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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

torontoguy2222 said

Timberoo saiddo you have any kind of body acne problems?

lol, is there a link?

Yeah I used to get skin problems from this. It's like my sweat is toxic (and I sweat like a muthaf'er)

A fresh t-shirt everyday! As SilverFox1 said, you can't go wrong that way and with the other you might. There are people (like my sister) who seem to be have a more sensitive sense of smell than average... what if the gay hot guy over there is like her?

Torontoguy2222 I'm so disappointed to learn that you're only 99.99% perfect

I have been working out a lot harder, and my shirt is seriously like it's been in the wash. Disgustingly wet! So no matter what I say it's done. I have at least 10 different workout shirts. They all don't fit me and/or I wouldn't wear normally.

I used to change shirt every other day, but even now my weight lifting session tend to have me dripping so I change those too. You really can't go wrong changing your shirt for every work out.

If you want to be lazy about it, swim No shirt required!

Not counting cardio, I don't sweat much during workouts, unless it's humid or the AC is broken. And since I always wear tanks or some other kind of sleeveless, yeah, I wear shirts for three workouts. And it's not a crowded gym anyway. If I wore tees I'd probably never wear them more than twice, with once being more common. Loose tanks with low sweat haven't been a bad combination though.

And if you shower regularly, your sweat isn't quite as problematic in the first place.

Another important point is that the clothes must not be sitting in your gym bag between workouts. Mildew doesn't help the situation.

Though, like several have said, you can't go wrong with changing everyday. In this day and age it's not hard to come across several extra t-shirts or tanks, between thrift stores and all the free promotional material out there. All you need is 7 and you'd still only have to do laundry once a week right? and 7 tees don't take up significantly more space than 2 in the laundry bag or washer.

I have to laugh, because here's another example of a germ phobic society teetering over the edge. I'm a bachelor, and I hate doing laundry. If it smells bad to me, I'll wear something else, but if it doesn't smell bad...who cares?

What would happen if I told you that I rarely wear deodorant and can still use a shirt 3x with no problems? My secretions are magic, i guess.

TOFUSTUD said...What would happen if I told you that I rarely wear deodorant and can still use a shirt 3x with no problems? My secretions are magic, i guess.

*faints*













(sorry, couldn't resist)

i put mines in the wash after every workout as i sweat allot when i do workout....and its kinda rude for the other people that use the machine after you to be smelling your scent on the machines...and getting your sweat possibly rubbing on them.. yuck.

once, then wash

AuthorEngineer said

TOFUSTUD said...What would happen if I told you that I rarely wear deodorant and can still use a shirt 3x with no problems? My secretions are magic, i guess.

*faints*

(sorry, couldn't resist)

*splashes you with bucket of cold water to help you 'come to' like in the movies and on tv*

Addendum: If your body is clean and you shower every day, I don't really think you would leave behind a cloud of scent, but maybe I'm wrong.

TOFUSTUD saidI have to laugh, because here's another example of a germ phobic society teetering over the edge. I'm a bachelor, and I hate doing laundry. If it smells bad to me, I'll wear something else, but if it doesn't smell bad...who cares?

its not about germs, its about the funk, yeah germs might be involved but damn, 20 after my workout if I don't shower, I smell funky musky.. potently so and my gym clothes.. DAMN

TOFUSTUD saidWhat would happen if I told you that I rarely wear deodorant and can still use a shirt 3x with no problems? My secretions are magic, i guess.

I've met a lot of guys like you, they think they don't stink, they wont believe you unless your retching into a bucket as they get upwind *shudders*

I'm cool with crystals they seem to work, but damn nothing at all *shudders*

It depends how much you sweat, and if you shower often. I generally shower before every workout and rarely sweat much as my gym is AC'd, so I also can get 2-3 workouts out of a gym shirt, and even more out of shorts and tank tops.

I'd rather re-wear a nice shirt than buy something cheap so it works out well...and lessens the amount of laundry I have to do.

Try living in a city where it's been around 100 degrees for over a month. Everything's air-conditioned but the AC can only go so far. Believe me you'll only wear something once before washing it.

I wear it til it stinks....usually twice...like Toronto, I wear one to lift, then again the next morning when I go out and run.

it stinks after I run...without fail...

Here in humid Florida it is madatory that the shirt, the shorts, and everything else get washed after one wear. I know that there are people that don't but I can smell them and it ain't pretty!

I don't sweat much either so I tend to wear my shirts for 2-3 days before switching.

But I always take my gym clothes out of my gymbag and hang them in a well-ventilated area overnight. Sometimes, after a heavy workout, I will rinse them in a sink and wring them out before letting them hang overnight. They are always dry by the next day, so that works pretty well for me.

torontoguy2222 saidHey 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

Yuck!!!!!!!!!

Once then washed!!!!!!

Are you kidding me with some of these responses? What a bunch of bloody pigs!! Absolutely repulsive.
Of course you must have your gym clothes laundered after each use! Whether you profusely perspire in them or not, is not the issue. They are now soiled and will smell.
Do you people wear the same underware and socks twice?!? Of course not. (Well by some of these replies I've read, some of you probably do!)
-Keith

TOFUSTUD said

AuthorEngineer said

TOFUSTUD said...What would happen if I told you that I rarely wear deodorant and can still use a shirt 3x with no problems? My secretions are magic, i guess.

*faints*

(sorry, couldn't resist)

*splashes you with bucket of cold water to help you 'come to' like in the movies and on tv*

Addendum: If your body is clean and you shower every day, I don't really think you would leave behind a cloud of scent, but maybe I'm wrong.

oh you are so wrong- you stink!

you may not smell yourself, but believe you me you stink!

Note that the people advocating reuse of their workout shirts are mostly Canadians, living on the brink of the polar icecap. In warmer climates you can't get away with this.

hmmmmmmmm is there anything besides polar ice cap and geese up there?

um how are some of you guys not sweating profusely?

You'd have to stick me in the middle of the arctic circle butt naked doing my workout before I might struggle and thats a really hesitant might there..

are you gots not working hard enough.. although I get the jogging your out in the open air so really not many people are gonna smell it if any unless your jogging through a crowd.

TexDef07 saidNote that the people advocating reuse of their workout shirts are mostly Canadians, living on the brink of the polar icecap. In warmer climates you can't get away with this.

LOL ha ha ha good one! Remember the caps are melting...so all of those hotties up North that don't stink now...will...eventually.

Jebus, I thought this thread was dead after my previous message. I have a tendency to kill threads, so I'm so glad this one persevered lol.

