Clean It Up
May 6, 2009 by Erin
Working out has so many awesome side effects: big muscles, a strong heart, more energy. Unfortunately, there are other little-discussed side effects: sweat and stench. Sweat is, of course, a natural side effect—proof that you’ve worked hard. Those salty little drops are the proof in the workout pudding. But after a good exercise session, not only does your body become a sweaty, stinky mess, but your clothing does, too. Luckily, people smarter than me are out there every day battling nature and science and finding cures for the smells that come with the hard work.
GymSoap
This liquid soap is specially formulated to combat all of the potential terrible icky-ness a gym can harbor: germs, bacteria and fungus. With all of the people using various machines in the gym, it’s easy to see how the germs can spread, and GymSoap will go to bat for you to knock them out. The liquid soap eliminates 99.9 percent of the bad stuff, including creepy crawlies like the flu virus (has flu been in the news recently?), athlete’s foot, MRSA bacteria and ringworm. Plus, the soap is very gender-neutral—my husband even tried it at home and gave it his seal of approval. I used it as a body wash as well as a face wash. It didn’t dry my skin out, and it left me feeling fresh. It smells natural, with tea tree oil and extracts of chamomile and elderflower. To me it had a slight medicinal smell, but that’s the price you pay for a bad-ass germ-killing soap.
Want to give it a try? Leave us a comment or shoot us an email at contact@fitbottomedgirls.com to enter to win. We’ll give away a bottle each to two lucky readers. FBG readers can also get 20 percent off when they order by entering code gs20!
WIN Detergent
When Jenn recently visited me, we hit three tough exercise classes, one of which was hot, sweaty yoga. This guaranteed six sweaty workout outfits on which to test WIN Detergent. I was admittedly skeptical about the product just because I’d never had any noticeable problems with my regular detergent. WIN definitely came out of the battle as the victor, though, as the clothes smelled fresh as a daisy post-wash. And trust me, Jenn and I tried really hard to find even a whiff of stench. WIN works in very scientific ways that I won’t go into, but basically it uses hydrogen peroxide to kill odor-causing bacteria, viruses and fungi, while being gentle on sport-specific, high-tech wicking fabrics. A WIN win!
So go forth and work out, but don’t let your bacteria multiply. Now you have no excuse to stink! —Erin
I would LOVE to win some gym soap. I live in New York City and I know people who have stopped going to the gym for fear of the flu!
Gym Soap sounds good, I would love to try it.
I’d love to try gym soap. Gym showers scare me.
I also want to try the laundry detergent. Thanks for letting us know about it!
Gym Soap sounds great – I love tea tree oil and would love to try this stuff out!
I can't stand the strong smell of my B&B works liquid soap sometimes, so this stuff would be great! Great way to promote cleanliness at a place that houses zillions of nasty germs! Keep up the good work : )
That gym soap sounds like such a useful product. I just started using the Lush shampoo (that fits in the small tin) but was wondering where to get a good gym soap.
The gym spao looks awesome! I could use some grudge busting after workouts.
I have not tried the WIN, and will definitely check it out, but have tried ProWash and it doe s afantastic job as well.
Now if only I could convince my gym to start stocking its shower dispensers with GymSoap!
I would love to try the gym soap! Also, have you tried the WIN detergent on a man’s gym clothes. I notice that my boyfriend’s gym clothes are disgusting even after a wash- its like his antiperspirant binds itself over time to the armpits of his t-shirts and makes that area kind of crunchy. I don’t know why, but I’ve never had that problem with my clothes. I’d love a detergent that could take care of that for him though!
Oh, I’d love to try that gym soap! The gym can definitely be an icky place!
Gym soap sounds awesome! It even takes on MRSA?
I’d love some Gym Soap! I am hyper about gym germs
Sounds just what I need, handy against the swine flu too I bet!!!!
OMG, would love to win this. I am 51 & work out like a maniac in the gym, like someone half my age. I do 4 cardio sessions a week that are anywhere from 75-90 minutes – can you say a puddle on the floor around me! I also do a hard core weight routine 4 days per week along with core/abs & stretching. I do this all in the gym & I must say I am there for quite a while! I actually smell myself & steer clear of others to keep them "safe".. HA! I work out at hours most people don't so I don't spread the smell to very many people. Otherwise, the front desk guy would be having to revive too many people!!!
I need anything to help my smell. Even my hubby steers clear when I walk in the house!
I am going to search out that detergent too!
I’d love to try it.
I want some Gym Soap! I’d def like to try it out as a body wash.
interesting…did you know there’s a febreeze for gym clothes now? i took some stupid survey just to get a free bottle to try out but they hoodwinked me….jerks.
That would be great. Sweat and stench are bad from gym clothes. But! when you live in Phoenix, AZ and walk almost everywhere, like I do, ALL clothes smell like your sweat and stench. To get that smell off of my body would be WONDERFUL.
Medicine is worth it when you are sick, so when your body smells sick, medicine smelling soap is okeedokee with me!!
I would DIE to try it. (Not literally of course, but figuratively.)
gym soap sounds cool, would love to try it! also interested to try WIN. i recently tried cheer instead of the usual tide and found that it worked MUCH better on all my clothes :O would love to have cheer and WIN battle it out.
Gym Soap sound cool! I love tea tree oil. That Stuff Really very nice.
I would love to win this!
I think I need to buy some of that detergent as well — my hubby’s clothes get FUNKY when he works.
I just ordered 3 bottles of gym soap! Two for me and one for my boyfriend the soccer coach!
Thanks for the blog post and coupon code!!
Gym soap Sound is really very nice i love it and just try it.