How many workouts do you wear the same clothing before washing? (Page 2)

In the summer, definitely after every wear. When I'm running and its 20 degrees out, my tights and long sleeve t shirts will go a couple days. Fresh sports bra though. This will be my first year with the bike, but even as the weather gets cooler I anticipate a wash between wears in the shorts. It's like underwear, rewearing would be gross. 

Swim trunks, rinse after every time I use them.  Wash once per week.  Cycling, 2 times and wash.  Shirt, I rinse out after every time and wash once per week.

Ok...I think we have established that boy triathletes are gross.  Wash your clothes, guys.  They stink.

I've got some Ibex wool jerseys that I can wear several times without needing to wash them.  They are the best.  They don't get that nasty smell that technical fabric gets when you sweat in it.  In fact, they really don't smell at all, even when they are dirty enough to need washing.  Everything else needs to be washed after one workout.  otherwise, ewwwwww.

Wash after every use!  I use WIN detergent, warm water, heavy duty cycle, and sometimes color-safe bleach if the workout was very long.  I wash workout gear very often, sometimes daily.  My hubby trains too, and those clothes really STINK if they just lay around breeding bacteria.  Even in the winter they get washed after every use.

jami

I read the entire thread and Fixed that for you.

One and done

One.

Because my workout clothes can usually stand on their own after even the easiest workout, I wash them every time. 

Thanks, Michael.

1, unless it's swimming.  Then I just rinse and dry.  Sometimes I just randomly wash "clean" workout clothes a 2nd time just because they likely still smell like sweat.

Another point to consider is that human sweat is actually quite damaging to many fabrics, especially stretchy synthetics like Lycra and spandex.

Soon after each workout, gently washing your workout clothes and letting them hang dry (or if you have a quality dryer using the gentle cycles) will result in much longer life. Letting them sit damp in a hamper for a week will shorten their lifespan. Rewearing will do the same.

I have bike shorts that nearing 10 years old with thousands of miles of riding. I have only had to throw out one piece of workout gear because it wore out, and that was a pair of jammers. Those I do tend to let sit after a swim (and even re-wear) and the chlorine eats away at them...

Edited by brucemorgan 2010-07-23 9:42 PM

I've pulled a pair of shorts or tech shirt out of the laundry pile on occasion.  I try and stick to 1 time, but somethimes the laundry backs up.  If I'm out of shorts, and want to run, it's either wear day old sweaty shorts, or non-running shorts.  I'll go day old and sweaty every time.

bike shorts get hand washed after every use. 

I do laundry almost every day, but it's rarely mine (wife and 2 daughters...).

A woman I used to train on the bike with told me that she takes a shirt and a pair of shorts to work on Monday, runs in them at noon on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, bringing them home to wash on the weekend. I did manage to correct that particular behavior.

I keep a plastic bucket and bottle of laundry detergent in the shower, just dump my workout stuff in the bucket and clean it out as I shower. then hang it all up to dry.  every time!

lather - rinse - repeat...easy!

Edited by metafizx 2010-07-23 10:11 PM

Board shorts for swimming - like never.  They always smell like chlorine.  I figure they are as clean as they are going to get.

Everything else is once.  Right now my run clothes are absolutely soaked by the end of a run and aren't even dry by the next day.  Cycling clothes aren't much better.  Heck, I have been having to dry out my running shoes every night with a hairdryer just to get them dry enough to run in the next day.  No way I cam even thinking of wearing those clothes over again.

One for everything except my swim suit. That I just rinse with a special chlorine neutralizer and then wash about 1x a week. I'm not a very heavy sweater, but still - can't imagine wearing twice.

I wash my running hat once a week, any head bands after every use.

The only exception is in the winter - when I wear 2 or 3 layers I will usually wash my running jacket (because its 3 layers out) or my running gloves 1x a week

Runs, 1. I sweat way too much. Usually I take it off, rinse it in water and straight into the washer.
Cycling, if I'm doing anything where I'll be around people, I wear freshly cleaned stuff. If I'm on the trainer, no more than twice. Otherwise, I can't stand my own smell.

John

Ewww!!!! Sorry, but that's gross!!! If I didn't know my fiance wasn't on here, I'd swear you were him...he has the same mentality, and looks a lot like you :-)

All you have to do is throw your tri shorts and jersey in a sink with laundry detergent, let them soak, and rinse them out. It's much more sanitary that way :-) I don't launder my workout gear...machine washing and drying are terrible for technical fabrics. But at the very least, RINSE your workout clothes and lay them out to dry!!!

i don't wash my running shorts until they start running without me.

Once.

I dont really machine wash any of my stuff but once a month, I usually just throw my stuff on the floor of the shower and dump soap, shampoo etc on it and walk around it on then hang dry. I usually machine wash if i havent been able to shower immediately after the work out. going to try the bucket and detergent though sounds fantastic. For a long time i hand washed stuff in the sink but the whole shower thing is so much easier. Apparently shampoo dosnt mess up lycra or least hasnt in the 2 months ive been using the compression shorts.

Rinse out my tri shorts/bike shorts after every ride and hang to dry in the shower. Those gets washed in the washing machine about every 3-4 rides as well.

Everything else is single use for sure. I sweat...a lot.