S/O Washing Your Yucky Body

[naldridge]

Okay, so now that we have distinguished who is a yucky, double-clothes-wearer and who is not, let's talk showers. If you work out multiple times a day, or work from home or have some other less-than-traditional life situation, how do you arrange your shower schedule?

I WFH but my workout schedule varies a lot. Ideally, I would wake up, work out, shower and get on with my day but if I am going to a class over lunch or in the evening, I'll just wear running clothes for the day and shower at night. This gets really complicated if I am planning to switch it up the next day or have something social that I actually need to get dressed up for - it's no big deal to hop in the shower and clean my bod or even wash/dry my hair but straightening/curling/primping...I really don't want to deal with that if I am just going to work out later.

So...how nasty are you? Do you ever go on with your day without showering after a workout? Do you ever go to bed without showering? Do you wash/dry your hair every time you shower? 

[starryfish]

I usually work out in the evenings. I wash my body and face after every work out, but not necessarily my hair every time (I have long thick hair that looks better on day 2). If I dont wash it, I use dry shampoo, and even then only if needed.

[wambam]

I shower in the morning, full on. Body, hair, and shave.

I workout at 5:30. I shower afterwards, but only body. I don't wash my hair.

[breezy8407]

I shower in the morning before work. During the week I typically work out during lunch, so I shower at the gym.

I wash my hair every other day or every 3rd. It's long and curly. My unwashed hair is my "dirty" secret I guess.

[sitnspin]

After a workout, I am drenched in sweat and smelly.

I shower in the am to get ready for work.  Workout after work and then shower after I get home.  I make dinner, eat, and relax after that.  I use Wen cleansing conditioner in the am shower, I sometimes rinse my hair with just water in the pm if needed.

[aurora]

May 22, 2013 9:38:24 GMT -5 naldridge said:

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So...how nasty are you? Do you ever go on with your day without showering after a workout? Do you ever go to bed without showering? Do you wash/dry your hair every time you shower? 

By these measures, very nasty.   My showering and hair washing depends heavily on how much I sweat during the workout and when I last showered.  I have definitely gone to work and bed without showering after a bike ride on a cool day, for example.  I actually only wash my hair every 4-5 days now because I have had some skin sensitivity issues that I've traced back to shampoo (believe me, I've tried every type you can imagine)...after the first ~2 months of oily hair my hair looks and feels better now than ever.  If I sweat a lot during a workout and it's not a wash day, I just rinse or sometimes condition it in the shower. 

[finallykrisb]

So...how nasty are you?

Do you ever go on with your day without showering after a workout? Yes

Do you ever go to bed without showering? Yes

Do you wash/dry your hair every time you shower? No

I'm obviously extra nasty.

[ebeth]

I hate getting wet. especially my hair. I like to minimize my showers.

I shower before work.

I work at an office.

I work out after work.

I don't always shower after (particularly in winter). I always wash my face. sometimes I'll do a hobo shower with baby wipes too.

If I do shower after it's more of a rinse the stank off than a full shower. less than 5 min total shower time.

If I do rinse, I never wash my hair. sometimes I'll rinse + condition but never shampoo. most of the time I'm a once/week shampooer and that once is after my long run on Saturday. I'm a curly. the less I screw around with my hair the better.

this is a weekday routine and assumes I don't have plans outside the house post workout. on the weekends I workout in the AM and then take one shower after my workout.

[vanillahip]

I run at lunch at my office job (when it's not too hot) and can not shower after- hobo shower/ baby wipes/ dry my hair and back to the grind. Even after wearing my running gear for the second time!! ** the horror!** Otherwise I workout at night and almost always rinse off before bed. I do not wash my giant mop of hair after every workout, but then I rarely traditionally wash it anyway- I'm a "no-poo" girl.

[shauni27]

I workout in the evenings during the week and in the mornings on weekends. I am the sweatiest human in the history of the universe, so I really must shower after every workout. But if I don't workout you are hard pressed to get me to take a shower.

[mcc]

I WHF and currently am in PT so my schedule has been off. Before I injured myself repeatedly, it was wake up, eat, work, run at 10am, shower, get dressed, shower before bed.