I love the range of responses: Some so adamantly advocating wearing a shirt once, others suggesting 2-3 times. In my defense, I do live in Canada, so it's really only hot like 3 months of the year. Lately I've been really working up a sweat just by lifting, whereas a few months ago that wasn't the case. I also agree that the synthetic shirts tend to wick away moisture, and therefore don't stink after a single use. (Cotton obviously doesn't have this property).

Finally, while I have maybe 5 or 6 shirts that I actually enjoy wearing at the gym, being 5'5 and 135lbs finding clothes that fit is a quite a challenge. I hate baggy clothes, even at the gym. Maybe it's time I pick up a few other T-shirts, but it's easier said than done. Also, I'm not really comfortable wearing tank tops or muscle shirts (I've only got one). I just feel so naked and exposed in them, especially considering I don't have a model physique as lots of the guys on here do lol.

Anyways, I'm glad I got a topic to run over 10 posts lmao.

I live in Canada too ... but I only wear my gym clothes once and then they get washed.

Go to LuLu Lemon ... they always have really small stuff there ...

As for the muscle shirts, I try and only wear tanks to the gym, I find I can watch my form better that way, and visually picture the right muscles doing the work.

WASH IT!!!!!!!


EWW~~~!!!!

That's pure dirt dude!

Depends on the situation really. I have 2 shirts in my bag and all gets washed once a week. I usually wear them more than once, but I'm not a heavy "sweater" so I think it works.

DolGe said
Go to LuLu Lemon ... they always have really small stuff there ...

Sweetheart, Lululemon stuff is far beyond my university student budget ;-)

torontoguy2222 said

DolGe said
Go to LuLu Lemon ... they always have really small stuff there ...

Sweetheart, Lululemon stuff is far beyond my university student budget ;-)

You need to get a new corner. ...

torontoguy2222 saidHey 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

Look at yourself. LOL. ROFL. Another gay guy wanting validation for behavior x or behavior y. Scared to be different. Forever seeking approval. What does that say? Stand on your own two feet. You wanna' be a stinky 20 year old, you shouldn't have to ask the pack for approval. You wanna' smell nice, you don't need to get validation from the group. You wanna' paint your toenails pink and swish when you walk? O.K., whatever.

I change everything top to bottom EVERY day. I often change my shirts up to three times a day.

I have 10 white A shirts, tons of UnderArmour and piles of shorts. I wear shorter shorts for caridio, leg day, and the gym, and have other shorts for running around, and really short shorts that I wear around the house that are lined and comfy.

I have a huge gym bag where I always carry a set of workout gear (top to bottom) that's clean, in addition to whatever I'm wearing.

It's not unusual for me to change my shirt at least twice in a day, and sometimes even three times. I'll often shower in the morning, workout, shower, workout, shower, workout, shower before bed.

I guarantee you smell like shit, literally, if you wear your shorts all week, not to mention urine. Unless you like stinky underwear, you should be changing it a least once daily, too.

Ever smell a smoker? You know how they smell like an ashtray? Now, imagine how you smell.

Do whatever you want.

You like smelly stuff from Canada? Well, try some hockey skates. That's how you smell, just not quite as bad, but, that's how you smell...like stinky skates.

Go buy yourself three packages of shirts like in my picture below. They're cheap and make you look like a stud. Something like $3.00 for three of them. Even a starving college student can afford them. Don't be an idiot and buy fashion crap. You're just wasting money. Save your money for food and partying. Show your momma' you learned something in college: how to be a smart shopper, smell decent, and how to be your own man.

DolGe saidI live in Canada too ... but I only wear my gym clothes once and then they get washed.

Go to LuLu Lemon ... they always have really small stuff there ...

As for the muscle shirts, I try and only wear tanks to the gym, I find I can watch my form better that way, and visually picture the right muscles doing the work.

Forget LULU - their stuff bloody expensive just to sweat in. Go and buy several packs of haynes or ordinary tees. they come 3 in a pack and cost hardly anything and you can get them from xs to s as well

Eeek! Wear once, then wash. If I didn't I would be the smelly guy that everyone avoids!

I really don't understand the people who claim that they do not sweat in the gym. My gym is also air-conditioned, and I still manage to work up a sweat when people complain that it is cold. Whatever it is, I change my gym kit after every workout. Can just imagine the bacteria growing if I reused...

BTW, you rarely can detect your own body-odour, even if it can be very strong...

I am a sweater also! I need to change my shirt after every work out! I have a friend who changes his shirt a few times when we play wallyball because he is sweating so much! (and he is in good shape)!!

Hmmm Chucky, I think that's waaaay overboard. I actually think this is largely representative of Western society as a whole today. I don't mean to get too profound and philosophical here, but a Geography Prof in my first year of university once brought this trend to light, and it sorta stays at the back of my mind...

It relates back to the issue of sustainability. In the past people of the world lived incredibly modestly -- probably had just a few pairs of clothes, showered maybe weekly, were hunters and gatherers, had no electricity, virtually no technology, no cars, etc etc. -- and their ecological footprint was next to nothing. Fast forward to today, and what do we see? A quality of life that has been achieved at the expense of gross overconsumption and exploitation of the Earth's limited natural resources. Can you imagine the strain on these resources if every citizen of the world owned umpteen pairs of t-shirts just for the gym, umpteen pairs of shorts, umpteen pairs of jeans, pants, dress shirts, and so on? Or imagine how fast our reserves of water would vanish if every person showered 3 times a day? Or what about the oil/fuel resources needed for the West to drive their big, gas-guzzling SUVs, to heat and cool their big homes, or to indulge in luxuriant travel vacations? This is in no way sustainable and has largely resulted in global warming and climate change and resource depletion and a looming oil shortage crisis.

I'm NOT advocating the life of cave people. I'm merely offering one view of the Western World (elucidated originally by this professor) that suggests our practices are not sustainable (and they certainly aren't).

To get back on track, my point here is not that we should all own 2 gym shirts, wear them for a week each, and continue alternating for eternity. Instead, it's a bit more nuanced, suggesting that perhaps changing a relatively clean shirt that's been worn FOR ONE HOUR is superfluous. Imagine the electricity and water resources needed if every person who went to the gym laundered their clothes to the extent that many people who have posted here have.

The gym is a gym -- it's not meant to smell like roses and flower petals. If a shirt does not smell after a single use (as is often the case with me-- we don't all reek like hockey skates Chucky), then why not wear it again? If you sweat like a horse while working out, go right ahead and toss it in the laundry. But to wash it each time JUST BECAUSE is totally unnecessary and, I'd argue, a bit prudish.

