"no Nudity" Signs In Men's Locker Rooms & Saunas

[BottomAtl]

I was visiting New Orleans a few years back and went to a place on the northshore (Francos in Mandeville) that was a huge club with pool, cabana, gym, etc. I went to swim and once I did my laps I went to shower and when I was finished I went into the mens wet area and stepped into the sauna. I was 100% alone, sat on my towel and leaned back. Within a minute or two a young guy opened the door and told me that I had to put something on. That nudity in the sauna and the steam room was not allowed. I asked why especially since I was alone, no kids were there, etc. He said sir, put on clothes or leave. I left.

 

[Scarletbegonia]

Could it be that certain clubs allow minors?
That was the case with the park district when I would use the steam area.

 

[CuriousDad123]

Haven’t seen it before. Any idea how it is in Chicago? Will be there this week

 

[BottomAtl]

Could it be that certain clubs allow minors?
That was the case with the park district when I would use the steam area.

This club had two locker rooms. One for adult (separate for women and men) and another for families.

 

[Scarletbegonia]

This club had two locker rooms. One for adult (separate for women and men) and another for families.

I was referring to the OP, overall.

 

[ronin001]

This being 2021; and the debate over the legal use of the toilet / locker room one identifies with, comes into play. I was reading about women who stormed out of a public bathroom, when they saw someone who identifies as a woman; but had male genitalia. The no prolonged nudity . sign is probably a way to hedge their defense against a lawsuit ..

 

[JDFlows]

Update, Healthrax in Warwick RI now requires a bathing suit in whirlpool, steam room, and sauna. No exceptions.

 

[yos]

At my gym it says must be toweled or clothed in both the steam room and sauna. It doesn't say that in the hot tub area.

It also has changing stalls.

 

[hzs3fg]

At my gym it says must be toweled or clothed in both the steam room and sauna. It doesn't say that in the hot tub area.

It also has changing stalls.

Where are you located? Is this a private gym, or one of a chain?

 

[BottomAtl]

America is so ass backwards with their provincial ways. Go to any European city and you'll find gyms with huge open showers, steam rooms and even nudist areas in city parks. The christian taliban has really taken America down a dark path.

 

[EmperorJimbo]

Last Friday my gym posted a sign on the sauna door (inside the men's locker room) "Clothing is required in the sauna. Nudity is not allowed."
I've been naked in there for 10+ years 3-4 times a week. Now what?
I've resorted to wearing underwear in there the last couple of times, but I do hate it. I'll get over it, but it is a sad commentary on our society (or the prudishness of some manager OR the male member that complained).

 

[jumbo747jet]

If what you guys are reporting is true, this sounds totally silly and counterproductive to me.
If swimwear must be worn in a sauna, this means that people are not only going to be wearing sweaty and dirty swimwear into the swimming pool, which means the levels of chlorine will need to be increased, which in turn means that people will then be sitting inside the sauna with swimwear soaked in chlorine which will evaporate into unhealthy gas from the heat in the sauna.

It would make a lot more sense to require people to use a towel to sit on, either just on the bench or wrapped around the waist. To not allow people to get naked while they are changing in a changing room just sounds like the silliest thing ever. Isn't that what the changing rooms are for ?

 

[sgtrock]

Unfortunately I think it is a combination of liability and of out right fear by some heterosexual members. Been a gym rat for years in the Marines, Hawaii, So CA and now GA. being nude doesn't equate to sexuality but some are truly uncomfortable and in a group setting the groups sets the tone and the rules. Don't fight it. After all your there to sweat right? I wear my speedos in both hot tub/pool and sauna and everyone is fine with it.

 

[VladtheImpaler]

In my YMCA you must wear a swimsuit in the Hot Tub. I wear a white one that when wet hides nothing, it also has short legs, so my cock head and balls are visible. The sauna and Steam room you must wear a swimsuit, gym shorts, or a towel around your waist. All the old guys simply sit naked on a towel, I wear a towel around my waist but when I sit down it covers nothing. The young guys usually wear their boxer briefs!

 

[RJ5on1]

If there is no push-back, this absurdity will continue to sweep the entire nation.

To quote the late John Lewis, "It is important to engage in "good trouble, necessary trouble" in order to achieve change."

 

[BottomAtl]

I was in a LA Fitness in Atlanta pre covid and after swimming laps I walked into the MENS sauna, stripped out of my soaking wet swim suit, draped it over the wood near the coals and sat on my towel. Two middle eastern men came in babbling in a language I don't understand and one walked out. In comes a LA Fitness employee telling me to get dressed. I was in there alone at first, sitting on a fucking towel, minding my own business. Not jacking off. NOTHING! Except that I have a fairly large prince albert hanging from my cock. Maybe that's what pissed them off? Or was it just nudity?

 

[Gj816]

Good grief, what is wrong with men? I am beginning to believe with all this stuff going on that men are either A too terrified that they'll be tempted by seeing another naked man. Or B they're dealing with some serious inner conflicts about their own sexuality. Either way they shouldn't be in a mens locker room if they are that insecure about their own sexuality.

 

[real_men_cuddle]

Good grief, what is wrong with men? I am beginning to believe with all this stuff going on that men are either A too terrified that they'll be tempted by seeing another naked man. Or B they're dealing with some serious inner conflicts about their own sexuality. Either way they shouldn't be in a mens locker room if they are that insecure about their own sexuality.

I totally argee with you!

 

[RL_Praha]

It's unthinkable here. It's actually banned to wear swimwear in saunas (and I have seen people being vocally challenged!). If you are prudish you can wrap yourself in a sheet. There are also signs ordering you to shower with soap and WITHOUT TRUNKS before entering the pool.

 

[docsavage]

I have never seen a sign like that in a gym but I suspect gyms put them up because some shenanigans were going on in the locker room (complaints about it turning into a cruising spot). Too put an end to it they just tell people to keep their clothes on.