How Often do you Shower?

[ArtemV]

Weird question.. but I mean with training in your schedule.

Some of my friends (who don't train) think it is strange when I go to shower after training. I don't want to sleep in other people's sweat, or even my own. It can get pretty bad when rolling around in a gi (or even without) for an hour. Or wrestling, too.

So, how often?

 

[jpak]

Always shower after training

 

[MacDuffle]

Always Be Showering

 

[beat...people...up?]

Shower before AND after training (well... shower then run to training so I'm sweaty but clean?).

Never be the smelly one on the mat.

 

[mataleaos]

Always shower right after training and in the mornings to wake up unless I’m doing a morning class. Then I wait until after to shower.

I never shower right before classes. I kills your fauna and good skin bacteria. Leaves you more vulnerable to skin funk.

 

[andrewm2211]

your friends are wrong, it's weird to not shower after class. My gym has showers there so I shower immediately after. If your friends trained they wouldn't think that.
My wife thought it was weird I refused to re wear a gi without washing. Saying I could wear it at least twice. Once I left it on the floor after changing, and she felt that it was soaking wet with sweat and was like "oh yeah you def have to wash this before wearing"

 

[dmwalking]

I usually shower in the morning. But when I train I shower when I get home. So usually once. Sometimes twice.

 

[Cappy Goodtime]

Sometimes if I've had some gnarly doo-doos I'll do a lower half shower before class, and I ALWAYS shower after class.
I rarely shower in the mornings and depending on when I go surfing or my love-making plans, there are non-training days when I won't shower.

 

[dmwalking]

Not showering after class is an easy way to get ringworm.

 

[ZaphodNYC]

I also brush my teeth before I go roll... not sure if anybody can smell my awful coffee breath , but would rather not “be that guy”

Not showering is just disgusting

 

[asian-glow]

Sometimes if I've had some gnarly doo-doos I'll do a lower half shower before class, and I ALWAYS shower after class.
I rarely shower in the mornings and depending on when I go surfing or my love-making plans, there are non-training days when I won't shower.

This is pretty much what I do. I would love to shower in the mornings too but if I shower twice a day too often my skin just gets really dried out. People start thinking I have ring worm when really its just a patch of dryness due to showering frequency. I could just lather myself in lotion I suppose...

There have been days where I trained, went out drinking, and passed out on the couch. Honestly though, the stink is so bad I would ruin anything I sat on so I always try to go directly to the shower.

I used to have a car that smelled awesome - people would tell em how awesome my car smelled. Then I started driving home in my nogi stuff and I got fabric seats...My car does not smell so nice and it is very difficult to get rid of.

Even if I bring a spare set of clothes I feel like my sweat soaks thru that barrier too and gets to my car seat.

Anyone have a solution to the car seat smelling dilemma?

 

[JagRoss]

• Shower before you get in your car?
• Buy a full body condom and wear it before getting in the car.
• Seat covers/plastic bags

 

[Dogstarman]

I make sure to shower after class, even if I’m doing two a days. If I just run or do my kettle bells I may stall on the shower,l an hour or two if I’m doing stinky shit around the house, like yard work or something like that. I will not sleep funky though. That’s disgusting.

 

[Cappy Goodtime]

This is pretty much what I do. I would love to shower in the mornings too but if I shower twice a day too often my skin just gets really dried out. People start thinking I have ring worm when really its just a patch of dryness due to showering frequency. I could just lather myself in lotion I suppose...

There have been days where I trained, went out drinking, and passed out on the couch. Honestly though, the stink is so bad I would ruin anything I sat on so I always try to go directly to the shower.

I used to have a car that smelled awesome - people would tell em how awesome my car smelled. Then I started driving home in my nogi stuff and I got fabric seats...My car does not smell so nice and it is very difficult to get rid of.

Even if I bring a spare set of clothes I feel like my sweat soaks thru that barrier too and gets to my car seat.

Anyone have a solution to the car seat smelling dilemma?

You may think changing doesn't help, but it definitely does. Air dry for a couple minutes with your rashguard off, then throw a fresh pair of shorts and a tee on. The key is to take your sweaty chones off and just commando it.

 

[mattemate]

Sometimes if I've had some gnarly doo-doos I'll do a lower half shower before class, and I ALWAYS shower after class.
I rarely shower in the mornings and depending on when I go surfing or my love-making plans, there are non-training days when I won't shower.

There's a guy in Austin who's notorious for taking a giant stinky before rolling. Stinks up the entire gym. Luckily he's in a different gym.

 

[dudeguyman]

There's a guy in Austin who's notorious for taking a giant stinky before rolling. Stinks up the entire gym. Luckily he's in a different gym.

 

[kjg1672]

Not showering after training is just uncouth. I've seen a guy at my school put his suit after noon class and go back to his law office without showering. He doesn't roll, he just takes class, but I still think it's nasty.

 

[tekkenfan]

i only shower in life after i train god nothing feels nastier to me than having man sweat all over me with a sticky rashguard i hate rashguards for this

 

[yetanother]

I shower *ALWAYS* after training at the gym. On an occasion that showers at the gym and at home broke I took a swim in the local river.
I shower between gi training and no-gi training on days where I do both.
I sometimes shower before training when it's a hot day.

 

[QingTian]

Man, I thought this thread would be about showering outside training days. Sometimes I put off showering an extra day to line up with training, but that's it.