Call me a tree hunger, call me stinky, insist I smell like shit (which I know is false anyways), call me whatever you will, but this is my 2 and a half cents, for what it's worth. Here's challenging the norm.

=D

torontoguy2222 saidHmmm Chucky, I think that's waaaay overboard. I actually think this is largely representative of Western society as a whole today. I don't mean to get too profound and philosophical here, but a Geography Prof in my first year of university once brought this trend to light, and it sorta stays at the back of my mind...

It relates back to the issue of sustainability. In the past people of the world lived incredibly modestly -- probably had just a few pairs of clothes, showered maybe weekly, were hunters and gatherers, had no electricity, virtually no technology, no cars, etc etc. -- and their ecological footprint was next to nothing. Fast forward to today, and what do we see? A quality of life that has been achieved at the expense of gross overconsumption and exploitation of the Earth's limited natural resources. Can you imagine the strain on these resources if every citizen of the world owned umpteen pairs of t-shirts just for the gym, umpteen pairs of shorts, umpteen pairs of jeans, pants, dress shirts, and so on? Or imagine how fast our reserves of water would vanish if every person showered 3 times a day? Or what about the oil/fuel resources needed for the West to drive their big, gas-guzzling SUVs, to heat and cool their big homes, or to indulge in luxuriant travel vacations? This is in no way sustainable and has largely resulted in global warming and climate change and resource depletion and a looming oil shortage crisis.

I'm NOT advocating the life of cave people. I'm merely offering one view of the Western World (elucidated originally by this professor) that suggests our practices are not sustainable (and they certainly aren't).

To get back on track, my point here is not that we should all own 2 gym shirts, wear them for a week each, and continue alternating for eternity. Instead, it's a bit more nuanced, suggesting that perhaps changing a relatively clean shirt that's been worn FOR ONE HOUR is superfluous. Imagine the electricity and water resources needed if every person who went to the gym laundered their clothes to the extent that many people who have posted here have.

The gym is a gym -- it's not meant to smell like roses and flower petals. If a shirt does not smell after a single use (as is often the case with me-- we don't all reek like hockey skates Chucky), then why not wear it again? If you sweat like a horse while working out, go right ahead and toss it in the laundry. But to wash it each time JUST BECAUSE is totally unnecessary and, I'd argue, a bit prudish.

Call me a tree hunger, call me stinky, insist I smell like shit (which I know is false anyways), call me whatever you will, but this is my 2 and a half cents, for what it's worth. Here's challenging the norm.

=D

Wow...you can get as bloody philosophical as you want to in these diatribe replies of yours. You asked for opinions. You've been coddled enough.
Look...you are a bloody pig if you don't use fresh gym clothes daily! Plain and simple.
-Keith

Chucky say something massively over the top?

I'm so glad my gym has laundry service, so I don't have to drag sweaty gym clothes home everyday. I keep three sets of clothes in my locker at the gym, and I never have to bring anything with me to work out. I understand that laundry service at the gym is unusual, but more gyms should do it. My gym gives us a mesh bag with our locker number on it. You put your dirty clothes in the bag and toss it in the bins they collect towels in, and they just wash them all together. Then you pick up your bag from a cart for the bags in your locker row. All gyms have towel service, so I don't know why they don't just add this the way my gym has. They just need to pick up the mesh laundry bags.

Would you guys go for this if your gym offered it? My gym includes it if you have towel service and a locker rental.

you staank ass LOL

torontoguy2222 saidHmmm Chucky, I think that's waaaay overboard. I actually think this is largely representative of Western society as a whole today. I don't mean to get too profound and philosophical here, but a Geography Prof in my first year of university once brought this trend to light, and it sorta stays at the back of my mind..."

=D

you are just nasty plain and simple

TAKE A GODDAMN SHOWER AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES!!! FREAKIN' GRODY MAN!!

UofTLatinBoy saidI'm so glad my gym has laundry service, so I don't have to drag sweaty gym clothes home everyday. I keep three sets of clothes in my locker at the gym, and I never have to bring anything with me to work out. I understand that laundry service at the gym is unusual, but more gyms should do it. My gym gives us a mesh bag with our locker number on it. You put your dirty clothes in the bag and toss it in the bins they collect towels in, and they just wash them all together. Then you pick up your bag from a cart for the bags in your locker row. All gyms have towel service, so I don't know why they don't just add this the way my gym has. They just need to pick up the mesh laundry bags.

Would you guys go for this if your gym offered it? My gym includes it if you have towel service and a locker rental.

no- not if they are going to wash my clothes with the same towels that I've seen strange men wiping their asses with

hell 2 da no!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Change your gym clothes after each workout. I do. I have no desire to be the stinky guy. There is anough of them as it is. The last thing I want is to be working out next a guy that stinks. That happened the other day and he was so bad I couldn't even finish.

"EW," or "YOU MUST DO THIS OR ELSE," or "GROSS, YOU STINK," or "Like OOOH MY GOD," makes me laugh.

TOFUSTUD said "EW," or "YOU MUST DO THIS OR ELSE," or "GROSS, YOU STINK," or "Like OOOH MY GOD," makes me laugh.

glad you can laugh over your own funk! you are one brave man. brave, but stink!

Lifetime Fitness has extreme service.

I worked for Gold's Gym in Lincoln, NE. I've asked guys to shower up on more than one occasion.

Just a few days ago, at LA Fitness, in Highland Village, TX, I had one kid who really stunk, bad. I told him, Dude, you need to wash your stuff (his shoes, and shirt reeked, horribly). Logan and I were on the stairs when I yelled it at him, twice.

Tony, a trainer, and UNT football player, giggled. There were several older women being trained and everyone around was laughing that I said what they were all thinking.

We're all so worried about being politically correct it's pretty pathetic. I told the kid..."you stink."

Yes, we need to save the environment, but, being stinky at the gym is something that really isn't cool.

Musclequest said
Wow...you can get as bloody philosophical as you want to in these diatribe replies of yours. You asked for opinions. You've been coddled enough.
Look...you are a bloody pig if you don't use fresh gym clothes daily! Plain and simple.
-Keith

ROFL.

