Changing Room Shower Norms

BluefishJD

Hi all - first off hope I am in the right forum section! and I do hope this doesn't come across as weird...but maybe it is...basically just recently at the age of 28 I have joined a leisure centre/pool/gym, and i just wanted to ask is it normal/ok to shower naked after my swim/work out etc...not ever being part of the local football or rugby team I never had to shower in these communal shower areas you find in pools/gyms with other naked lads so just not something i am used to, usually when i go swimming I would normal just rinse under shower (wearing shorts) and have proper shower at home after, as I would walk the dog after my swim so would be working up a sweat again and no point in showering twice! - now I know I am conscious enough about my own body (i'm not overly heavy but always have had some little body issue but working on not being bothered as much...I know I shouldn't be bothered, my wife has no complaints and most people are in the same frame of mind...eyes dead ahead and get in and out and on with the rest of my day) but when changing the other day I noticed a few showered naked, (even though there would have being younger fellas (10-16) in and out of the chaining room)...so I suppose I pose 2 questions...1) Is it the norm to shower naked in swimming/gym Changing Rooms and 2) do I just get over myself and shower properly and naked after my swim/sauna/workout and not worry about being naked around other lads?

connollys

Do whatever you feel comfortable with. Its pretty much the norm for people to have a full shower naked after a workout, is for me anyway.

Hanley

I like to stare directly into their eyes knowing that most people break eye contact downwards, so when they do that I accuse them of looking at my dong and make them feel uncomfortable.

brownej

Hanley wrote: »

I like to stare directly into their eyes knowing that most people break eye contact downwards, so when they do that I accuse them of looking at my dong and make them feel uncomfortable.

You'd want to be careful there.
Long lingering eye contact might be considered a cum on!

Liam90

I shower and walk around the changing rooms naked. Thats the norm right?

Stench Blossoms

Do what ever is comfortable.

Except don't use the hairdryer to dry your ball sack. That's just wrong.

Hanley

brownej wrote: »

You'd want to be careful there.
Long lingering eye contact might be considered a cum on!

We'll call that a win/win so.

BluefishJD

Cheers seems from general consensus the way to go is shower naked, get over my own hang up about showering naked on front of other lads and not to worry about others and keep my eyes dead ahead and stench definitely won't be using the hairdryer for that like you think it is just plain wrong. Hitting the gym this evening so will just bite the bullet and see how comfortable I am/or not. Thanks

xgtdec

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Do what ever is comfortable.

Except don't use the hairdryer to dry your ball sack. That's just wrong.

and if your going to be wrong...do it in style like out gyms "that guy"

its not enough to hairdryer his balls...oh no....he has to get the one leg up on the seating bench and do it.......get in there nice and deep like.....

dont be "that guy"

Barry.Oglesby

Let it all hang out buddy!

I'd walk around naked all day if it wasn't for those "laws".

BluefishJD

I suppose I should add I also have the usual lads complex of not being 'big' enough but then again we're all lads and have the same equipment (and I know mine works fine) and comes in all different shapes n sizes and maybe that could be something that would make me feel a little uncomfortable about showering in communal area, again suppose it's just to get over it nobody is there to judge or take any heed and just have my shower, get changed and out!?! as i said will see how comfortable I am this evening and just wanted to know if it was the Norm. Thanks for the input.

ThirdMan

Do whatever feels comfortable. I usually use the private showers if there are any available. I'm not prudish when it comes to nakedness, but I'm a private person, in all spheres of life, so that's what I'm comfortable with.

You just have to get used to people thinking you have a small dick.

ThirdMan

'Eyes up and dead ahead' is certainly the way to go, but be prepared to have the occasional lapse of concentration. It's almost inevitable that someone's enormous specimen will penetrate your peripheral vision, to which the only response is, in sequence: :eek: :mad:

BluefishJD

I wouldn't say small, more average and I too would consider myself a private person in other aspects of my life and if there was private showers I would probably opt for these but just wanted to know if it was the norm to shower naked in communal changing room showers (where all ages are around) and just get over my own hang ups about showering naked with other lads as didn't grow up with this.

