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Do you have to take a shower after the gym?

I would take a shower, if I were you.

You want to smell nice for Jeff!

I would go home and take a shower rather than use nasty gym showers.

I take one before and after. Because I'm strange. I don't even sweat, but I want to wash off the germs and chemicals from the gym.

I take a shower after 30 mins coming from the gym.

Well I make sure that I've had a nice big shower the night before so I can get up and go in the morning and ideally I definitely want a quick shower again if I've just done a serious work out so I leave the gym and go home for my shower. XD

Take another one after you work out---either at home or at the gym.

I don't find the gym showers to be nasty. Most people who go to a gym use them. Even compulsively clean people.

Gyms are actually usually extremely germy, and it's easy to catch all sorts of nasty things there. MRSA, viruses, fungal infections, etc.

The owners are pretty good about cleaning at the one I go to, but some of the other members are disgusting and don't clean up after themselves. They leave clothing, shoes, and empty bottles around, stuff up the toilets, and rarely wipe the equipment down after using it.

If I see someone use the equipment before me and not clean it, I'll clean it before I use it, and then afterwards. People are just really inconsiderate.

On average, how long do you all spend at the gym for each session?

I would like to get back into shape again, and today made an enquiry to a local gym regarding membership costs. It's moderately priced at £185 a year but I fear that if I do pay, I will never go due to social anxiety.

Hey, but I had heard that immediately after gym or any workout, one shouldn't take shower. Because after having workout, temperature of the body increases and fats are burned. So, let the temperature of the body calm down first.
Is that so?

I tend to overdo everything, so I'm at the gym 1.5 - 2 hrs at a time, 3 -4 days a week. I rarely do cardio, because I spend all that time strength training and then I'm exhausted and want to go home. In better weather I will start doing cardio outside again.