That's more like it. Jeeze.

torontoguyThe gym is a gym -- it's not meant to smell like roses and flower petals. If a shirt does not smell after a single use (as is often the case with me-- we don't all reek like hockey skates Chucky), then why not wear it again? If you sweat like a horse while working out, go right ahead and toss it in the laundry. But to wash it each time JUST BECAUSE is totally unnecessary and, I'd argue, a bit prudish. =D

You started this thread with a question, but somewhere along the line the spine straightened up (or appeared) and it looks like you answered your own question. Good for you!

As for me, it's just one use since my workout clothing tends to get pretty sweaty by the time I am done. My only recommendation on wearing clothing a second, third or more times is Fabreeze and Lysol. At least you will killing off some of the germs and bacteria and maybe the smell as well without having to run an entire load of laundry.

I think the stink is one thing, but the bacteria is another. You are just courting infections by letting have a chance to grow. Then, there are fungal or yeast infections...

I need to shower (LOL) and get moving here this morning...but, I wanted to add something that odoriferous folks don't realize as a holdover from cave man days: Stinky people don't often smell their own scent until it gets REAL bad. Not to many years ago (before modern sanitation), disease, and stink, were rampant, and folks didn't realize how their butt crack reeked, or that they smelled like urine. Everyone else smelled bad, too.

We evolved into modern sanitation. We have a higher standard of cleanliness. I'm not sure sure it's prudish. We have fewer bacterial diseases. We smell better. Is it sustainable using current technology? Maybe not. We come up with new technology every day.

Does being cleaner slow down disease? No question.

twice maximum... I wear those duo dry shirts...lets the sweat go through pretty easily...

any more than that and I begin to offend myself haha

Just thinking if this topic was bedsheets rather than t-shirts.......

I wear them once. After that, they are nasty! Get more shirts.

torontoguy2222 said A quality of life that has been achieved at the expense of gross overconsumption and exploitation of the Earth's limited natural resources. Can you imagine the strain on these resources if every citizen of the world owned umpteen pairs of t-shirts just for the gym, umpteen pairs of shorts, umpteen pairs of jeans, pants, dress shirts, and so on?

Well Torontoguy2222, no doubt you're well-meaning and idealistic, but certain realities must be confronted. If you regress to the hygiene standards of the 3rd world you will have to deal with the discomfort and disease that result -- not to mention a big decrease in your circle of friends.

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princesses, their toys, throwing, on the floor, the, are.

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Aw, c'mon. . . you guys. . . a workout shirt shouldn't smell after a single workout, no matter how hard you work out. . . .

And certainly not as much some of you guys describe it. . .

I could never wear a workout shirt twice -- stinky!

I wear my shirt 2-3 times before I wash it. Hang it up to dry afterwards...

It's definitely a body chemistry thing, cuz I know some guys who have some really acrid-smelling sweat. I don't seem to have a problem with it...

And some of you guys are taking 3-4 showers a day ?!?!?! Gimme a break. . . nobody needs that many showers, unless you're rolling around in manure all day.

Again. . . NOBODY'S CLOTHES should smell that bad after a workout. Even after RUNNING TEN MILES. Sure, you may be soaked with sweat. . . but it shouldn't smell. Not the way you guys are describing.

And if it does. . . consider changing your diet, maybe. You're probably eating a lot of junk food. Or fast food. Or alcohol. And all that crud comes seeping through your pores or something.

Once for t-shirt and underwear, 2-3 times for shorts.

I only use my shirt once and then wash. Don´t want to stink the gym equipment and I dont want others´ smell to cloy on me either. Unless of course its the scent of that sweet guy I see once in a while, teehee. (drools)

For the record, sweat itself isn't stinky. It's the bacteria that grows where it's left.

Wow, Tony. Congrats on starting one of the most passionate threads I've seen in days, lol.

I wear my shirts and shorts twice. Like tankfactory, I hang my t-shirt when I get home, so it's not sitting rolled up in a bag or in a hamper. It doesn't reek. You go on and be the stinky little tree hugger you need to be.

Musclequest saidWow...you can get as bloody philosophical as you want to in these diatribe replies of yours. You asked for opinions. You've been coddled enough.
Look...you are a bloody pig if you don't use fresh gym clothes daily! Plain and simple.
-Keith

Hey dont be mean to our minoan-eyed beauty. Look how cute he is ....with his big brown eyes and long, pointy, agile, supple tongue.

I remember when I was your age that I only had one pair of gym clothes. I would workout and would have pit stains in my shirts if I didn't wash them when I should have. I recently bought some Nike Fit workout clothes and they are very easy to hand wash. Get a pair of cool max socks and a polyester Andrew Christian jockstrap and your good to go. When you get home put it in the sink with a small cap full of detergent. Wash,rinse, wring it, and hang dry it's ready for tomorrow!


I hope this helps!

Tony--

Don't be spooked by all these people slamming you. They're just jealous because you can workout and then go about your business without subjecting yourself to a steam cleaning.

What you're currently doing re: your gym clothes is perfectly fine. If anything, you probably wash them more than necessary.

Some people, just by nature, smell awful. Yes. . . sad to say, but so, so true.

They think taking five showers a day will help. They think washing their clothes seven times a week will help. They think dousing themselves daily with a quart of highly-aggressive cologne will help. But it won't.

My advice, if you want to smell nice all the time:

1) Shower daily. Just once, not four or five times. And actually, it's GOOD for your skin and hair if you SKIP A DAY every now and then. And you shouldn't smell if you skip a day, even if you RUN TEN MILES that day.

2) The leaner you are, the cleaner you smell. So workout a lot and eat a healthy diet. If you have a horrible diet. . . then sure. . . you'll probably have a problem.

3) Go in the gym's sauna or steam room once in a while for a few minutes. Moisturize your skin daily and observe a good skin care regimen.

4) Brush teeth twice a day, floss daily, use a NON-ALCOHOL mouthwash once or twice a day. Use a Sonic electronic brush once a day.

That's it.

We have Sonicare Sonic Toothbrushes at our place. Nothing other.

We also brush our teeth numerous times daily.

In fact, my teeth were so clean, that Dr. Bob Talcott, my dentist, told me that I had exceptional oral hygiene and that there was no reason to have my teeth cleaned by a hygienist.

I may have a bigger carbon foot print than Tony, but, my teeth are clean and I smell pretty. LOL.

I got Logan / flex89 a Sonicare, too, and he's always in brushing his teeth.

Hygiene is o.k., Tony, but, if you wanta' lower your footprint, that's fine, too. Let me know if you're coming to Dallas / Fort Worth, and I'll hit the gym where you aren't.

