What's In Your Gym Bag?

Let's see, I change at home and go to the gym in my workout gear but...

• a weight belt
• Weight lifting gloves with and without assit straps.
• Gym chalk
• A bottle of water
• Hair elastics
• A towel
• a pair of earbuds

Currently:

- two towels (one to dry off, one to put on the wet floor to avoid ruining my dress pants)

- shampoo, conditioner, soap

- hairbrush

- back-up goggles & ear plugs

- probably a swim cap

- some spare change

- ear drops

- goggle cleaning solution (doesn't work)

- combination lock

- wet swim suit

- SwimSpray (which I used for the first time today and appears to work)

Two sided bag

Side 1

• running shoes, shorts, shirt, hat, jacket, tights, socks
• jump rope
• water bottle
• cycling shorts
• sunglasses
• stocking hat
• iPod, Nook, and ear buds
• notebook of Spin workouts
• gym shorts

Side 2

• swim jammers
• pull bouy
• swim goggles
• workouts-in-a-box
• towel

Mine is pretty standard but if one were to inspect it, it would go about like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WCvULMRUq8

I need to do some spring cleaning, but this morning:

Main Section:

1. Work clothes; jeans, collared shirt, shoes
2. Cycling shoes
3. Stretching rope thing
4. Ipad mini
5. HRM strap (2)
6. "Go bag", consisting of spare underwear, socks, running shorts, tshirt, earbuds.  Use it if I forgot underwear/socks for work, or for unplanned run/workout somewhere.
7. Water bottle
8. Fiber bar (extra from somwhere, been sitting in there a couple months now)

End section:

1. Garmin 310XT
2. RoadID bracelet
3. 2 (3?) sets of earbuds
4. Swim workout index cards
5. Goggles
6. swim cap
7. Jammers
8. Anti fog
9. Razor
10. Deodorant
11. LED headlamp for night running, or for searching dark corners of the bag.

It's an Eagleman Swag bag from last year, it has served me well as a daily hauler for my stuff.

I used to get pretty funky with sweaty clothes in there for the day while I was at work, but I fixed that by rinsing them out in the shower, then run them through the suit spinner in the locker room.  No more funk in the bag!

• running shoes
• some sort of Lululemon-esque pants
• sports bra
• socks
• multiple hair putter-up things and ties and ways to keep my hair out of my face
• 2 pairs of ear buds
• 2 Roctane Gu
• lip balm
• shampoo/conditioner
• hair brush
• deodorant - cuz I'm polite like that
• water bottle with more of the aforementioned hair ties around the bottle... just in case
• swim suit
• 3 pairs of goggles/2 swim caps/who knows how many wax ear plugs
• almond butter and an apple

However, the last item on the list is about to be consumed...  

• Two tubes of Gu brew
• Clif bar
• Trislide
• Body glide
• inhaler
• deodorant
• hair gel
• brush
• headphones
• running socks
• running shorts
• tech shirt
• jammers
• goggles
• swim cap
• a bunch of crumpled swim workouts in ziploc bags
• lock

I haven't been able to find any that don't leak so I just keep taking his... don't tell him!  Not that he would notice as he doesn't really swim anymore.   

What's up with all these hair elastics?  Do they somehow multiply like rabbits when no one's looking?

An impossible to remove, faint, yet lingering odor of cat urine.

(But since the cat died recently, it's kinda serving as an olfactory memorial    )

Now that I finally have my gym bag with the waterproof section...

-3 pairs of goggles (hmmm...should toss that old pair now)

-swim cap

-flip flops

-swim towel

-gloves

-running shoes/socks inside

-sports bra

-tank top

-sweat towel

-water bottle

-ear buds

-deo for the BO

-hair bands/clips

-baby wipes

-diapers

-energy bar

-bag of quarters

-Carmex

And upon further inspection...an old school (literally) jump rope. You know the ones that have 1" plastic tubes and go clickity-clack on the floor?

Ooh I did not have time to watch a 15-minute video, but I'll play. I only use my gym bag for swimming, so...

2 swimmy suits
2 pairs of goggles
2 swim caps
2 fins
Hairbrush
Razor
Face moisturizer
Shampoo/conditioner
Combination lock 

Erin, I swear I find them EVERYWHERE!

Apparently I put them in the various pockets for "safe keeping" or with that thought of "if I put it here, of course I'll remember that's exactly where I put them"... and then I swear they somehow breed in the dark pockets.  Then again, maybe I just keep buying more without realizing it?  I have been known to be delusional. 

Actually, I have three (3) different bags:

Gym: padlock, Ipod, (2) towels, dry shirt.

Swim: Jammers, goggles (3 pairs), flip-flops, dry tee shirt, towel, padock, mesh bag for wet gear.

Race Bag:  Varies, depending on whether triathlon or running race.

My swim bag stays in my car most of the time in case I get out of the office early enough to swim on the way home before dinner.

Mark

Two bags--one just for swim and one for bike (stationary at gym) and/or run:

Swim bag: Suit (hopefully): One of three Speedo Endurance suits in different colors, all boring; cap; goggles and spare goggles; towel (if swimming at work); small Speedo paddles (no need for other pool toys as school provides those); "Workout file": baggie with various workouts, mostly from NTC masters but also others; water bottle--my lucky one from Hawaii; clarifying shampoo to get chlorine out; conditioner to put shine back in; small baggie to put earrings in while I swim; comb

Bike/run bag: Baggie with Jorge workouts; bike or tri shorts and top; MP3 player and armband, HR monitor and watch; shoes, sometimes socks, regular shampoo, deoderant, comb; bigger water bottle, Nuun or Endurolyte tablets; hat, sunglasses, and bandanna to mop sweat for run

Not a whole lot of extra stuff--I usually go home after working out so no need to make up, etc.