ppl's Bad Body Odor at the gym???

[brushymountain]

So I work out at a large franchise gym. The kind that has ?free showers?, and even provides free soap via a dispenser in each stall. Then what is the excuse for guys to come to the gym smelling like a dead raped baboon?s ass . This is the second guy in two weeks. I handled this one the same as the last. They come over to a machine, free weight area, or cardio station next to me. Then proceed to do stretching, raising their arms (even though they are not ?sure? ) and the funk rolls out. The guy or girl next to me, looks at me like it is me, or for a ?do you smell that? look. LOL. It always ruins the set I am currently on. Its one of those smells, if you took a deep breath you would puke (not just a little sweaty). I have a rule, if they follow me to the next station, or near me for my next exercise. I walk away and do a different body part for the moment. Then I ?work one up? . we are talking a stinky protein shake / boiled egg fart. I wait until they get mid set. Walk over to their station, act like I am changing songs on my mp3, and I let it rip about 3 inches from their face. I figure if I have to smell them, they can smell ?me? in all the glory. LOL Is that wrong? I take a shower before the gym, if I go in the morning, or after work. I don?t want to be that guy, on either side of the coin. How do you guys handle a ?stinky bastard?? I know most people don?t smell themselves, but it only makes sense, if you have worked outside all day, you need to take a shower and get the funk off before compounding it. Both of these guys were in their mid 20s, we are not talking some pubescent 14 year old that thinks it is cool to stink LOL.

[Oceanside]

Originally Posted by brushymountain

So I work out at a large franchise gym. The kind that has ?free showers?, and even provides free soap via a dispenser in each stall. Then what is the excuse for guys to come to the gym smelling like a dead raped baboon?s ass . This is the second guy in two weeks. I handled this one the same as the last. They come over to a machine, free weight area, or cardio station next to me. Then proceed to do stretching, raising their arms (even though they are not ?sure? ) and the funk rolls out. The guy or girl next to me, looks at me like it is me, or for a ?do you smell that? look. LOL. It always ruins the set I am currently on. Its one of those smells, if you took a deep breath you would puke (not just a little sweaty). I have a rule, if they follow me to the next station, or near me for my next exercise. I walk away and do a different body part for the moment. Then I ?work one up? . we are talking a stinky protein shake / boiled egg fart. I wait until they get mid set. Walk over to their station, act like I am changing songs on my mp3, and I let it rip about 3 inches from their face. I figure if I have to smell them, they can smell ?me? in all the glory. LOL Is that wrong? I take a shower before the gym, if I go in the morning, or after work. I don?t want to be that guy, on either side of the coin. How do you guys handle a ?stinky bastard?? I know most people don?t smell themselves, but it only makes sense, if you have worked outside all day, you need to take a shower and get the funk off before compounding it. Both of these guys were in their mid 20s, we are not talking some pubescent 14 year old that thinks it is cool to stink LOL.

that was me...

they were out of soap !

[kimsquit]

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/paragraphs.html

Originally Posted by brushymountain

I have a rule, if they follow me to the next station, or near me for my next exercise. I walk away and do a different body part for the moment. Then I ?work one up? . we are talking a stinky protein shake / boiled egg fart. I wait until they get mid set. Walk over to their station, act like I am changing songs on my mp3, and I let it rip about 3 inches from their face. I figure if I have to smell them, they can smell ?me? in all the glory. LOL Is that wrong?

I wouldn't call it "wrong" but it's definitely passive-aggressive. If the guy seems oblivious to it, the constructive thing to do would be to discretely and politely tell him

[Bamma]

Glad I work out at home. Not only do I not have to smell others, but I don't have to worry about them smelling me either. I have no problem admitting, once I start lifting, I am one very sweaty, stinky boy. Once I am done I just about can not live with my own smell and gotta get in the shower immediately if not sooner. People at the gym who would lift then change into street clothes and head on out stinky made me hope they were going right home, and not shopping or whatever.

[Wildtim]

Or you could do the manly thing and look over at him say "damn dude you reek!"

[brushymountain]

Originally Posted by Wildtim

Or you could do the manly thing and look over at him say "damn dude you reek!"

lol, that is what i'm waiting for them to say :P. wrong I know. but how hard is it to wash your arm pits before coming to the gym, or have clean work out clothes. I'm not talking about a little stink. I'm talking the smell of rotten flesh (someone that everyone smells from 10 ft away). someone who has not showered in days, or is wearing weeks old work out clothes. that is not someone you want to stand around and have a hygiene conversation with.
Everyone sweats, a little smell is understadable. "FUNK" is beyond words; i just fight fire with fire. if it turns out P/A so be it.


.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/paragraphs.html (sorry dude, I didn't know i was being graded) I'm from Tennessee; the ed-u-ma-K-tion state

[shlape]

I've heard some bodybuilders on the juice can reak. Had someone at my current gym with serious BO issues. It got to a point were I had to hang my head out the window between sets just so I didn't gag.