Hanley

ThirdMan wrote: »

'Eyes up and dead ahead' is certainly the way to go, but be prepared to have the occasional lapse of concentration. It's almost inevitable that someone's enormous specimen will penetrate your peripheral vision, to which the only response is, in sequence: :eek: :mad:

Prison rules!!

xgtdec

or you could give yourself a trim;), then head out and do naked squats

Hanley

There's a Godwin's Law communal shower reference coming soon I feel.

mushykeogh

brownej wrote: »

You'd want to be careful there.
Long lingering eye contact might be considered a cum on!

I see what you did there.

ThirdMan

Hanley wrote: »

Prison rules!!

Touché, prison does indeed rule!

Paudee

Hanley wrote: »

There's a Godwin's Law communal shower reference coming soon I feel.

Where's Ed?

Brian?

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Do what ever is comfortable.

Except don't use the hairdryer to dry your ball sack. That's just wrong.

Am I the only one who doesn't see a problem with this? The hair dryer doesn't actually touch the ball sack, it merely blows air at it.

Before anyone gets too excited, I never actually use a hair dryer on my head, never mind my sack.

Stench Blossoms

briankeating wrote: »

Am I the only one who doesn't see a problem with this? The hair dryer doesn't actually touch the ball sack, it merely blows air at it.

Before anyone gets too excited, I never actually use a hair dryer on my head, never mind my sack.

Well my theory on it is: if you got enough hair there that you need to blowdry it, it might be time for a trim

BluefishJD

Well I did it, not as weird/uncomfortable as I had thought granted I was on my own in the showers for most of it and only a few in the changing room but at least the step has been taking and nothing to be bothered about and I stayed well clear of the hairdryer! and no unnecessary baring all used a towel in transit from shower to locker.

brownej

BluefishJD wrote: »

Well I did it, not as weird/uncomfortable as I had thought granted I was on my own in the showers for most of it and only a few in the changing room but at least the step has been taking and nothing to be bothered about and I stayed well clear of the hairdryer! and no unnecessary baring all used a towel in transit from shower to locker.

Pretty soon you'll be like the "naked chatty gym guy" from the Meteor adds.

Gummy Panda

I just throw the towel over my shoulder like its a roman toga. If some guy wants to look so he can add it to his **** bank, that's his business.

some_dose

There is nothing wrong if a guy just wants to walk around while hanging some brain

kevpants

brownej wrote: »

cum on!

He did that to me once. At least I think it was him, there was like 3 other guys in the shower cubicle.

When you reach about 50 and there's no other old guy walking around nude for 10-15 minutes the responsibility falls to you to be that guy.

The Guvnor

Sorry OP but great thread!:)

It's all been said.

Funny incidents are when some chap is starkers and walks out to the pool area not knowing it is communal - he cops on fairly fast - usually mutters something about the showers being cold and runs back inside.Seen it more than once.:D

As for the hairdryer - some blokes use it as their towel!

Stickman2

Once saw a lad being removed from the northwood changing room for drying his ball bag with the hair dryer

RobAMerc

the amount of lads I see drying their sack etc in the shower then coming out using the towel to cover their nuts, donning their jocks and then proceeding to dry their hair and face with the ballsacked towel is unreal. seriously if you are that ashamed about your todger that you are wiling to rub your face in your own scrotum sweat - maybe stay at home.

Barry.Oglesby

This thread is amazing. Schlong sizes, towel etiquette and blow drying your pubes. I never knew this many hang ups existed.

It's the human body. Unless you're in a contest for a mate I don't think making eye to wang contact is a worry.

floggg

RobAMerc wrote: »

the amount of lads I see drying their sack etc in the shower then coming out using the towel to cover their nuts, donning their jocks and then proceeding to dry their hair and face with the ballsacked towel is unreal. seriously if you are that ashamed about your todger that you are wiling to rub your face in your own scrotum sweat - maybe stay at home.

If your scrotum is covered in sweat after a shower, your doing it wrong!

thehamo

I remember a bloke in the gym used to dress every other part of him self except for the lower half. Hilarious, had his shoes ond socks on, shirt and tie and the works then stuck on his boxers and trousers. Strange behaviour

emeraldstar

thehamo wrote: »

I remember a bloke in the gym used to dress every other part of him self except for the lower half. Hilarious, had his shoes ond socks on, shirt and tie and the works then stuck on his boxers and trousers. Strange behaviour

Trousers after his shoes? That is strange.

rubadub

This thread reminds me of that text message joke.

"I'm in the A&E, apparently the new Dyson ball cleaner isn't what I thought it was"