HAIR DRAMA: skipping workouts to avoid daily shampoos...

i feel ya!

Have you thought of putting your hair up in a towel or a clip??

Anyone else do this?? I'm so frustrated. I WANT to workout everyday. I have time to workout everyday. I don't though, because I don't want to wash my hair everyday... it makes my hair feel & look like total straw. Yes I shower daily, but try to shampoo just every other day. I have fine/thin hair that gets greasy FAST and if I workout out, shampooing is a necessity. I've pretty much just been working out every other day, right before my shower. The other thing is how time consuming it is. Just showering= 15 to 20 minutes. Showering & washing my hair plus styling & blowdrying = an hour plus! UGH. It turns an hour work out into a 2 hour ordeal.

I tried to cut down the head sweating by putting mini fans up around my treadmill (clip on fans in the ceiling rafters downstairs!), but it doesn't really help. I've tried every brand of dry shampoo spray and/or powder, all pretty nasty IMO. I would rather have bad hair than be overweight, but I am struggling with this "excuse"...

Anyone else have hair drama?! How do you deal?

I just feel like cutting it all off today!

LOL! You are an excellent specimen of hairlessness;)

I have that same issue - no exercise today - bad hair day for me....

I haven't read through all of these posts so I don't know if someone else suggested it, but sometimes to avoid washing my hair too much I will alternate night/morning workouts. Say on Tuesday I'll work out at night leave my hair dirty and sleep with it in a braid then Wednesday I'll work out in the morning and wash it in the morning. Then Thursday I'll workout at night, leave it dirty then do my friday workout in the morning and wash it again friday. That way I'm only washing it every other day, but I'm still able to workout every day too.

So why not just be smart about your schedule?

Monday: workout late evening and don't wash hair
Tuesday: workout early morning and wash hair after
(Clean hair for all of Tuesday and Wednesday)
Wednesday: workout late evening and don't wash hair
Thursday: workout early morning and wash hair after
(Clean hair for all of Wednesday and Thursday)

Repeat. I don't see the problem...

I was washing my hair daily. Then I decided I would try cowashing a bit. I graduated to not washing my hair two times a week. Now I go every other day. It has taken me 2 months to get there. My hair is getting healthier. I put leave in conditioner on days I don't wash.

I either let mine air dry on days I don't wash and go to the gym and then wet and fix it afterwards or sometimes I just go ahead and fix it and since mine mostly gets wet on the bottom side, it dries and looks okay. This area has high humidity so just being outside is gonna cause a frizz case anyway.

I don't pull mine fully up. I do a side sweep with a hair clip so it stays out of my face. I can take it down and go. I don't have hair down my back though.

braids for workouts, and days I don't want to style. That way it doesn't tangle and is less maintenance. Nicer in this hot weather anyway.

Jeez - it's just sweat. Shower, rinse out your hair, put in a little leave-in conditioner and you're good.

Shampooing daily is not best for your hair anyway... give it a rest for 2-3 days. More if it's thick and doesn't look like it needs a good scrubbing.

Sweat is not oil, I just rinse it in the shower on non-shampoo days and use a light leave in conditioner so I can get a comb through it. I like the Paul Mitchell becuase is does not weigh my hair down at all. Also, I do not blow dry my hair until it is almost dry which really helps with the straw hair more than not washing everyday. Only blowdrying after my hair has naturally dried most of the way helps me with frizzies as well. My hair is not very curly though, so maybe that does not work on very curly hair.

I didn't read through the responses, so hopefully I'm not just repeating, but here is suggestion...


First of all..I have that SAME problem! My fine hair gets greasy fast and I can't stand when it is, causing me to have to wash it. However, what I do now is, about every other time I shower, I just get the main greasy parts (the area along my face, by my ears, top of my head, etc..) wet with water as I'm washing my face. I have my hair in a ponytail or bun as I am doing this. So the only part that gets wet is around my face (no shampoo used). It dries and ends up taking away some of the grease. I have also used dry shampoo but I have very dark hair and the dry shampoo tends to leave a dusty look which makes me look like a have grey hair. Now, with this said, I'm never able to where my hair down the second day and have it look as good as I want it to look. I'll just throw it up in a messy bun that second day, but at least there isn't any grease and I can save my hair from being dried out further.

I've noticed that doing this, is actually making my hair less greasy. When you wash your face/hair often, your body ends up producing more oil to compensate. I have some friends that are hair dressers and they wash their hair like once a week. They tell me to start with every other and then work your way up to like 3 days. Same with the face, over washing can dry the skin out and signal for your body to produce oil.

Hope this helps! I'm right there with you on this dilemma!

try looking for natural shampoo and conditioner (e.g. ones in eco/health shops) they lack the chemicals which damage your hair. if you can find a cleansing conditioner and use this instead of shampoo.
I tend to alternate my normal shampoo and conditioner with a chemical free one
(the only reason I haven't stopped using mine altogether is it was really expensive)

Can't say I'm that bothered by this - I wash my hair every day, and blow dry it pretty much every other day - so if it gets sweaty and manky I deal with it and move on - my hairs short and thick so it grabs on to the sweat but as I'm not that fussed about how I look or how my hair is, I just get on with it and only tend to use colour protect shampoo and condition it about once or twice a month, still works out ok

LOL - I have to giggle, because I'm sure this is really a problem But I would never skip my workout for it. No offense, really, but my workouts are too important to me for using a reason like my hair.

This is exactly how I feel. Sometimes, I get in the shower and just rinse, but I love my shampoo - I go to the esthetic supply store to get it, so it is HIGH quality and gentle. But really? Skip a workout just to avoid washing your hair - never!

I have been using John Frieda Full Repair conditioner. It was going well until this last month or so. Now it's just getting crazy. My hair is super dry and really thick, and just a mess if I don't put forth a lot of effort. I have lots of styling product, too.

I'm thinking I need to change shampoos, but keep the conditioner. I think my current shampoo is too drying. Maybe I should just suck it up and buy the Full Repair shampoo. It's like $6 or $7 at Target, but as others have mentioned I'm willing to spend more to make my hair look good. And I totally get it - I spent so much time hating my body that I felt like my hair was my only asset.... and I hate it looking like crap. If my hair looks bad, I perceive myself as looking bad in general.