smelly workout clothes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of the newer wicking fabrics just smell bad after a while, even after being washed. Cotton is much easier to keep clean and non-smelly.

Yes, this.

I switched to merino wool last year. It has the wicking elements of tech fabric, but since it's a natural fiber, it isn't smelly. When I travel, I only take one workout outfit, and can rinse and rewear all week.

It's spendy, but worth it.

[Anonymous]

He should definitely change workout clothes every day and maybe wash them with a detergent made for workout clothes. I like the Tide active. He also might want to put fewer clothes in each load, to maybe get them cleaner?

[Anonymous]

I'm a man, I sweat like a pig when I exercise, I throw my smelly gym clothes in the washer as soon as I get home.

[Anonymous]

What on earth?! I cannot stand these smelly men at the gym!

Insist he washes his workout clothes after every wear. Don't be so cheap. BUY more workout clothes if you don't have enough. It's discourteous to everyone else to be the smelly person whether you're in the gym or leaving your workout clothes laying around for your family to smell.

A cup of white vinegar in the fabric softener spot will remove the odor. You can buy very large jugs of vinegar at Costco for cheap.

Also for these same types of men. It's okay to shower before the gym in the AM even if you're going to shower afterward. You stink!

[Anonymous]

OP here - just checked back for the first time. Woah everyone, dh does not re-wear dirty, smelly workout clothes - I never said otherwise. He wears clean workout clothes every time he exercises, so please no insults about him at the gym He hangs his dirty workout clothes to dry because they are soaked with his sweat when he is done exercising, and it isn't always practical to wash them immediately after working out.

For example, if he works out at home in the morning, he could throw the clothes into the washer but not hang around to get them into the dryer, which causes its own set of issues to leave wet clothes in the washer all day, so usually in that situation he'll hang his wet (smelly!) workout clothes on hangers to dry out and then wash the clothes that night when he gets home.

Sometimes he hits the gym on his way into work in the mornings and then his wet (smelly!) clothes will sit in a big ziplock bag in his gym bag in his car trunk all day - if he has stuff to do after work and doesn't get home until late, it isn't always top of his to-do list to wash his gym clothes but he will always hang them to dry out at least.

I also am troubled from a water usage standpoint about running the washing machine 6 days a week for his workout clothes alone - that seems a huge waste of water.

I am going to mention the above suggestions of the different material of work out clothes and see if that makes a difference (seems a good father's day gift).

But to clarify one more time, in any of these cases, he doesn't re-wear the dirty clothes the next day - he has more than one pair of gym shorts and t-shirt ...

[Anonymous]

Yeah I don't run our washing machine daily either - that seems extremely wasteful. I just have H hang them up and while they do still smell if you get close, it's not THAT bad to just put them in the laundry until there's a full load.

[Anonymous]

Have him throw his clothes in the wash right when he comes home, and start it. Wear a towel to the shower. Get the clothes into the dryer b4 going to bed and he can pack them again to use, in the am.

Have him add a few drops of eucalyptus oil into with the detergent. Eucalyptus oil kills ALL odors. The greatest thing since sliced bread.

I do this with my teen. Works great.

[Anonymous]

Also, my laundry has the option of a running a small load ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - just checked back for the first time. Woah everyone, dh does not re-wear dirty, smelly workout clothes - I never said otherwise. He wears clean workout clothes every time he exercises, so please no insults about him at the gym He hangs his dirty workout clothes to dry because they are soaked with his sweat when he is done exercising, and it isn't always practical to wash them immediately after working out.

For example, if he works out at home in the morning, he could throw the clothes into the washer but not hang around to get them into the dryer, which causes its own set of issues to leave wet clothes in the washer all day, so usually in that situation he'll hang his wet (smelly!) workout clothes on hangers to dry out and then wash the clothes that night when he gets home.

Sometimes he hits the gym on his way into work in the mornings and then his wet (smelly!) clothes will sit in a big ziplock bag in his gym bag in his car trunk all day - if he has stuff to do after work and doesn't get home until late, it isn't always top of his to-do list to wash his gym clothes but he will always hang them to dry out at least.

I also am troubled from a water usage standpoint about running the washing machine 6 days a week for his workout clothes alone - that seems a huge waste of water.

I am going to mention the above suggestions of the different material of work out clothes and see if that makes a difference (seems a good father's day gift).

But to clarify one more time, in any of these cases, he doesn't re-wear the dirty clothes the next day - he has more than one pair of gym shorts and t-shirt ...

Get a drawstring bag for him to put his workout clothes in (somewhere out of the way - your laundry room, the garage if you have one, etc). Have him throw the clothes in there, and then he can wash them at the end of the week.

Wash with powder detergent, with vinegar and a second rinse.