[dungeonmistress]

Originally Posted by brushymountain

So I work out at a large franchise gym. The kind that has ?free showers?, and even provides free soap via a dispenser in each stall. Then what is the excuse for guys to come to the gym smelling like a dead raped baboon?s ass . This is the second guy in two weeks. I handled this one the same as the last. They come over to a machine, free weight area, or cardio station next to me. Then proceed to do stretching, raising their arms (even though they are not ?sure? ) and the funk rolls out. The guy or girl next to me, looks at me like it is me, or for a ?do you smell that? look. LOL. It always ruins the set I am currently on. Its one of those smells, if you took a deep breath you would puke (not just a little sweaty). I have a rule, if they follow me to the next station, or near me for my next exercise. I walk away and do a different body part for the moment. Then I ?work one up? . we are talking a stinky protein shake / boiled egg fart. I wait until they get mid set. Walk over to their station, act like I am changing songs on my mp3, and I let it rip about 3 inches from their face. I figure if I have to smell them, they can smell ?me? in all the glory. LOL Is that wrong? I take a shower before the gym, if I go in the morning, or after work. I don?t want to be that guy, on either side of the coin. How do you guys handle a ?stinky bastard?? I know most people don?t smell themselves, but it only makes sense, if you have worked outside all day, you need to take a shower and get the funk off before compounding it. Both of these guys were in their mid 20s, we are not talking some pubescent 14 year old that thinks it is cool to stink LOL.

i think we work out at the same gym. i posted more or less the same complaint in the misc section.

[OZBB]

Bad BO is one thing, but stinky Gym Shoes and Smelly Feet is something that really gets to me...... its like a slap in the face when it hits your nostrils..... there are a couple of people at my gym that really stink up the place as they sit in their own little "ground zero" after a while you notice people starting to vacate the area, and it tends to hang in the air after the culprit has left. It certainly makes breathing while working out just that much more difficult.... you'd think these people would realise.

The other bug-bear is people who bring their own stinky towel to the gym that they obviously havent washed in years, not only does it stink but they're wiping down the equipement with it....YUK!!!!

OZBB

[dungeonmistress]

what i don't get is that they are so oblivious to their own funk and will wipe down a bench before they touch it like someone elses funk will get on them (does it even matter?). then after they're done, they just walk away without wiping the equipment down. unfortunately their wafting stench stays behind by about 2-3 minutes,never mind what they leave behind on the bench for someone else to lay/sit in.

[halogenic]

My sense of smell isn't very good.

[IronCharles]

Had to deal with this very issue tonight in the gym. There were a couple of new guys working out, and the funk hit me the second I opened the gym door.... it was like, damn..... somebody needs a shower.....

[srombado]

Originally Posted by brushymountain

So I work out at a large franchise gym. The kind that has ?free showers?, and even provides free soap via a dispenser in each stall. Then what is the excuse for guys to come to the gym smelling like a dead raped baboon?s ass . This is the second guy in two weeks. I handled this one the same as the last. They come over to a machine, free weight area, or cardio station next to me. Then proceed to do stretching, raising their arms (even though they are not ?sure? ) and the funk rolls out. The guy or girl next to me, looks at me like it is me, or for a ?do you smell that? look. LOL. It always ruins the set I am currently on. Its one of those smells, if you took a deep breath you would puke (not just a little sweaty). I have a rule, if they follow me to the next station, or near me for my next exercise. I walk away and do a different body part for the moment. Then I ?work one up? . we are talking a stinky protein shake / boiled egg fart. I wait until they get mid set. Walk over to their station, act like I am changing songs on my mp3, and I let it rip about 3 inches from their face. I figure if I have to smell them, they can smell ?me? in all the glory. LOL Is that wrong? I take a shower before the gym, if I go in the morning, or after work. I don?t want to be that guy, on either side of the coin. How do you guys handle a ?stinky bastard?? I know most people don?t smell themselves, but it only makes sense, if you have worked outside all day, you need to take a shower and get the funk off before compounding it. Both of these guys were in their mid 20s, we are not talking some pubescent 14 year old that thinks it is cool to stink LOL.

I have found that this issue is an exercise in tolerance. Working in Iraq, I am surrounded by Multi ethnic/cultural people from around the globe and we all use the Gym facilities here. Yes I have smelled the odor that will knock you off your feet and stop your 400 pound bench press midway because you can't focus on anything but the odor enveloping you nor get away from it. In many cultures the funkier a male smells the better his chances are at catching a mate, just like in the Animal kingdom. So next time you smell the funk just know he's probably trying to get his groove on.

[svrocket]

Some ppl are homeless or urban campers
Some ppl never take a bath period
and they STINK

[tonester]

I get allergic like reactions to certain perfumes and colognes.

I'll trade your stinkers for my "shower and bath in cologne like they're going on a date" before they work out stinker.

