How yo clean Gym-Edition!

[helluin]

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

[akurah]

Do not put baking soda on your head. It's one of the most damaging things to hair. Try rinsing with just water.

[-Fern]

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.

[helluin]

I didn't know! I wont use baking soda again!

Maybe putting some shikakai? Or other ayurveda powder?

[Jane99]

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.

[SleepyTangles]

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.

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Just use water. Or if you want your scalp to feel cleaner, use some shampoo, very much diluted.

[nycelle]

If you train every day, and your scalp gets very sweaty, I think you need to wash it. Just use a gentle shampoo.

[DropStitches]

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).

[florenonite]

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.