I told you how to get shirts that fit on the cheap.
I told you that you don't realize when you smell.
I told you to do whatever you want, with, or without, the approval of the pack.
I told you to let your momma know you learned not to spend your money foolishly.

Folks from different cultures have different odors, too, based, in part, upon their diets, as well, but with good hygiene, that doesn't get picked up much unless you're right on top of them.

If you wanna' be a stinky, little, 20 year old, that's o.k. You're a world away, and not bothering me.

Hahaha, I just love the intensity of this thread. I really do think this is the essence of a web forum: to divulge and discuss differing viewpoints. Whatever your stance on the issue, it's really great to hear from so many people!

I stand quite firm on the idea that I DON'T stink after 1 workout. I'll let a friend smell me next time so I'll know the truth lol. But I'm quite convinced that I don't reek like some of the guys describe here.

Rah rah rah! And thanks to those who've had my back, haha.

chuckystud said IIs it sustainable using current technology? Maybe not. We come up with new technology every day.

There are lots of 19th-century gloom-and-doom studies that predict the collapse of urban life in the 20th century because the projected increase in horse manure would choke the streets of Manhattan.

Poor Tony! I feel sorry for him. How did his innocuous little thread turn into such a slugfest?

I change my shorts, shirt, and compression shorts after each workout. Letting your sweaty clothes sit for a day is a good way to get a bunch of stank on it.

Had a guy start lifting next to me and he smelled RANK! Had to get up and move twenty feet away to another bench. That stuff is just not cool.

Please change your clothing daily, don't be that guy who makes everyone gag as he walks by.

Tony --

I totally believe you when you say you're fine after a workout. Me too. NOBODY should suddenly smell bad after a workout. And anyone who does probably smells bad all the time anyway.

Ok, I have a confession to make. I was one of those stinky youngs guys who didn't think he smelt. And then one of my friends took me to one side and said and said, "Malcolm, you need to change your gym clothes cos you've got BO."

So, take it from someone who knows, we're trying to do you a favour, we're not being nasty.

I only wear my shirt once and then wash it!

I sweat a lot at the gym!

LittleDudeWithMuscles saidTony --

I totally believe you when you say you're fine after a workout. Me too. NOBODY should suddenly smell bad after a workout. And anyone who does probably smells bad all the time anyway.

Oh I smell like kellogs cornflakes when I sweat.

I am so naturally neat that even in the days when I forget to use my deodorant, I'm not stinking in the end of the day! If the weather is not too warm, I use my shirt at least 3 times (it helps to know that I don't do any cardio and I hardly sweat).

People are not equally stinky...

So I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

I agree. I don't stink either. I've asked around and passed the stink test.

TOFUSTUD saidI have to laugh, because here's another example of a germ phobic society teetering over the edge. I'm a bachelor, and I hate doing laundry. If it smells bad to me, I'll wear something else, but if it doesn't smell bad...who cares?

What would happen if I told you that I rarely wear deodorant and can still use a shirt 3x with no problems? My secretions are magic, i guess.

I agree with you. I can't wear deodorant because of really nasty allergy that makes my underarms look leperous. Cologne makes me sneeze which might be because it usually uses a component of cat piss in its base, and I do not do well with cats. I actually don't own any underpants except some cold weather gear used for camping and winter sports. I do wear a jockstrap in the gym or when playing sports, but again, it's just for practical reasons. Maybe because I grew up on a farm, I never developed a phobia about germs and natural scents.

I do sweat a lot at the gym but shower afterwards. I am also a manager in a large warehouse operation so the smell of humans is inevitable. After a workout in the morning, I drape my gym stuff over the passenger seat where it dries quickly. We only have time to do laundry once a week when we change the sheets. I make it tolerable by watching a rugby match while folding.

I find deodorant commercials amusing because advertising agencies have developed a market for a mythical need. When I camp or hunt with friends for a few days where the closest thing to a shower is rain or a sponge bath, I can't say I really notice that they smell bad. Decaying road kill and shit stink, but people who are basically clean don't.

By the way, I live in the sunbelt where summer arrives in April and leaves by Thanksgiving.

torontoguy2222 saidHahaha, I just love the intensity of this thread.

Yeah. There's a certain amount of variation in any characteristic. Some people sweat really bad just doing office work and some people don't sweat on their lifting day at the gym. Some people have lousy body odor after a day or so no matter how much deodorant they wear, and some people never use deodorant but are fine for minimal-exertion activities.

If you fall into one of those outlying groups, the rules that you must or can use in your own life are certainly different from the majority of the pack.

dannyboy1101 saidSo I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

"straight-acting" What are you a bloody breeder?!! That was stupid!
It has NOTHING to do with mannerisms. It has everything to do with having good hygene. I certainly don't go to the gym for any other reason then to build muscle. Plain and simple. (I know, I know, I better keep at it.)
And who fucking cares whether or not the breeders do it?!? Why should anyone look at anyone else to see if doing the proper thing is OK?
Use that thing in that lump 3 feet above your arse!! (I heard that in some movie. (It fits here!))

So alright tough guy, go around in the same underwear and socks for 3 days. And wear the same clothing to work. There is really no difference right?

I said it before. If you were the same clothes day after day to the gym, you are a bloody, filthy pig.
-Keith

Musclequest said

So alright tough guy, go around in the same underwear and socks for 3 days. And wear the same clothing to work. There is really no difference right?

I said it before. If you were the same clothes day after day to the gym, you are a bloody, filthy pig.
-Keith

Ah, there's the rub. Wearing clothes for 3 days would be nasty. Three days. NOT three HOURS (1 hour/workout). 3 days would in fact be the equivalent of roughly 36 workouts. Technically we'd have to all change our clothes every few hours to abide by the levels of sanitation advocated in this thread lol.

I know I'm being too simplistic, but do you not see my point?

they don´t want to see your point. They are dictating everyone´s behavior on the basis of what works for them.

But still, you should get an honest friend to give you the sniff test

Well, then there's also the European influence that doesn't aspire to embrace stellar bodily hygiene as readily as Americans do.

Perhaps it's partly cultural?

dannyboy1101 said... why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell?

Oh for heaven sakes, you dont have to be hitting on people not to want to stink or be stunk upon! ...

my logic is if i can still wear the shirt again, i didn't work out hard enough

Lostboy said
But still, you should get an honest friend to give you the sniff test

Holy crap! I can't believe the way people have reacted to this topic!

