Do you shower before going to the gym?
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Nope.
If I'm going to be a sweaty disgusting mess afterwards, why waste my time taking a shower?
Note : I do shower AFTERwards, so i won't be the funky person the next day.0 -
I get up at 3:30am to get to the gym by 4 so I can get my workout in and get my butt to work. No, I do not clean-up in anyway before i hit the gym. Wake-up, take my pre-workout nutrition, and get to the gym. If you don't like the way I smell, stay away from me, gym time is not social hour for me.0
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If I go first thing in the morning, I don't shower. If I go after work, then I have showered once before going, but I dont take a separate shower to go.
yes, this. I suppose if you were spectacularly dirty or had skipped a few days showers you might need to show up a bit fresher, but otherwise it seems if you've bathed sometimes in the recent past that would suffice.0 -
call me crazy, i take a shower, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and wear clean gym clothes, everyday, the only time i dont shower before working out is if i go directly from work or 1st thing in the am ( and i did shower the night before). I feel I have a better workout if i am clean, and the shower helps me loosen up and relax. Yeah, i generally take 2 sometimes 4 showers a day. I am sweaty mess coming out of a workout, i like there to be a layer of cleanliness underneath that, sweaty on top of dirty is just nasty.0
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If I hit the gym first thing in the morning I don't shower before, but I will wash my face, put on deodorant, brush teeth, comb hair. Unless I have a swim workout - then I take the obligatory shower before jumping in the pool.0
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I go to the gym in the afternoon and then shower when I get home. I'm more of an evening shower-er anyway so I've never thought to shower before I go to the gym.0
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Sometimes, especially when I go in the morning. I sweat when I sleep and I do NOT want to be the funky sweaty person working out. We all know what that smells like:
Not good...0 -
Sometimes, especially when I go in the morning. I sweat when I sleep and I do NOT want to be the funky sweaty person working out. We all know what that smells like:
Not good...
On the week days I go to the gym after work (and have had a morning shower) so I dont shower directly before the gym on the weekdays. When I get home from the gym I only get a body shower & wash my face, I don't want to wash my hair 2x a day.0 -
Yes, because I shower in the morning and hit the gym at lunch time while I'm at work. I used to shower after my workout before heading back to work but I was gone way too long from the office. So now I wipe down and deodorize after I meet with my PT and if anyone doesn't like it, too bad0
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I wake up, roll out of bed, brush my teeth, throw on my gym clothes and go. I workout hard, tan (no lectures! I also smoke, sue me.), come home and take a shower. It feels great after a good workout! Showering at the gym freaks me out. I live nearby too.0
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I tried, but somebody informed me that wasn't what the urinals are there for.0
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Nope, but then I don't always shower everyday either. So there. :-P
Same here0 -
I tried, but somebody informed me that wasn't what the urinals are there for.
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I can't go anywhere w/out showering first...so though I dont belong to a gym yet, I always shower before I workout anywhere other than in my own apartment...
I'm just weird like that :bigsmile:0 -
I always go to bed clean, so if I'm going to the gym first thing in the AM (I'm really an evening gym kinda person), then no. But usually, yes, as I've already been up for the full day and showered before that. But right before? Hell no, that's a waste of time and soap.
Yeah I'm one of those people that showers twice a day. More in the winter, it's a favorite cold day thing to do. I recycle though, so my net effect on society is an even zilch.0 -
No, I don't shower before the gym. I go and workout and take a shower later on at home. As long as your not funky I don't think anyone cares.
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Never! Why would I need a shower BEFORE I work out?!
I definitely shower after tho0 -
I never shower before I'm about to workout, defeats the purpose in my opinion. I always shower afterward because 1, it feels good. :P and 2 I need to afterward with all that sweating. xD I think it's kinda a waste of water to shower before when you're gonna have to shower after anyway. xD
Agreed.
My skin is way too dry for 2 showers a day. If I feel not super fresh, I do washup a bit.0 -
Why shower before? You're only going to get sweaty. I'd shower there if they have private showers. If its just one big open shower room I'd wait till I get home.0
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Nah. I normally go to the gym or running group after work. On the weekends I run in the morning and do not shower first.
I do admit to showering before I ran my half marathon last weekend...but in my defense...it was 3:00 AM when I got up and I needed a hot shower to wake me up!0
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