Men's Gym Shower Etiquette
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As a male triathlete, I spend a fair amount of time in men’s locker rooms. Also, since I frequently swim, I typically take two showers during a single gym visit - one to rinse off before getting in the pool and one to rinse the chlorine off after getting out of the pool, so I have a decent amount of experience with showering at the gym. I currently belong to two gyms - one has an open public shower area with no privacy and the other has individual private showers. This shower etiquette in this article applies to both types of showers. The men's locker room article explains overall locker room etiquette do's and don'ts!
Shower Etiquette
- Do not shave with a razor blade in a public, open shower. You may drop the blade and someone else could step on it. Shave at the sink!
- Do not use a showercap in an open, public shower. Showercaps are for ladies and you'll look like a dork.
- Do not pee in the shower. This is just plain gross. Pee is for a urinal, not the shower. Also, don't think just because you're in a private shower it's acceptable - it's not!
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- Do not brush your teeth in the shower - do this at the sink.
- Do not use bars of soap - use a liquid shower gel, like Axe Shower Gel . Bars of soap are antiquated and are dangerous - they can be accidentally dropped and someone can slip on the bar.
- Do not leave your used razor blade on the floor of a shower...this is gross and dangerous. Again, shave at the sink...not in the shower.
- If there are a number of open shower heads, do not take the one right next to someone else. Take the one furthest away. The shower is to clean yourself, not socialize.
- Do not socialize in the shower. I don’t want to talk to another dude naked and neither should you.
- Do not loiter in the shower - clean up and get out of there.
- Do not moan or make "aww" sounds - you're not in a soap commercial.
- Do not sing or whistle in the shower - this is creepy and I don't want to hear another guy singing or whistling in a public shower. I've seen guys loiter while whistling...do this at home, not in public. It doesn't matter how great a singer or whistler you are either.
- Do not look at another guy’s private parts in a shower. Only look in the eyes, if you happen to make contact. Also, if you happen to be across from someone in the shower, try to avoid facing the same direction – if the person across from you is facing you, turn the other way and wash the other side of you.
- If the shower is an open, public shower, do not bend over to pick up something - this is gross and suggestive. A quick squat to retrieve the dropped item is preferred.
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I go to the gym 3 times a week.I always shower naked and use liquid soap.Since I am uncut,I retract soreskin for washing and soaping, as I do everyday at home when I shower.But in the gym showers some guys look at me in a sort of amazement,because they are cut and never seen such thing.They do not look intensely, they glance afew times. I just dont care, I got accustomed to ti, because cleanliness andd hygiene are very important to me.
to tom: it seems you are confortable with your body when showering nude and you do so becsuse of cleanliness, of hygiene. I do the same as you do, I shower naked, use liquid soap and I like to be nude although I am no exhibitionist. at school I got classes about sex and genitals, but no one ever explained what an uncut penis is, and I myself am cut, my dad and brothers are, and aslmost all naked guys in showers are- So I undertand what happens to you and it is unfortunate. these posts are useful for more information about cut and uncut dilemma and how an an uncut penis works. Is it more pleasurable when having sex oris it too sensitive? We don t know much about all this because inthe US almost all males are cut.
these two posts about uncut guys under the communal showrs are incredible.In America we are all cur,and we are happy with it. I have wonderful sex with my gf being cut; she likes my penis, and the ama happened with my two previous gfs.At one night stands; the same.I dont care how you handle your foreskin under the shower:it seemas like a showoff. If your are unhappy with your uncut penis in America, go back to your own countries, where everyone seems to be uncut.
I want to see more pics of you guys
mike, no pun intended, but you are a dick.
Why are women going into male lockerooms in the frist place is this so they can say they have been hazrressed so they can file a law suit. Keep women and reporters out of the Lockroom ASAP
LOL, I found myself made a lot mistakes from your don't list, now I know what should I do, it's a great hub, thumbs up :)
James
Uptight much? A shower at the gym is not your own private space, so you really have no right to dictate rules to other guys. Maybe you should start showering at home where you can make and obey as many rules as you like.
I like to make eye contact in the shower so that I am noticed. I also offer to help scrub areas others can't reach. Being a good neighbor
Kea - Thanks for creating this topic! Started reading it on my phone whenever I got stuck somewhere over the past week. At first I thought it was probably an old discussion but was delighted when I discovered that it was still going. Found this hub with search: 'Why so many hairy men at gym'. Thought it might be a new epidemic. Recently joined a gym popular with more older guys and could not believe all the hairy backs (not to mention backsides!). Here in England you see very few younger guys like that. Seems more common in other parts of the world, except maybe Scandanavian countries, but I've notice there's a hairy guy from Finland on this discussion. My view regarding etiquette - I'm fairly tolerant of other people's bathroom habits and just mind my own business, but if someone pees in the shower, that IS my business. I'm also curious about why it tends to be the older guys who tend to parade around naked:
(a) one gets less inhibited when older
(b) they know they're not much to look at
(c) they're from a different era when it used to be the norm.
From what I've gathered here, it's probably c.
Just another example of your typical western tightass mangina.
Pffft, straight guys are such wimps about nudity.
I like to spread my butt cheeks open and scrub my butt hairs until its foamy in the shower after the gym. Sometimes I even shave my butt cheeks and inspect the hair in the razor after. People look at me funny then I tell them they're gross for staring and flick the razor at them sending poopy hairs all over the place.
Hello, hello, 2 years ago
Very good points. Thank you.