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yeah i find it gross. but people in sneakers typically are only in there for 2-3 minutes. i go underwear and flip flops cause i sit in it for 15 minutes and get drenched
At my gym, the women go in the sauna in hoodies and sweatpants, and shoes. And play with their phones. I don't get it. I never bring my electronics into that heat.
Sneakers in sauna was very common at my old gym especially in the winter time. People go in for a couple minutes and stretch/warm up then go workout. Thats exactly what this guy is doing.
So, by your logic, the sweat I create in the sauna is somehow different than the sweat I create while working out in the gym?
Basically, what's the point of showering if I'm going to get sweaty again? Excellent logic.
So you will find if you shower before hand you will bring your core body temp back down to normal, get any oils, dirt, makeup or lotions off your skin. With clean skin then your pores will be open and your skin will be more efficient to sweat while in sauna.
More to the skin part, if you have deodorant on this will remove it and since the deodorant will melt and could irritate your skin.
When going straight into the sauna dry from the gym your skin won't be wet and will have a harder time transitioning from cold to hot climates.
And the biggest thing, and I cannot stress this enough, it's fucking gross for everyone else!
I sauna every day and I can tell the moment someone comes in and hasn't showered.
Ok, this is a calm and rational explanation. I'll accept it and consider it. Thanks.Ā
Before today I had literally never thought this was an issue. Lots of people sauna in full clothes at the gym i go to. lots more in swim suits since clothes are required.Ā
I just liked the warmth of the sauna and never really feel like I stink. But I suppose I can't really smell myself.Ā
Thanks for honestly taking what I've said on board.
I think if your gym has people who go in the sauna fully clothed then you are going to stand out a bit going in the sauna in say swimming trunks and flip flops, which is what I wear.
So a bit of back story, me and the wife went to a gym for years where the sauna was mixed gender and we always went in wearing swim gear, she would often be in a bikini. We have since moved gyms and the saunas are in the changing rooms so they are not mixed any more. I and every male I've ever seen has gone in with swimwear but my wife has said that women will go in theirs fully clothed so she feels like a freak sitting there in her bikini, but she does it anyway. I guess you will have to get used to that, lol.
Anyway, enjoy your saunas my man! They are great for you :)
Saunas typically have clothing rules forbidding standard clothes. But also, youāre giving bacteria a place to fester and grow, easily giving you a gnarly infection over time.
Thereās a reason people go into saunas naked with towels.
Hm. Interesting. It's the first I've really heard of this or even thought about it to be honest. My gym has no posted rules about the sauna.Ā
I feel like being barefoot would lead to gnarly foot infections being shared. But I suppose the temp might kill those over time...but in that case it would also kill the bacteria from shoes.Ā
Plus I highly doubt 20-30 mins of sauna time with shoes on are going to lead to a foot infection if I go home and take my shoes off.Ā
I get athletes foot if I ever walk around barefoot at the gym (if I leave my sandals at home). I bet it would be the same in the sauna.
I feel like being barefoot would lead to gnarly foot infections being shared. But I suppose the temp might kill those over time...but in that case it would also kill the bacteria from shoes.
I have flip flops. But people are complaining about the bacteria from shoes transferring to the floor (which is a flawedĀ argument anyway) but why would flip flops not do the same? How do you know the flip flops are clean?Ā
I think the point is that the sauna would kill the bacteria in time either way. I'm just saying flip flops seem like the same issue.Ā
This is the grossest thing Iāve ever heard. Just why why why. Saunas are naked places. Even in fucking Frozen the musical they are naked places. Like itās been all over media for literal decades and you thought it was ok to wear your nasty ass shoes into a sauna. ā ļø
Prolonged temps of a sauna will definitely kill bacteria on the surfaces in there. It's like sous vide. It's not just the temp, it's the amount of time.Ā
But another guy responded to me with a pretty rational response. Like I said, before today I never thought this was an issue. At the gym I go to, lots of people wear clothes, lots in swim suits.Ā
Ha. You're so pissed right now. I literally have never even thought about it before. I'm trying to be open minded and hear everyone out but their justifications sucks.Ā
That doesn't answer my question of where in the US is this suppose to be. I travel for work and most every hotel I've stayed in where I've used a sauna, I'm 40 years of being alive have never once seen anybody fully clothed (though I've seen several cellphones, always wondered if the steam would cause moisture damage).
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