I know Tony "Torontoguy2222" very well. First from working out at our school gym, then we started dating after connecting on RJ. Tony and I have certainly worked up a sweat together ;) and I can tell you he definitely doesn't have any odor issues, and he's a very hygienic guy. Whatever he's doing, it seems to be working for him. IT MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU, but it works for him. If you reek after a strength training workout, you probably weren't smelling too great when you arrived.

"I said it before. If you were the same clothes day after day to the gym, you are a bloody, filthy pig".
-Keith

I can't believe how catty some of you queens are!

At least he showers every time he works out. Now not showering after a workout is pretty nasty.

Caslon11000 said

dannyboy1101 said... why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell?

Oh for heaven sakes, you dont have to be hitting on people not to want to stink or be stunk upon! ...

Because I'll kick you in the nuts if you try to workout near me smelling like you haven't showered in days. ESPECIALLY if it's because you willfully refuse to f***ing maintain good hygiene.

lol...thanks UofTLatinBoy for that real-life testimonial

This is OBVIOUSLY a great topic. i can't believe how deep people can get over a shirt worn more than once or twice just to workout. given that Torontoguy222 works out 6 times a week (so he says...and maybe less than one hour each time), i'm sure he can wear the same shirt about 3 times. University gyms usually blast their AC and if he is not one of those guys who would sweat when it's freaking 32 degrees, he is fine. and of course, if he doesnt have a body odor problem (i say, drink loads of water), he is just a typical man. leave him be.

there are so many street bumps i encountered out who haven't showered... maybe...for weeks. oh yeah, men and women, it doesn't discriminate. but i'm sure everyone can tolerate the smell of regular sweat in the gym. next time, smell ur own. if u smell, then u may have a bigger problem.

and let this guy save money on shirts, laundry and time. the economy is shit now.

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

You left out the part that you then sell the Jock on Craigslist to the highest bidder.

My shirts and generally my underwear are drenched when I'm finished working out. I hang them to dry before I throw them into my laundry basket, but I'd never wear them again.

Once. Because after that, you become one of those guys that everyone is searching for in the gym that is putting off this aweful stench.

RyanReBoRn said

Caslon11000 said

dannyboy1101 said... why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell?

Oh for heaven sakes, you dont have to be hitting on people not to want to stink or be stunk upon! ...

Because I'll kick you in the nuts if you try to workout near me smelling like you haven't showered in days. ESPECIALLY if it's because you willfully refuse to f***ing maintain good hygiene.

hahahah... ten bucks says your pubes smell like a litter box and feel like a carpet.

RyanReBoRn said

Caslon11000 said

dannyboy1101 said... why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell?

Oh for heaven sakes, you dont have to be hitting on people not to want to stink or be stunk upon! ...

Because I'll kick you in the nuts if you try to workout near me smelling like you haven't showered in days. ESPECIALLY if it's because you willfully refuse to f***ing maintain good hygiene.

You are going to kick whom in the nuts?

Caslon11000 said

RyanReBoRn said

Caslon11000 said

dannyboy1101 said... why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell?

Oh for heaven sakes, you dont have to be hitting on people not to want to stink or be stunk upon! ...

Because I'll kick you in the nuts if you try to workout near me smelling like you haven't showered in days. ESPECIALLY if it's because you willfully refuse to f***ing maintain good hygiene.

You are going to kick whom in the nuts?

Not you, but guys who dare stand near me when they don't have the common decency to maintain decent hygiene. Happened to me the other day and I had to just stop breathing, get up, and move to a bench twenty feet away.

I know he noticed and I don't care. Smelling that bad in public is ridiculous!

Alot of Canadians and europeans do not shower as much as americans do, but if you aren't washing the shirt everytime-you're not wroking out hard enough!!!

Just wear white T's and put em in with your towels and whites.
fin

Until it becomes so biologically active I need to start charging it rent.

Actuallly I read somewhere that you should only wear a shirt once before throwing it out and that that was more friendly to the environment as you didn´t have to use washing powder. I hope that you are showering between sets or you might smell.

clean clothes...all of them...every day

MikemikeMike saidAlot of Canadians and europeans do not shower as much as americans do, but if you aren't washing the shirt everytime-you're not wroking out hard enough!!!

Just wear white T's and put em in with your towels and whites.
fin

Canadians shower every day fyi. There is a lot of debate actually about what frequency of showering is healthy going among epidemiologists and microbiologists. Depriving your body of all living organisms (especially true in the case of antibacterial soaps effects) necessarily lowers your natural immunity to various infectious disease according to some science. That is not to be confused with washing your hands frequently.

Wear my shirt about 3 times, unless there are sweat stains on it and it smells, then less.

Also, since you all claim to be around sweaty people in gyms a lot, how many of those actually give off bad smell while they sweat? My guess is not all, so body odor DOES differ.

MikemikeMike saidAlot of Canadians and europeans do not shower as much as americans do, but if you aren't washing the shirt everytime-you're not wroking out hard enough!!!

Just wear white T's and put em in with your towels and whites.
fin

Having lived a year in Europe and three years in Canada, I can tell you that Europeans and Canadians bathe just as often as Americans. Don't make this into that kind of an issue!

To each his own, I guess. If you can wear your gym shirt more than once, power to you. I sweat way too much. Sometimes I can get away with wearing the shorts more than once, but more than twice and it's washing time. There was a kid in my gym class in high school who didn't wash his gym clothes once the entire year. Imagine how bad that stank.

I didnt know Canadians bathed every day. I thought they had to use mirrors to concentrate the sunlight on a patch of glacier to get some liquid water to splash under their pits. They're not going to do that every day ...then they gotta get back into their parkas and mucklucks and hope they arent eaten by a polar bear during this whole exercise. Besides some of their igloos are made of clear ice and the neighbors can see right thru! ...

And that's why they dont change their workout clothes ... ever .... QED

Bunjamon saidHaving lived a year in Europe and three years in Canada, I can tell you that Europeans and Canadians bathe just as often as Americans. Don't make this into that kind of an issue!

The difference is that we are not so weirdly obsessive about it.

Musclequest said

dannyboy1101 saidSo I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

"straight-acting" What are you a bloody breeder?!! That was stupid!
It has NOTHING to do with mannerisms. It has everything to do with having good hygene. I certainly don't go to the gym for any other reason then to build muscle. Plain and simple. (I know, I know, I better keep at it.)
And who fucking cares whether or not the breeders do it?!? Why should anyone look at anyone else to see if doing the proper thing is OK?
Use that thing in that lump 3 feet above your arse!! (I heard that in some movie. (It fits here!))

