 hr in the afternoon/eve but somedays i am busy and only have a few minutes throughout my workday to exercise on my breaks.

    i love longboarding too much to not do it every chance i get. so yeah, i stink sometimes. i'm a dirty, happy sk8r.
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