Chafing!

Solat37_Neil
Solat37_Neil Posts: 379 Member
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
I know it's cos I got fat legs but I just wondered if anyone knows of any good ways of eliminating chafing? Just started power walking and jeez the tops of my legs are so sore! It'll improve as I lose weight I guess, but it's starting to put me off exercising :(

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  • Aesop101
    Aesop101 Posts: 758 Member
    Get underwear that have a bit of leg to them so that your upper thigh is covered. And no boxers or briefs. Also Baby Powder made from corn starch is good.
  • Trig0r
    Trig0r Posts: 47
    Depends exactly where and why I would of thought, I used to get cafage and it was from the seam in my boxers, changed underwear and its fine now, more so as my thighs arent as big as they were at the time..
  • DanielleAThomas
    DanielleAThomas Posts: 8 Member
    Hi
    Try wearing stockings, the nylon stops the chafing.
    D
  • meggiemaye
    meggiemaye Posts: 117
    I've read adding baby powder is a great improvement! It absorbs moisture as you begin to sweat where your legs are rubbing together and keeps a rash from building as quickly. :smile: For a long time I moisturized the area and it turns out that is the absolute wrong thing to do. :tongue:
  • MidniteDayDream
    MidniteDayDream Posts: 142 Member
    the under armour long legged boxer things are great! And try going to a running store, maybe even a sports store, and get a bar of bodyglide. It's used like a deodorant but it really helps with chaffing. Baby powder is awesome too.
  • aoifebr
    aoifebr Posts: 92
    I'm not sure where your based but found this great cream called B3 which is specially designed for chaffing - good luck!
  • crystal10584
    crystal10584 Posts: 334
    this is going to sound awkward but put deodorant on your inner thighs. I did that once when I wore a dress (mind you, I have very thick muscular thighs, so even when i was 130, I still had chafing problems), and I was fine until my skin absorbed it all...
  • tmdugger
    tmdugger Posts: 132 Member
    Lanacane makes an anti chafing gel that you put on before working out. I've tried that and it works better than baby powder. For me the powder only helps after I'm already chafed. You can get it at the drug store
  • threechins
    threechins Posts: 35 Member
    Avoid seams and ideally get something like a pair of cycling shorts to wear (underneath everything else, if you aren't the cycling shorts type).

    If you want to know real agony though, try runner's nipple - a curse on long runs when a sweaty top starts chafing on your nipples with every step, and if you don't know what it is, try a Google image search!
  • Solat37_Neil
    Solat37_Neil Posts: 379 Member
    Yeah I was wearing boxers and they kept riding up (is this oversharing yet) lol
  • remembertheharddrive
    remembertheharddrive Posts: 133 Member
    Bodyglide is magical. I started using it for running, but now I wear it on my thighs when I wear skirts and dresses as well.

    If not online, you can find it at sports stores or outdoors stores (REI, etc.):

    http://www.amazon.com/BodyGlide-Anti-Chafing-Stick-2-5oz/dp/B0025UIZUU
  • BroDave
    BroDave Posts: 241 Member
    All good sugestions. I found this site when I first started walking and it gave me a lot of good ideas that have helped

    http://www.thewalkingsite.com/blisters.html
  • thomasbf
    thomasbf Posts: 47 Member
    Lanacane makes an anti chafing gel that you put on before working out. I've tried that and it works better than baby powder. For me the powder only helps after I'm already chafed. You can get it at the drug store

    Bump! I did this on all sorts of chafe-prone spots last fall when training for a half marathon.
  • bjmk19047
    bjmk19047 Posts: 123
    I use Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel. :smile:
  • waster196
    waster196 Posts: 138 Member
    You definitely need talc! It has many times been my saviour :)
  • cahira
    cahira Posts: 163
    Deodorant works wonders for me. And Anti-Monkey-Butt Powder. That stuff is magic.
  • Solat37_Neil
    Solat37_Neil Posts: 379 Member
    Deodorant works wonders for me. And Anti-Monkey-Butt Powder. That stuff is magic.