So alright tough guy, go around in the same underwear and socks for 3 days. And wear the same clothing to work. There is really no difference right?

I said it before. If you were the same clothes day after day to the gym, you are a bloody, filthy pig.
-Keith

Thanks for assuming you know what I do, Dionne Warwick. I don't remember claiming to wear the same underwear and socks for 3 days nor do I remember talking about not showering nor do I remember saying that I even wear the same clothes to the gym all the time (or to work which is completely irrelevant to the OP's question). Please see above bold statement. "I'm not saying I disagree" means just that. Maybe YOU should "use you that lump 3 feet above your arse" if you can find it.

wear. wash. repeat.

don't wants to be stinky.

dannyboy1101 said

Musclequest said

dannyboy1101 saidSo I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

"straight-acting" What are you a bloody breeder?!! That was stupid!
It has NOTHING to do with mannerisms. It has everything to do with having good hygene. I certainly don't go to the gym for any other reason then to build muscle. Plain and simple. (I know, I know, I better keep at it.)
And who fucking cares whether or not the breeders do it?!? Why should anyone look at anyone else to see if doing the proper thing is OK?
Use that thing in that lump 3 feet above your arse!! (I heard that in some movie. (It fits here!))

So alright tough guy, go around in the same underwear and socks for 3 days. And wear the same clothing to work. There is really no difference right?

I said it before. If you were the same clothes day after day to the gym, you are a bloody, filthy pig.
-Keith

Thanks for assuming you know what I do, Dionne Warwick. I don't remember claiming to wear the same underwear and socks for 3 days nor do I remember talking about not showering nor do I remember saying that I even wear the same clothes to the gym all the time (or to work which is completely irrelevant to the OP's question). Please see above bold statement. "I'm not saying I disagree" means just that. Maybe YOU should "use you that lump 3 feet above your arse" if you can find it.

I know what you had said. What I took exception to, you bloody moron, was your "straight acting" comment. Pay attention.
And if you read my post it didn't say that you wore underwear and socks for 3 days, it meant you should try doing it since you seem to think it alright or "manly" as you implied
Apparently there is nothing in that lump 3 feet above your arse.
-Keith

The polar bears come right down thru Toronto. I know. I met a canadian down here and he told...and we all know Canadians dont lie. He told me about a polar bear coming down the street in Toronto where some woman was waiting for the light to change so she could cross. She saw the bear and started beating on the button to make the light change so she could get across the street before the bear got to her. But it was too late. The light didnt change in time and she got eaten. All that was left were her purse and her pumps. The other people waiting to cross the street felt bad. But they were relieved that while the bear was occupied eating her, the light changed and they were able to cross and make their escape.

carabin said

Also, since you all claim to be around sweaty people in gyms a lot, how many of those actually give off bad smell while they sweat? My guess is not all, so body odor DOES differ.

Fresh sweat generally doesn't smell - bacteria cause the smell so it takes time.

I have to wash mine after every workout - they come out of the washing machine drier than they go in!

EVERY gym session is followed by a clothes-to-washer cycle. good lord. most people are unable to smell their own self until well after other people are doing their best not to react to the stench. just because you don't think you smell doesn't mean you aren't actually stenching up a 5 foot radius.

it's good that you shower, but please...wash most people's noses are sensitive enough to smell your laundry detergent on your clothing months after an item has been washed and put into the closet. it's more than fair to say they will pick up on your particulars

Musclequest said

dannyboy1101 said

Musclequest said

dannyboy1101 saidSo I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

"straight-acting" What are you a bloody breeder?!! That was stupid!
It has NOTHING to do with mannerisms. It has everything to do with having good hygene. I certainly don't go to the gym for any other reason then to build muscle. Plain and simple. (I know, I know, I better keep at it.)
And who fucking cares whether or not the breeders do it?!? Why should anyone look at anyone else to see if doing the proper thing is OK?
Use that thing in that lump 3 feet above your arse!! (I heard that in some movie. (It fits here!))

So alright tough guy, go around in the same underwear and socks for 3 days. And wear the same clothing to work. There is really no difference right?

I said it before. If you were the same clothes day after day to the gym, you are a bloody, filthy pig.
-Keith

Thanks for assuming you know what I do, Dionne Warwick. I don't remember claiming to wear the same underwear and socks for 3 days nor do I remember talking about not showering nor do I remember saying that I even wear the same clothes to the gym all the time (or to work which is completely irrelevant to the OP's question). Please see above bold statement. "I'm not saying I disagree" means just that. Maybe YOU should "use you that lump 3 feet above your arse" if you can find it.

I know what you had said. What I took exception to, you bloody moron, was your "straight acting" comment. Pay attention.
And if you read my post it didn't say that you wore underwear and socks for 3 days, it meant you should try doing it since you seem to think it alright or "manly" as you implied
Apparently there is nothing in that lump 3 feet above your arse.
-Keith

I implied nothing because I gave no personal details other than "I am intrigued..." You assumed. I don't "straight act." I am what I am and damn proud of it. I wash my gym clothes (yay pat on my back). My comment was an observation aimed at people who have hang-ups over acting like a queen but have other hang-ups that I find are somewhat contradictory, an opinion, which is not necessarily stupid though it may be different from your own (a common American mistaken perception). Sorry if I hit a nerve in your personal life, but I think all hang-ups are ridiculous in a country where you have the freedom to act and SPEAK (TYPE) as you wish. It was meant to be entertaining, but I suppose I must have offended you since you have been so quick on the offensive and on the name-calling. I don't do the flame war shit. Check my history. Since you had the time to find this forum again when it clearly disappeared from the main topics, you also have the time to do that bit of research. I'm sure you'll have some other witty comeback, and that's fine, but consider yourself fed. You will be speaking to an ear that is not listening, an eye that is not reading. I'll make sure to send some positive energy your way (it seems you need it). Take care!
-Dan

dannyboy1101 saidI'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? [...]

;)

should i give a damn if i were elderly and pop a turtle head while working out next to you ... and keep working out? bad hygiene is quite an impediment to the average person's workout in their routine. if people's eyes are crossed around you and they're holding their nose with one hand and lifting with the other hand, perhaps it's time to put the turtle in the pond so to say.

psst. note the smiley on my previous post and relax

I am the gross, really sweaty guy at the gym...everything goes into the wash after every workout...hell, I change into fresh workout clothes between cardio and lifting in the same visit....tf something smells bad at the gym...IT ISN'T ME!

Only one day in a row.....for every person that posts in this thread.