I'm usually a 2x a day showerer, more so in the summer or if I have gym or PT mid-day. I will often shower before PT (if it's in the afternoon), then after PT, then before bed. Summers I can't stand to get into bed with dirty feet from sandals. Yuck!

[shorty20]

I shower twice almost every day, occasionally 3 times if I run during lunch.

I shower every morning before work and wash my hair.  It is really fine and looks like a total greaseball if I don't wash it everyday.  If I run at lunch I'll just take a quickie 3 minute shower just to get my stink off.  Then I usually do another workout at night, so I shower after that as well.  DH would kill me if I got into bed and was stinky and sweaty, so I always shower at night.

So  I'm a huge water user with my 2-3 showers a day and constant washing of my stinky clothes.

[texassmith]

I'm a SAHM, so there's some flex in my schedule. If I run in the morning with DD #2 after I drop DD #1 at school, I don't shower until after. If I plan to run in the evening by myself after DH gets home from work, I shower for the day in the morning, then shower again after my run.

I also didn't answer the laundry poll, but I wash everything after each wear. I do so much laundry anyway that it doesn't really add all that much more. Plus, I wear cheapie Old Navy and Target gear, so I have lots of it.

[Deleted]

I shower after every workout, plus in the morning. When I workout at lunch, I take a quick shower at the gym and rinse off my body and get dressed into my work clothes and go back to work. When I work out in the evening (most times), I take a quick shower when I get home before I change into my PJs. I also shower normally in the morning, which is when I wash my hair.

[mainewifey]

May 22, 2013 9:59:43 GMT -5 finallykrisb said:

So...how nasty are you?

Do you ever go on with your day without showering after a workout? Yes

Do you ever go to bed without showering? Yes

Do you wash/dry your hair every time you shower? No

I'm obviously extra nasty.

I'll join you in your nastiness.

I work out at night and will usually only shower after if H is home and I'm planning on getting some.  

Confession: One particularly nasty/lazy night I went to personal training on Friday night, H wasn't home, and I wasn't going anywhere, and knowing that I was going to boot camp first thing in the morning on Saturday, I didn't bother to shower at all.  That was a horrible, horrible idea, and I grossed myself out.  Never again.

[emilyj]

I work from home, so I've got a lot of flexibility in my schedule. On the days I swim, I get up, work until practice, then just shower after I get home.

On riding days, now that it's getting hot, I go out and ride right when I get up, so I'll shower when I get home. Prior to that, if I went out and rode in the afternoon or evening, if I showered depended on how sweaty I got or how much sunscreen I had on. So I would say slightly nasty. :-)

[lb2006]

May 22, 2013 10:18:08 GMT -5 mcc said:

I WHF and currently am in PT so my schedule has been off. Before I injured myself repeatedly, it was wake up, eat, work, run at 10am, shower, get dressed, shower before bed.

I'm usually a 2x a day showerer, more so in the summer or if I have gym or PT mid-day. I will often shower before PT (if it's in the afternoon), then after PT, then before bed. Summers I can't stand to get into bed with dirty feet from sandals. Yuck!

I am the same way - i run in the AM, shower - and then definitely in the summer shower before bed.  I also can't stand having dirty feet from sandals/flip-flops!

[taratru]

So...how nasty are you? apparently pretty nasty

 Do you ever go on with your day without showering after a workout? yep

 Do you ever go to bed without showering? about 360 days of the year

Do you wash/dry your hair every time you shower? yes

[hannahb]

I've been known to not shower after an afternoon workout if I don't sweat too much. Sometimes on the weekends I will work out then get busy doing errands and housework and not think about showering to the evening. I'm pretty gross

[gummybear]

I always shower after I work out. And usually before I got to bed again. I can't stand getting in to bed with the day on me.

[Wines Not Whines]

I usually work out in the morning, shower, and then I'm ready for the day.

Sometimes I do lunch time workouts, but I try to do things that don't make me sweat as much as cardio (like yoga or weights). I just wipe down, apply new deodorant, and I'm done.

If I run or do some other sweat-inducing cardio in the middle of the day, I'll take a shower but I don't re-wash my hair.

