Any gym saunas where people don’t go in their full sweaty workout gear?

[Anonymous]

That is really odd that they go in fully clothed. I’m used to Swedish and Finnish saunas.
Do you have a JCC near you? The Schvitz might be more traditional

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is really odd that they go in fully clothed. I’m used to Swedish and Finnish saunas.
Do you have a JCC near you? The Schvitz might be more traditional

Go to any Golds Gym and they wear clothes

[Anonymous]

Just towels at OneLife Pike & Rose.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, this is how my gym sauna is. There is actually a “modesty policy” posted saying you cannot be fully nude in the sauna or hot tub.

In the sauna, there is a mix of women fully clothed in gym wear/shoes and those just wrapped in a towel and barefoot. I don’t really care though. I go wrapped in a towel and with flip flops and sit on another towel. What someone else wears doesn’t bother me. Personally, I would never go anywhere barefoot at the gym, regardless of policy.

[Anonymous]

The modesty policy is to enforce the gays to find their own Turkish baths to get off in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently switched to a gym which has an infrared sauna in the changing room which was a big part of the appeal for me. I recently decided to finally try it out to realize that people go there in their full workout gear including shoes. Some women had their shoes on the bench. I felt pretty weird being naked just wrapped in a towel and wearing flip flops, even though I believe that should be the standard. I find it super gross for people to sit there in their sweaty clothes and I have no intention to go back. I go to a place where I can book a private sauna but it is pricy so I hoped to shift some of the sessions to the gym. Are there any gyms in the DMV where leggings and sneakers and not the norm in the sauna or is this just the way it is here in the US? I am from Europe and this is perplexing to me.

I am American, and I think this is gross, too. You're just marinating in your sweaty clothe, getting even sweatier? Awful.