At least with BO smells I don't feel like my throat is closing up.

[sytennison]

I was reading all this and thinking to myself, "I never run into smelly people at my gym. What's with that?" Then I realized that I'm usually either in the squat rack or on the lifting platform and most folks avoid these areas.

[rbdwarf]

Originally Posted by tonester

I get allergic like reactions to certain perfumes and colognes.

I'll trade your stinkers for my "shower and bath in cologne like they're going on a date" before they work out stinker.

At least with BO smells I don't feel like my throat is closing up.

Oh, I'm with you on that one! I've never met a perfume that I've liked - the best I can say is that some are tolerable. On the other end of the scale is an immediate allergic reaction - I get the symptoms of a bad cold in a couple of seconds.

I have smelled BO that made me want to retch, but what's worse is when they try to cover up the BO with perfume or cologne.

--
Rob

[freebirdmac]

Originally Posted by tonester

I get allergic like reactions to certain perfumes and colognes.

I'll trade your stinkers for my "shower and bath in cologne like they're going on a date" before they work out stinker.

At least with BO smells I don't feel like my throat is closing up.

Same here! The chemicals trigger an asthma attack! Last thing we need anywhere/anytime, but at the gym? Yeesh. I have a hard enough time with the cleaner that they provide to wipe down the equipment. Don't need someone in the locker room or the chick on the next cardio machine gassing me. Fortunately, I have yet to come across this in the weight area. Only caught a whiff of a stinker once. And that was in the cardio area too.

[a_miller_76]

I posted this in the "Can people not smell their own stink?" thread going on in the OV-35 MISC section.

Originally Posted by a_miller_76

I'm gonna get all technical on yer ass here for a minute



In short the answer is no. And there are several reasons. First of all your senses acclimate to input. For example have you ever been watching TV then suddenly had the sensation that you're seeing only the screen and you forget all the stuff around it? Or there's a constant noise that after awhile goes away but then you notice it again? Same with smells. If someone wakes up smelling bad their senses have acclimated to that odor and they honestly don't smell it.


Secondly the odor could be produced by diet or body chemistry issues. If you eat a lot of fatty foods or foods with a lot of pungent spices in it your body will give off an odor according to that diet. This is why when you're around a lot of people of different ethnic backgrounds (particularly new immigrants directly from their home country) you think they "smell funny". It has hardly anything to do with their racial genetics, it's mostly based on a vastly different diet than yours. Body chemistry/PH can do the exact same thing.

Now if you consider the body odor produced by diet/chemistry in conjunction with your senses "getting used to" the odor there's no way the individual would know they smell so badly as they smell like that all the time. And you can't "wash off" your personal odor. You can take a shower, put on some deodorant and cologne, and hope for the best. But if you have a very strong personal odor that's not particularly BO from poor hygene there's generally nothing you can do about it unless someone tells you, then you track down the culprit and change your diet.


This is where the saying, "Guess what, your sh*t stinks too!" comes from. When you defecate you are extruding waste products that have been in your system and become part of your body chemistry, and your personal odor reflects a lot of the chemistry thus negating your sense of smell towards those particular odors. Then when you defecate you're already "used to" that smell to a degree. Sure we all know it smells a little, but it doesn't smell nearly as bad to you as it does to someone who walks in the bathroom right after you. Remember being a kid and walking into the bathroom after dad had been in there? Dad didn't know it smelled that bad

[nsxmatt]

I usually work out with my girlfriend and we have no problem saying to each other in a not so quiet voice that someone needs to take a shower. Same goes for the person who thinks the gym is a singles bar and dumps a bottle full of cologne on before he works out.

Sometimes you just have to be honest and tell them, "Hey man you need to lay off the cologne a little, it's burning my eyes." They either get defensive or make up some excuse. Either way they are embarassed and get the clue.

[thomasale]

Originally Posted by sytennison

I was reading all this and thinking to myself, "I never run into smelly people at my gym. What's with that?" Then I realized that I'm usually either in the squat rack or on the lifting platform and most folks avoid these areas.

That or you are the smelly dude!

[sytennison]

Originally Posted by thomasale

That or you are the smelly dude!

LOL Yeah, that's probably it.

[Arlecchino]

You know, for some of us who sweat heavy, it is controllable. Then, of course, there is the breath from ketogenic dieting, resulting in the aspiration of ketones/acetone, which leave one with breath that can sometimes peel paint. Then, add in elevated things like elevated blood uric acids levels, and I am sweating ammonia. Then, of course, on heavy days where I am pushing for a PR on squats or good mornings or something similar, and all I am really worried about is my spine not snapping, I am happy if I do not lose control of two or three different bodily functions at once.

<=== Proudly training through the stank.

[...Kennedy]

Originally Posted by a_miller_76

I posted this in the "Can people not smell their own stink?" thread going on in the OV-35 MISC section.

There should probably just be a "B.O. at the gym??" stinky thread. I mean, "sticky" thread.