How do you avoid over-washing your hair when you workout every day of the week?

This may sound counter intuitive but organic coconut oil is really good for your hair & scalp & instead of using your shampoo each time which is washing away all the oils from your scalp as well as the sweat try a mild solution of apple cidar vinegar it will wash away the sweat & then just lightly condition the ends ...

just rinse with water. you can condition the ends if needed.

Just don't shampoo every time... I shower almost every day, but I only shampoo once a week... Also, try cooler water. Keeping the water very hot tends to dry out everything (skin, hair, etc)

Dry hair shampoo.

capaul42 wrote: »

I don't wash with shampoo every time. First day, shampoo. Second day, just water. Third day, just conditioner (I have a separate deep conditioner I use that day. And I repeat the cycle from there.

This is exactly what I do! My hair would be like straw if i washed it everyday.

Leave in conditioner. I was almost every day to get the chlorine out. I do check ins with the gal who cuts my hair. She said it looks fine. I have a crap tonne of hair though...

Dry shampoo

Dry shampoo.

Bumble & Bumble dry shampoo--best one I've tried. I have fine, thin hair. Also, Oscar Blandi dry conditioning spray. Happy hair!

I usually wash my hair at least twice a day because my schedule demands it. Maybe if you choose to exercise only once a day in the morning (before a shower) then one post exercise wash would be enough.

If you read up on the "no poo" (shampoo) movement you can get a lot of ideas on how to stretch out wash days and how to be less reliant on the idea of washing your hair every time you break a sweat. No poo is a huge time commitment with an enormous amount of trial and error (so I'm not suggesting it) but for me, there was value in more natural hair care routine. I do a lot of water only rinses after working out.

You might want to try a mixture of baking soda & water as a kind of "shampoo" - I've read 1 Tbsp. baking soda per 1 Cup water as the standard - and a mixture of apple cider vinegar & water as conditioner, at about the same ratio as the baking soda. I know it sounds a little weird, but I did this for over a year and my hair was very smooth, healthy and shiny. I only stopped because of some very inconvenient life circumstances. And no, it didn't smell like vinegar once I rinsed it out :-P

If you shower at the gym, though, that might be kinda hard. You could try to make a mixture ahead of time & put it into some re-fillable bottles. Otherwise, it's pretty easy to do in a home shower, once you get used to the difference.

Good luck!

Depending on the day/my gym schedule, I either just rinse with water or use a non-foaming hair cleanser (Enjoy is the brand). I use actual shampoo and conditioner but once or twice a week. I found my hair/head to be much less greasy since falling into this routine.

I do a similar thing as many people have mentioned - shampoo one day, water others and conditioner as needed (always with shampoo, about every other wash with water) the other days. I only shampoo my hair once a week at most. Also, I don't use dry shampoo - when I was I started to get dandruff really bad. Turns out that's fairly common for people with dry skin... Find a good conditioner if you don't already have one, preferably something from a beauty shop or hair dresser where you can get a recommendation for your specific needs, not a department or drug store.
ETA - also, I try not to even get my hair wet on days I barely sweat (usually biceps/triceps workout) but those are few and most days I'm drenched so rinsing is required.

I only wash my hair every other day, since about half of it is gray (and gray hair is notoriously dry and fussy). On my "off" days, I put it up in a bun or ponytail. On the days I wash it, I use a really moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, followed by Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Primer since I blow dry it.