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Hey Guys, quick question here I think. How many times do you workout in your t-shirt (or whatever other garment) before throwing it in the wash? I usually wear mine 2-3 times. Is that gross? I dunno what the standard is. But realistically if I workout 6 days a week, I couldn't possibly dirty 6 different t-shirts each week and have them washed and all. If it doesn't reek after 1 wear, then why not wear it again? Maybe it's the environmentalist in me. lol

As for shorts, I wear those maybe for a week. I wear underwear, which I change each time, so I figure how dirty can the shorts get?

I'd be curious to know what others do. I hope I don't get cursed for this lol.

Thanks!
Tony

No! no! no!

You are the stinky guy in the gym who everyone avoids.

Under no circumstances wear your gym t-shirts more than once a workout. The bacteria from the sweat in your t-shirt will grow each time you wear the shirt and that's what makes it stink and gives you foul body odour.

Socks and underwear should only be worn once a workout before going in the wash. Shorts maybe twice but no more than that.

So, now you know why no-one talks to you in the gym!

Once then washed.

I wash everything after wearing it once.

That is nasty to wear sweaty clothing more than once.

My shirt is so soaked with sweat I could not possibly wear it without washing. If I forget it in my gym bag overnight it smells like prison hooch.

If you want to cut down on laundry, use the t-shirt from the day before as your gym shirt.

Clenliness is next to godliness......oops thats a different thread.


Anyway, wear clean clothes each time

I wear the same shirt all week. It's just my method of driving away the chatterboxes that like to sit around and socialize rather than actually workout.

MunchingZombie saidMy shirt is so soaked with sweat I could not possibly wear it without washing. If I forget it in my gym bag overnight it smells like prison hooch.

If you want to cut down on laundry, use the t-shirt from the day before as your gym shirt.

Prison hooch....bawh haha hahha....

Damn that made me laugh hard out loud.

t-shirts should be changed everyday... gym shorts can go 2-3 days... jockstraps should be washed every 6 months without fail....

... a fresh shirt every workout, my little Minoan-eyed kumquat..... or you must not be working out very hard if your shirt isnt unquestionably ready for the laundry when you are thru.

I'm with Munchies, I sweat so hard at the gym that you could take it off and wring it out *shudders*

fresh shirt every day..

fresh shirt and compression shorts every time. Outer shorts are normally dry and so use them for up to a week, but if they get damp they get washed.

lol interesting. i'm a tad red now lol. but really, they don't smell! if there's a hint of odour i refuse to wear it. 2 times is the average times i'll wear a t-shirt (once for lifting, where i sweat less, and then once for cardio the next day, where i don't give a shit how much i sweat). i swear to you it really doesn't smell lol. and people still talk to me so i'm not all that worried =P. also, i ALWAYS shower after a workout, which is more than most of the guys my age do. so while my hygiene at the gym is perhaps not 100%, i figure it's a place to sweat and get dirty (and check out hot boys), so is it really that much of a concern? i dunno

do you have any kind of body acne problems?

Timberoo saiddo you have any kind of body acne problems?

lol, is there a link?

if i don't do cardio, i'll wear the t-shirt twice. if i do cardio, then i change it every day.

torontoguy2222 said

Timberoo saiddo you have any kind of body acne problems?

lol, is there a link?

no, but bacteria from sweaty clothing can be a culprit

torontoguy2222 said...i don't give a shit ...

Do you use that language around your mother. Then why do you think you can use it here! ....

Mattyrec... jockstraps should be washed every 6 months without fail....

But if you wash them you can't get as much money on ebay for them.


I'll wear a shirt and shorts a second time if I remember to rinse them out after the first workout.

I'm half retching reading this thread.

Change your shirt each time you workout! That seems to be the consensus....you can't go wrong that way....but it can be very wrong if you stink.

YUCK!

I sweat so profusely, an everyday change is mandatory. Even if I didn't sweat much, I would still wear new workout clothes. C'mon there is always a little sweat on those clothes. Although you may not smell it, others can...believe me, I have.

I'd buy a new tank top or Tshirt before at the pro shop before wearing a dirty stanky shirt a second time.


And by the way, adding vinegar to your laundry loads is a good way to get out odors in clothes that seem to hold onto sweat smells. I add about 1.5 cups to a load. They come out smelling fresher. Just a cheap tip to keep it smelling good, ladies.

muchmorethanmuscle saidI'd buy a new tank top or Tshirt before at the pro shop before wearing a dirty stanky shirt a second time.


And by the way, adding vinegar to your laundry loads is a good way to get out odors in clothes that seem to hold onto sweat smells. I add about 1.5 cups to a load. They come out smelling fresher. Just a cheap tip to keep it smelling good, ladies.

ammonia works well, too. It is very germicidal.

I think it depends on the type of shirt you wear. If you wear a cotton t-shirt, then yuck.. change it everyday. If you wear a synthetic fabric shirt, just hang it and let it air out. Wear it again the next day.

Sometimes if we have a relatively quiet night at hockey training, I wear the same tank top to the gym the next night. Otherwise, it's always a fresh shirt. I used to wear the same shorts a few days in a row but I bought some new ones