If you work out at home, do you repeat clothing?

[Anonymous]

I work out every morning, at home (in unfinished basement), by myself. If I wear a new pair of workout pants each time, I would have to do an extra load of laundry each week (we only do laundry 1x/week and I have 3 pairs of pants). Is it gross to repeat workout clothing if no one else is around me when I'm wearing it? I put my workout clothes on immediately before, and shower immediately after.

[Anonymous]

Do you get sweaty? If so I would feel gross. But you have to weigh extra laundry vs feeling gross and ditch whichever bugs you more. You do you.

[Anonymous]

It depends on what kind of workout clothes and what kind of workout. My sweet soaked running shorts get washed every wear. I might wear my yoga pants, which I wear with underwear and don’t get sweaty, more than once to a class even.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the workout, how much you sweat, season, everything. I do repeat when I lift weights, assuming I did not get sweaty. If I incorporate HIIT or other type of cardio, I need to wash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the workout, how much you sweat, season, everything. I do repeat when I lift weights, assuming I did not get sweaty. If I incorporate HIIT or other type of cardio, I need to wash.

OP here. This makes me feel better! I lift weights most days - any time I run I wash everything.

[Anonymous]

I wear the exact same workout clothes (minus socks, which I change) Mon-Thurs. Then Friday morning I shower and go into the office. Live by myself. Do laundry once a month.

[Anonymous]

I am a very sweaty person, so that's a hell no from me. Even if I'm strength training I still do 10 minutes of cardio to warm up, stretching, etc. and that (for me) means I'm always breaking a sweat. Reusing leggings, underwear, or sports bra (what I wear to work out at home) after sweating in it would be gross. But I get that not everyone starts to sweat when they so much as look at a treadmill so if you're not damp with sweat at the end, I wouldn't see anything wrong with reusing outer clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a very sweaty person, so that's a hell no from me. Even if I'm strength training I still do 10 minutes of cardio to warm up, stretching, etc. and that (for me) means I'm always breaking a sweat. Reusing leggings, underwear, or sports bra (what I wear to work out at home) after sweating in it would be gross. But I get that not everyone starts to sweat when they so much as look at a treadmill so if you're not damp with sweat at the end, I wouldn't see anything wrong with reusing outer clothes.

+1!

[Anonymous]

pants/ shorts yes, shirts no.

[Anonymous]

No that’s nasty.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the type of workout. If I didnt get that sweaty, I'll absolutely wear it again. With my running clothes, I'll re-wear something if it doesn't smell. But even then its usually 2x max.

Most of my workouts are outdoors or at home anyway, so no one is smelling me. If I go to the gym I make sure I have something fresh.

[Anonymous]

Yes if they're not smelly. I can sweat like crazy with no residual odor on the clothes and think it's fine to use them a few more times, why not.

[Anonymous]

Man here. I wear a shirt that wicks the sweat away. When I'm done, I lay it out so it can dry. I use it a few days straight. No issues with smell that I've noticed.

I wear baggy shorts and those don't get sweat really. Underwear does but I shower and change it right after working out anyway.

[Anonymous]

Just go on amazon and get the fake lulu pants. Czy or kosykoala. They are like 20 bucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a very sweaty person, so that's a hell no from me. Even if I'm strength training I still do 10 minutes of cardio to warm up, stretching, etc. and that (for me) means I'm always breaking a sweat. Reusing leggings, underwear, or sports bra (what I wear to work out at home) after sweating in it would be gross. But I get that not everyone starts to sweat when they so much as look at a treadmill so if you're not damp with sweat at the end, I wouldn't see anything wrong with reusing outer clothes.

+1!

+2 I would love to be able to wear my clothes more before watching them, but I would disgust myself with the stink. Plus honestly it makes me feel better to have on fresh clothes.