I'm not counting the guys who answered the question just for themselves here, about what they themselves do, but the guys commenting on your odor:

You have one guy who's close enough to you to smell you saying you're okay, and a hundred guys who aren't even in your province, mostly not even in your country, saying you stink.

On this particular subject, who are you going to listen to?

Everyone who says you can't smell yourself till it's possibly too late is right about that. Then there are those that overgeneralize because of some smelly people they encountered. Which is like saying everyone who sucks cock must be a flamer, because the ones you've noticed are. If someone wore a shirt twice but didn't smell, they wouldn't *know* he wore a shirt twice now would they? (Unless it was a hot guy they were keeping their eye on.)

As if there's no difference between wearing something twice when you hardly sweat, do shower and air out the clothes, and wearing it ten times when all three conditions are reversed. They must be so sure that there's no difference because they've asked the smelly people they've encountered what their shower and laundry habits are. And if they haven't done this research, how do they know that their system of washing clothes every night is even enough? I mean you CAN'T SMELL YOURSELF, right?

dannyboy1101 saidSo I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

Hey Danny, I'll buy you a beer. Thanks for typing all that out. And according to some guys in this thread (who have never even come within 100 miles of my pits) I stink because I don't wear deodorant. I simply don't, maybe because I eat a vegetarian and superfly healthy diet? I don't know, but we are all different.

The other problem is that our society doesn't put the LIVE AND LET LIVE mentality into practice, and when certain people are armed with a keyboard, all the fears and insecurities come out.

Yuk, ever ride the NYC subway home during evening rush hour. Especially through some ethnic neighborhoods. Pungnant smell would knock you out. What are you saying about yourself if you walk around gym in odorous dirty clothes. What does your BF say?

once is enough to catch the days BO.

Oh dear. Be careful what you ask toronto you are know going to be known by some as the guy who do not wear fresh gym clothes. The brown recluse spider is more popular now. (humor)

New gym shirt everyday. Nylon gym shorts I will go 2 or 3 times then change them out.

dannyboy1101 saidSo I'm intrigued that all of these "straight-acting" guys who believe that the gym is a place to do work and not socialize/hit on other guys are all so adamant about having a different shirt every day one works out to avoid smelling from apparent extreme sweating (which not everyone experiences might I add).
I'm not saying I disagree, but if one is there to truly do only work, why should one give a damn if someone else thinks they smell? Do you think the straight guys follow this rule? Or is this a hint of queen in even the most macho of gay men?

Well, assuming that the majority of the patrons of bodybuilding.com are straight, it appears that the question is just as much a hot button issue with them, though a much larger percentage admit to reusing gym clothes between washes (73%, according to their poll).

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=117519691

The little thread that could.

Smelly folks don't realize they are smelly. They are accustomed to it.

Ever smell someone's clothes who did not smoke, but, lived with someone who did? THEY REEKED.

Ever smell someone who went to a nightclub? They REALLY REEKED.

Denial can be a great thing, but, if you sweat enough to get your shirt at all moist, or wet, it's enough to give bacteria an opportunity to grow.

Ever smell an athlete with lots of body hair, within just a few hours? They really stink. Why? Because the hair provides a platform for the bacteria to multiply more rapidly. Shaved folks always stink less (it's a well-known fact, for reasons of science).

Ever smell folks who eat lots of, say, Asian food, rich in certain spices? You can smell them many feet away. Foods like containing garlic and curry really leave a smell print.

Ever smell a smoker, within four or five feet? Everything about them smells. Their breathe. Their clothes. Their hair. Their skin.

If you're a non-smoker with a good level of personal hygiene lots of folks reek.

I can smell the laundry detergent folks use, or the fabric softener.

If a guy wants to be grunge, well, that's all fine and dandy. I even do it sometimes, but, don't be in denial about reality. Folks stink. PERIOD.

chuckystud saidDenial can be a great thing, but, if you sweat enough to get your shirt at all moist, or wet, it's enough to give bacteria an opportunity to grow.

Well there is the thing, Bunnykins, not everyone sweats as much as you and me. It is possible that the OP is one of these people. Neither of us is in a position to say whether he does or not.

Oh, I suppose.

One could ask the question why isn't little buddy sweating?

LOL
wow... yeah unless you use your gym for a social venue you may be pushing the envelop on the "hey, do I stink yet?"


I SWEAT during a work out, so once a wear and in the wash it goes...

Some freaky people just don´t sweat very much. It annoys the hell out of me, as i sweat buckets.

chuckystud saidOh, I suppose.

One could ask the question why isn't little buddy sweating?

Yeah, why isn't he sweating. I'm sooping wet by the end of my workout. What am I doing wrong?

Caslon11000 said

LOL!! haha!
perrrrrrrr-ice-less!!!



very nice, very nice Caslon!

How Many Times Do You Wear Your Workout Shirt?

3 or 4 times (use cologne to smell good)

Now, if it had been a seal, she could have just pulled out her hakapik club, beat its brains out, skinned it, and had a new coat by the time the light changed.

I rotate through 3 different shirts for the week. I dont sweat much though...probably cause i never really do cardio lol

Let me put it this way.... if you dont wash your clothing properly after every workout, you are putting yourself at risk for at the least a rash. Trust me, I have the scars to prove it.

i will re-wear a shirt if it doesn't smell, which it normally doesn't...smells like laundry soap...but I shower before going to the gym, and after so.
there is a difference between clean sweat and smelly sweat. If you are not clean and you sweat, that is why you smell...if you are clean, you usually don't smell. but, that could be my chemistry.

i will re-wear a shirt if it doesn't smell, which it normally doesn't...smells like laundry soap...but I shower before going to the gym, and after so.
there is a difference between clean sweat and smelly sweat. If you are not clean and you sweat, that is why you smell...if you are clean, you usually don't smell. but, that could be my chemistry.

Once because shirts can get raunch. The only exception would be if I don't sweat very much. That's more the case with pants though. Typically however once I'm done with the gym I am soaked, or at least those areas with concentrations of sweat glands are.

Hmmm. I don't want to judge anyone or anything but you wouldn't wear your normal everyday clothes more than once before washing would you? Let alone something you've been working and sweating in. It really is true, I've had a brother who always thought he didn't stink after a workout.....Let me tell you, just because you can't smell yourself doesn't mean others can't Wash and change clothes daily and wear the deodorant.

OINK!

I'd love to see this post answered by straight men. From my experience there are some pretty smelly ones at my gym

what a workout shirt? don't use that

actually, each time for the shirt.