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Please shower before swimming

  • 13-08-2014 7:19pm
    #1
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭


    Half a can of Lynx deodorant is not an alternative.

    Thank you for your cooperation.

    :)


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  • #2
    Seaswimmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Seaswimmer


    I always thought that jumping in and out of the shower quickly before swimming was worse than useless. Lets face it if somebody "needs" a shower then we are talking soap, shampoo and a few minutes work. I have never seen anybody do this before swimming.
    The vast majority of us shower daily and wear clean clothes and I think it is a fairly pointless exercise to quickly wet yourself in a shower before swimming. Its purely for show..


  • #3
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Some people don't realise that their deodorant, perfume, sunscreen etc. all ends up in the public pool when they don't shower. The smell is quite strong and it's easy to tell who it's coming from most of the time.


  • #4
    mad m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,007 ✭✭✭mad m


    Please dont eat Garlic before swimming also!:)


  • #5
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    And no one with greasy skin. Or dry flaky skin. Or dermatitis, impetigo or psoriasis sufferers. And definitely no one with stuffed up sinus or runny sinus. I didn’t want to go for a swim anyway...


  • #6
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    GrumpyMe wrote: »
    And no one with greasy skin. Or dry flaky skin. Or dermatitis, impetigo or psoriasis sufferers. And definitely no one with stuffed up sinus or runny sinus. I didn’t want to go for a swim anyway...
    Some things can be solved by simply taking a quick shower as directed by most pools. Other things are probably best ignored.


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  • #7
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    I was actually far more bothered by the thick metallic haze of cheap deodorant than the superficial poolside shower.


  • #8
    SlowInWater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭SlowInWater


    In all my time swimming, I have hardly ever seen any other serious swimmers shower before swimming, that includes junior, senior, masters swimmers, water polo players, triathletes.

    I think is is because they are all in on the big secret, that 15 sec in a shower will do nothing to clean someone, in comparison to the hour they are about to spend in a massive pool of what is effectively, detergent. The only thing the shower will do is warm you up and make getting into the pool even colder....


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