How yo clean Gym-Edition!
Hello!!!
I have a huge problem! I train mostly everyday, and i sweat so so much. Also in the summer the weather makes you sweat a lot.
When i finish exercising my scalp is so wet, and i want to ask you how do you clean your scalp? Now un quarentine i'm experimenting a little bit.
I want to avoid using shampoo, because i want to use it twice a week!
Only water?
Baking soda?
Thanks so much
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
Do not put baking soda on your head. It's one of the most damaging things to hair. Try rinsing with just water.
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
Through Texas summers, I would rinse my scalp with water every day and shampoo 3 or 4 times a week. Keeping your scalp clean and healthy is almost always going to serve you best, but you can also coordinate your wash days with your workout days.
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
I didn't know! I wont use baking soda again!
Maybe putting some shikakai? Or other ayurveda powder?
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
I haven’t used shikakai alone but mixed with soapnuts and amla cleans my scalp nicely without drying out my hair like shampoo does. I really like the herbs a lot. I have an oily head. I use a liquid infusion just about daily because I’m nervous about powder not rinsing out but I think most people just use powder. I would be curious to hear how you like it.
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
I have a suuuper gentle shampoo that needs two applications to clean properly. I find that to be and excellent choice for every day gym washing: i use a single application, It leaves my hair just right for another wash next day.
Alternatively, I use an ACV rinse. Water only is not my favorite: my scalp needs to be particularly dry for WO to work. Otherwise It creates a gunky build-up that I need to clarify next wash.
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
Just use water. Or if you want your scalp to feel cleaner, use some shampoo, very much diluted.
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
If you train every day, and your scalp gets very sweaty, I think you need to wash it. Just use a gentle shampoo.
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
Have you tried dry shampoo? I'm new here, so perhaps this is long hair heresy, but when I used to work out a lot, using dry shampoo after a work out meant I could stretch the time between washing without feeling super gross.
Also, I don't know what kind of exercise you're doing, but sometimes you can get better results by having a rest day after an intense workout rather than training everyday (certainly that was my experience when I was doing a lot of weights).
Re: How yo clean Gym-Edition!
Why do you want to shampoo twice a week? Do you find it drying if you use it more often? If you're using an SLS shampoo, you might find it easier to switch to a gentler shampoo you can use more frequently, or dilute your shampoo so it's less drying.
You also don't *have* to wash your hair after every time you exercise. Sometimes a rinse is enough, depending on how sweaty it gets (I don't even wet it at all sometimes if I'm lifting, as depending on what I'm doing and the conditions I might not sweat any more than I do, say, walking around the block in the summer). I would say that if a rinse is not enough, use shampoo.