Can Gym Clothes Reach the Point of No Return?

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  • nileighttig
    nileighttig Posts: 147 Member
    Treat yourself to some new kit - you've earned it!
  • thepetiterunner
    thepetiterunner Posts: 1,238 Member
    In the future, try keeping a tub in the bathroom with just water and Tide Sports with Febreeze. I pre-soak ALL my workout clothes, it goes right in after I take them off and I leave them in there until I do a full load in the machine. it works wonders! Someone told me the pre-soaking helps break up the salts and other junk from sweating (and bacteria, I assume). I haven't had anything remotely stinky since. :)
  • chrissismone
    chrissismone Posts: 116 Member
    Tide sport with freebreze rocks my world. My clothes at one point made me say oh hell that's not pretty..so I went a head and invested..Tide for me knocks odors out very well.
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    i notice this too....not when i first put them on clean but once i start to sweat....it's like the new sweat brings out the old hidden sweat from inside the pore of the shirt fabric...very very annoying and super stinky.....funny thing is - as soon as i take off my shirt i dont stink anymore...the stink isnt even "stuck" in my pits lol - just in my shirt pits....i need some new shirts or definitely need to read this thread for suggestions if there are any lol....
  • kgarman
    kgarman Posts: 61 Member

    In all seriousness, smell is from bacteria. Set them out in the sun for an afternoon. That should kill the bacteria off. If it works for my hockey gear it'll work for a t-shirt.

    I'm SO going to have to try this with my son's RANK-smelling hockey gear. I swear that stuff could get up and walk on its own it's so nasty!

    I should also mention that this has worked for a under shirt that I wore when I was playing football in highschool. How bad was that shirt? It didn't dry out for the entire season. Literally. Put it away wet, put it on wet. The sun cleared the smell and dried it out. Sun is a powerful tool. Unfortunately, my mom washed the shirt and the darn thing literally fell apart.
  • murphy612
    murphy612 Posts: 734 Member
    I pour white vinegar in the bleach compartment of my washer and it works wonders. My laundry doesn't smell like vinegar afterward either.

    ^^^ yep this will do the trick. It's bacteria that causes the funk and vinegar does the trick. I use apple cider vinegar but either will work. It's cheap and environment friendly :)
  • poustotah
    poustotah Posts: 1,121 Member
    Somebody told me to wash my underarms with hibiclens to keep the smell away. I did this and it does keep the smell away so I thought I would try it with some of my clothes. Basically, I dumped some in a bucket and filled it with hot water and old gym clothes. Then I washed them and the smell was gone.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Yay for sunshine! I didn't even realize that it's only been since winter when I couldn't hang clothes out on the line that they got really nasty.
  • RockaholicMama
    RockaholicMama Posts: 786 Member
    Vinegar. It works wonders.
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    I think after time the fabric and the sizing they are treated with breaks down, especially if you put them in the dryer. My son plays hockey.. my workout clothes don't smell nearly that bad. I don't worry about any extra funk while working out. I get more bothered by people wearing too much cologne.
  • Loko_Ino
    Loko_Ino Posts: 544 Member
    BUY NEW CLOTHES.

    I used to try to salvage my old stuff but honestly..the dry weave materials only last so long and even if you can keep a shirt for 2+ years the dry weave tehcnology gave out long before that due to all the washings, so they are not effectively doing their job anymore.
    Gym clothes and underwear I buy new often..some stuff you just gotta replace on a regular basis, ya know.
  • softballsharie
    softballsharie Posts: 154 Member
    Last week I got 6 new workout outfits (by outfit I mean shirt, sports bra, pants, and socks) all were puma, nike, and adidas, and SUPER CUTE! You can see one of the new outfits in my pictures on my profile, it's the pink adidas one. Anyways, only spent 42.95 at TJ Maxx for all of it. Moral of the story, go to TJ Maxx for workout clothes. (I really hope you have one near by lol)
  • waguchan
    waguchan Posts: 450 Member
    Thanks for the post and all the great suggestions!

    I have the same problem with my Taekwondo sparring gear and uniforms. Sunshine alone doesn't help much. But here in Seattle, I haven't seen the sun in at least 5 months.

    I will try the vinegar trick next time and look for Tide plus Fabreeze Freshness Sport for my uniforms. I don't want to use bleach on my uniforms.

    I tried Fabreeze sport spray in my gear bag, but it doesn't help much. I tried wiping down the gear with a bleach/water solution, then drying in them in the sun, but it didn't help much either.

    Now I throw the gear in the washing machine on hand-wash cycle with a little bleach, fabric softener, and detergent. Then I let them air dry. It makes them smell good long enough so I can stand to spar in them for another month or two before I have to wash them again.
  • Allishole
    Allishole Posts: 15 Member
    Tide Sports with Febreeze - Best invention ever!
    And AGREED about Hockey Players reeking....that smell could kill you!
  • ashfuse
    ashfuse Posts: 224 Member
    I smell like ammonia when I work out and my workout close are starting to get bad. I tried baking soda but that didn't help LOL it's mostly my sports bras that have the odor. I'd love to replace but they are expensive.

    Ebay! i am a DD so i can only wear really good sports bras. i have found many new ones on Ebay for a fraction of the cost :)


    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Mine are all still in great shape..it's just the smell! I've washed them over and over and it's still there. I am going to try laying them out in the sun and the vinegar because baking soda didn't really help. BUT, I didn't leave them soak in baking soda for 24 hours, either. I still have hope LOL
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