    You've gotta be taking the pi$$?? Anti-Monkey-Butt powder??? lmfao!!
  • natajane
    natajane Posts: 295 Member
    What about a bit of vaseline? Might help and easily avaliable.
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    Deodorant works wonders for me. And Anti-Monkey-Butt Powder. That stuff is magic.

    You've gotta be taking the pi$$?? Anti-Monkey-Butt powder??? lmfao!!

    *tries to resist the temptation to google it at work*
  • aunienue
    aunienue Posts: 416
    Bodyglide is magical. I started using it for running, but now I wear it on my thighs when I wear skirts and dresses as well.

    If not online, you can find it at sports stores or outdoors stores (REI, etc.):

    http://www.amazon.com/BodyGlide-Anti-Chafing-Stick-2-5oz/dp/B0025UIZUU

    I'm a runner and now that it is getting a bit warmer use Bodyglide on more body parts than you want to hear about. Toes, bottom of foot, top of foot, bra line (I guess you wouldn't need to do that area :o) ), and sometimes waist area where band would rub.
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    I know it's cos I got fat legs but I just wondered if anyone knows of any good ways of eliminating chafing? Just started power walking and jeez the tops of my legs are so sore! It'll improve as I lose weight I guess, but it's starting to put me off exercising :(

    You can find a product called BodyGlide in Sporting Goods stores. It comes in a tube similar to a deodorant. Rub it on the places that tend to chafe prior to starting your workout. Works quite well! If you are female, this stuff is also a godsend when your sports bras are a little too loose but not yet loose enough to buy new ones--they chafe a lot in that stage!

    In a pinch, you can use any regular stick deodorant, although the BodyGlide is better.

    When you choose workout clothes, look for flat-lock seaming as it chafes less. In the better quality workout gear, seams are not only flat-locked, they're placed strategically in places they won't rub, like on the outside of the leg rather than the inside; like on the back of the shirt instead of on the sides, etc.
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    baby powder, corn starch, deodorant, or an anti-chafing product such as body glide.
  • meggiemaye
    meggiemaye Posts: 117
    Deodorant works wonders for me. And Anti-Monkey-Butt Powder. That stuff is magic.

    You've gotta be taking the pi$$?? Anti-Monkey-Butt powder??? lmfao!!

    This is very real!! :tongue: They sell it at lumber yards and such places for people who are moving around a lot at work, like construction workers. :wink:
  • cahira
    cahira Posts: 163
    They also sell it at drugstores like Walgreens & CVS. I actually saw a huge double pack of Anti Monkey Butt Powder in the Sam's over the weekend.

    I don't use it much now, but when I was training for the 60-mile 3-Day race we sometimes did 12-18 miles in one day. I used it a lot when we were heavy in the training.
  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    Spandex shorts under regular shorts or vaseline both work.
  • pyroxian
    pyroxian Posts: 99
    +1 for Bodyglide - available in all your fine sporting goods stores (D!ck's, Scheels, etc) as well as running shops, many outdoor stores (REI etc) and if you've got a scuba/snorkel/dive shop, or a kayak/canoe store handy they'll usually carry it there too. The stuff is like magic.
  • Flyntiggr
    Flyntiggr Posts: 898 Member
    Deodorant works wonders for me. And Anti-Monkey-Butt Powder. That stuff is magic.

    You've gotta be taking the pi$$?? Anti-Monkey-Butt powder??? lmfao!!

    *tries to resist the temptation to google it at work*

    It's a real product - Monkey Butt Powder. Stays on better than baby powder. Can be bought in a two-pack at Sam's Club! ;)
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    Glide chaffing cream, looks like a deoderant but you can find it at any sporting good store, target, walmart etc etc. Also Monkey Butt Powder. Oh, and I don't know what you are working out in but DO NOT wear cotton, cotton is a fat legs enemy!!! Try finding shorts that are a poly blend or even have spandex in them, like old school bike shorts under your regular shorts, having that slick fabric helps a ton! I know because I have me some big thighs :wink:
  • Solat37_Neil
    Solat37_Neil Posts: 379 Member
    Wow now that's what I call feedback!! Thanks to everyone for their advice, looks like Bodyglide is the winner! Thanks guys, you're all fantastic :D
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