Underwear in gym sauna?

[shfflad]

Underwear in the sauna is unhygienic, I wore swim jammers before the pool sauna closed

 

[Briefsguyny]

I think it depends on the gym. I belong to Equinox, and most of the men are 30 and up as it’s pricier. Towels are provided. There are signs to shower before using spa areas, but also signs saying any sexual or inappropriate activity is prohibited. Rarely you see a young guy with a bathing suit in sauna, but vast vast majority of men are nude and towel around waist.

 

[deleted24369631]

I briefly worked in a gym (serious boxing / weight lifting) when I left college as a maintenance man, the sauna was in the same room as the shower heads, (communal type) so guys would walk nude into the showers, then open the door and walk straight into the sauna room, I never used that gym myself. Where I went was a combined gym and pool and mixed gender so everyone wore swimming costumes (shorts or speedo) in the sauna. I always wore shorts and it was probably a 3rd shorts, 3rd speedo, 3rd jammers, zero nude (men and women used it).

 

[PhillyGay]

I started going to a well known national gym about a year ago. There is a sauna and hot tub in the men's locker room.

I'm in my 40s, and my whole life, when going to the gym, you were expected to shower after. And if you sat in the sauna you would take a towel and go nude in the hot tub.

What I've found though is literally I am the only person that does that. In over a year, I don't think I have seen another guy shower before going in the sauna, nor come in with a towel only.

50% of the guys wear their sweaty boxer briefs, with no shower. The others come in their work out gear, including often shoes.

It blows my mind they don't know basic hygiene or are too scared of their dick and balls to do it. It's smelly. Many of them even go dress in their regular clothes after being in the sauna, with soaking wet underwear.

Age range is probably 25 to 30 years old average. There are periodic older guys, but see situation.

Is this now normal?

Btw the gym doesnt provide towels, which may cause some of the problem. But it's not hard to bring a towel.

It’s very mixed at the gym I go to. But you’re right. I often seen guys in their 20-30’s wearing clothes and even shoes in the sauna. It’s gross.

 

[EnioStuffsHard]

I've seen it a few times, this and also people who don't shower before the sauna.

 

[lilguy11]

This happens pretty frequently at my YMCA also. The younger guys mostly, but even some of the older men, come in wearing their boxer briefs or swim shorts, no shower. They have earbuds in, sometimes actually are playing music on their iPhones. It's pretty annoying sometimes. Zero gym etiquette. It's so comical also how they even shower in their underwear. It doesn't hide anything when it's wet.

 

[lilguy11]

I was at a gym once and this older handsome guy was the in the sauna in his tight white briefs. He wasn't hiding anything to be honest. They we wet with sweat and you could see the entire outline of his cock. He would then go to the communal showers, shower for a few minutes in them, and then take them off and let his big fat cock flop out and swing free. It was always fun to watch but I never understood why

 

[deleted24369631]

I've seen it a few times, this and also people who don't shower before the sauna.

The gym/pool/sauns where I go has a shower right outide the sauna room especially for the sauna users andthere is a sign saying' please shower before entering or exiting the sauna'.

 

[salinero112]

I've seen it a few times, this and also people who don't shower before the sauna.

Worse, I´ve seen people who don´t shower after the sauna.

 

[BigMacattack]

Worse, I´ve seen people who don´t shower after the sauna.

Saw a person at the gym use a blow dryer after working out. No shower or "hit the pits" at the bathroom sink. #NastyAss

 

[noidatall88]

people who don’t shower after the sauna are disgusting honestly. lots of aussies do it too

 

[Etenn01a]

I was at a gym once and this older handsome guy was the in the sauna in his tight white briefs. He wasn't hiding anything to be honest. They we wet with sweat and you could see the entire outline of his cock. He would then go to the communal showers, shower for a few minutes in them, and then take them off and let his big fat cock flop out and swing free. It was always fun to watch but I never understood why

....Efficiency? Washing dressed means less laundry to do at home. It could also mean they have a mental disorder you can never tell what's going on inside someones head.

 

[opinionman]

....Efficiency? Washing dressed means less laundry to do at home. It could also mean they have a mental disorder you can never tell what's going on inside someones head.View attachment 131549081

Surely not efficiency. How much more efficient is it to wash out ONE pair of briefs? And what man who's showing off his cock and balls in his briefs is thinking about laundry?
I suspect it's some kind of turn-on for him to be in briefs in the sauna and then the shower and then to strip them off. Frankly, I've done something very similar to this but in my classic Bike Jockstrap at a conic sauna in the 80's.

 

[678wsb]

Unfortunately, America's Puritan heritage lives on. Europe was smart to chase them out

Europe chased Americans out?

 

[678wsb]

I was at a gym once and this older handsome guy was the in the sauna in his tight white briefs. He wasn't hiding anything to be honest. They we wet with sweat and you could see the entire outline of his cock. He would then go to the communal showers, shower for a few minutes in them, and then take them off and let his big fat cock flop out and swing free. It was always fun to watch but I never understood why

The part where it flopped out sounds hot

 

[JohnGw]

This FEAR of nudity among men now is disastrous for the male psyche.
Sauans should be used naked, or at the most a towel wrapped around you, but then you have to untuck it and let it loosely hang on your thighs. The norm in my experience is that one thigh is uncovered and the corner of the towel covers your junk so you have an excuse to touch it when recovering, but really as a signal that you're interested.
Of course, in my 20's I went to this uni sauna that was astoundingly active. Circle jerks almost daily, I kid you not. I wore my Bub jockstrap in there most of the time but with a towel to sit on.

This post illustrates the USA's total confusion between nakedness and sexuality.
The sauna should always be used naked and is a totally non-sexual social occasion to be shared by family groups and other friends.

 

[JohnGw]

You have a towel to cover yourself up, you don't need underwear. So many reasons why it's a terrible idea.
Germany here

towel is not to cover yourself Unfortunately, America's Puritan heritage lives on. Europe was smart to chase them out

The towel is not to cover yourself - it stops the natural ventilation of the skin in the dry heat of the sauna. It is there to sit on and, if sitting on a high bench, to rest your feet on and avoid contaminating the bench below you with sweat, etc. from your feet.

Far from being chased out of Europe, the Puritans were allowed total religious freedom. They left for America to create an environment where they could impose their values on the entire population.

 

[chrisrobin]

Even when I went to a military gym guys were rarely nude in the sauna. Usually they wore compression shorts. When I went to the local LA Fitness, I never saw anyone nude in the sauna.

Just shows how sad the times are, my military time you'd have been lynched if you wore anything in the shower.

 

[Jon1971]

Just shows how sad the times are, my military time you'd have been lynched if you wore anything in the shower.

Only once did I see someone wear underwear in that shower, but the sauna... never saw anyone nude there.

 

[chrisrobin]

Only once did I see someone wear underwear in that shower, but the sauna... never saw anyone nude there.

It does sort of defeat the object!