[Brit]

Do you ever go on with your day without showering after a workout? Um, not the whole day, but maybe part of the day. Like long run + grocery shopping without a shower on Saturdays. Or, if I run immediately after work I usually don't get to shower until 9 or 10PM  because of other stuff going on at home. I won't ever wait until the next day; there is always a shower between my workout and my bed.  

Do you ever go to bed without showering? See above. No. At least not without a shower since my last workout.

Do you wash/dry your hair every time you shower? I always wash my hair. I rarely dry my hair. I am one of those people who is gifted with hair that dries looking pretty much the same whether I "do" it or not.

[SuziSaysDa]

My schedule varies.

On days I go to the office: AM workout, shower including wash hair (it is usually mostly wet after a workout so cannot skip) - I do let it air-dry on my commute and touch up with the hair dryer at work. I often workout after work too, trainer or bodyworks class (still get pretty sweaty), I will usually rinse off before getting into bed, but don't wet my hair b/c I will be working out and washing it in the morning before I see people. If I plan to skip my am workout, I will wash my hair at night.

On work from home days, pretty much the same thing, except I don't put on make-up and don't dry my hair. If I were running late, I would be ok with postponing the shower - but would prob only last until lunch b/c I feel gross and soggy.

On weekends, I usually run errands after my sweat-fest at the gym. I brush out my hair, wash my face, and put on moisturizer with SPF before leaving the gym, and put on a jacket or shirt. Once I get home I usually shower, but there have been days I just crawl into bed for a nap if I am beat.

I find that if I am busy until the sweat dries, I don't feel so gross if I skip my shower. But I hate putting clean clothes on my sweaty skin.

[emuni04]

Yep, I'm a slob. I work out at noon most days during the work week, and although my gym has a shower, I don't have time to take one before having to get back to work. And after getting home, preparing dinner, getting L ready for bed, and prepping for the next day, I usually crash before getting into the shower. LOL, none of these are good justifications since most of us are busy and tired at day's end. I just need to make myself feel better for being dirty

[AHappierHour]

During the week I shower as soon as FI gets home so he can watch our kids. As soon as I get home from my workout. I wash my face, spray dry shampoo and change my clothes. I don't feel that gross.

Weekends I shower as soon as I get home.

[ckinla]

If I shower at the gym, I just do body wash, shampoo, conditioner. If I shower at home, I also shave.

Mon - PM workout (shower home)
Tues - AM workout (shower at gym)
Wed - PM workout (shower home)
Thurs - AM workout (shower at gym)
Fri - PM workout (shower home) (sometimes it's my day off too, so I skip showering altogether, since I shower the next morning anyway)
Sat - PM workout (shower home)
Sun - PM workout (shower home)

This means I only ever do anything with my hair on Sunday/Mondays. Tragic. For one, I don't have time to blow dry after class in the morning if I shower, and air drying leaves it a mess, so I have to pull it up.

[skwcm80]

I shower most days twice a day. If I work out first thing in the morning, I will shower when I get back. I will only shower again if I leave the house. H is weird about outside germs, he insists on showers before we get in bed if we've been outside.

I only co-wash my hair once a week most weeks, but I will in the middle of the week if I have a particularly sweaty workout. I shampoo my hair about every other week.

[shelbyann]

Man, if my H wouldn't make fun of me for being a mess, I'd hardly ever shower. He's been traveling a lot lately, and there have been many nights I've gotten in to bed "dirty."

In the summer after running outside, I always shower. It's just too much sweat.
In the winter after running outside if it's cold, I always shower because it feels nice and warms me up.
Gym workout? Yoga? Easy run in temperate weather? Maybe shower. Depends on if H is home.
Hair? I wash it every 2-3 days. If it's sweaty I just blow-dry the sweat out and use a dry shampoo.

[trigal]

I feel like I'm constantly showering! I shower every morning after my morning workout and before work. If I have an afternoon workout, I shower after that (not after Pilates though). On Saturday, I try to wait until after my workout. On Sunday, I shower before church and again after my workout.

I shampoo any time I workout. And, I think I'm at about 12 showers per week.

[libbygrl109]

If I workout before work, I shower, but most of my workouts are in the afternoon/evening. I sweat a ton. I've tried going without showering after less sweaty workouts, but I hate the feeling of dried sweat on me, and end up not sleeping well. Plus, my hair gets super oily after sweating, so I wash it each time.