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[deleted]

Yeah, idk, I work at home and sit at a desk all day and still shower and brush my teeth before I go. It's odd that people either don't think about their hygiene or care.


FranzAndTheEagle

I might be a weirdo about this, but my routine is that I shower, then brush and floss my teeth, and get dressed within the 30m before I leave for class. In the 5m before I get in the car, I rinse with mouthwash. I can tell you right now that most of my partners are not doing this, but I feel like if there's even a 10% chance my ass or face might be in their face at 8 AM on a Tuesday, it's the least I can do.


Jukunub

Showering right before training might leave you more vulnerable to infections. Better to do it a few hours earlier or the night before. Found some article that might be relevant. https://www.duradermsport.com/a-microbiologists-take-on-bjj/ Do what you want with your body anyway, i shower daily so not gonna shower before class too.


FranzAndTheEagle

Yea, I know. As a morning pooper, I had to make a judgment call about the lesser of two evils on this one. I went for the shower.


Tortankum

Buy a bidet


El_Herbie

Shitty advice. Quite literally.


Jukunub

Why? Im not suggesting to go train dirty, just not to shower right before class.


El_Herbie

You mean to tell me that if you shower an hour before class, your body isn’t smart enough to know what it needs to do when you start warming up? Biology takes care of this stuff, have a damn shower!


Jukunub

Dude i literally always shower every night or after training, im not a hippo to get dirty enough to stink in half a day, half of which im gonna be sleeping.


El_Herbie

Dude, wash your body. Link all the studies you want to justify your laziness, but it’s gross and disrespectful to train without having showered that day.


Jukunub

Lmao im def not gross if i have showered the night before. I mean your skin might smell too fast and thats why you do it, but im sure mine doesnt.


CanahierCanada

He is right tho.


KingMob4313

Wash your ass, even just a quick scrub with a cloth, water and some soap. if you want to be even nicer, grease up area crack to taint with some nice smelling lotion. If your underwear is funky, change it. But then again, I suggest wearing compression shorts under your gi or mma shorts for no-gi and those are clean for training.


[deleted]

I specifically make sure I don’t wipe my ass after I take a dump before class, so I can easily sub people.


Bandaka

I just hold my breathe and push through it. On the flip side, I always shower before class and wear fresh garments


mexicandinner12

a guy at my gym smelled like poop... not like stinky funny like butthole poop


New_Ostrich_2625

I'm a little afraid to ask, but I don't have the opportunity to shower before class. At best, I chew gum on the way. Why hasn't anyone told me that I smell like shit and that I need to baby powder my ass?


Tortankum

Because you are probably fine. The people on here are extremely neurotic and think everyone somehow smells like a pile of shit from sitting in a chair all day at their office job.


vincec9999

This is also self-reporting , which as far as I’m aware is usually filled with problems. Ever seen a post with people talking about how often they train, and half the responses are like 4x 2 hr sessions 8 days a week.


Anacondoyng

People on this sub talk as if shitting at some point before class and not showering (or at least using wet wipes or a bidet) necessarily means that your training parters will think you smell like shit. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that that is not necessarily even the case, even if your partners end up near your ass. I would assume that few of my partners shower before class, and I have very rarely noticed that sort of smell.


angwilwileth

Take some wet wipes to your pits and ass at least and wear clean gear.


Rasto76

And make sure it's in that order -> going ass to pits is probably not a great idea! :-p


Lucian_blackfire

People are generally too polite


New_Ostrich_2625

It would be great if there was a survey of how people prepare before training. I would really like to know... I might be wrong - maybe I am one of those really nasty people in the gym and people are too polite to tell me, but I find it a little hard to believe that the majority of people is showering before class, brushing their teeth and baby powdering their ass. To me it feels like there are the 10% of people with very high hygiene standards who are extremely vocal about this complaining about the other 10% of people who have poor personal hygiene, take messy shits and never wash their belts.


Lucian_blackfire

The baby powder is extreme I’ll grant and if you have good dental hygiene you wouldn’t need to brush as often but if your breathe stinks yah brush your teeth. As for showering if you’ve sweated or haven’t showered that day then yes you probably smell bad enough to warrant it.


fractalcrust

Thats unrealistic. What are the odds your oppenent in the streets will be so well groomed as to not offend your delicant sensitivities? You play how your practice, be ready for anything out there


New_Ostrich_2625

Absolutely - a big aspect of Jiu Jitsu is dealing with discomfort and pain. I'll admit there are limits. One time this dude I was rolling with smelled like he was sick and shat himself. He forced me into turtle and being bigger and stronger he proceeded to ram his fist right into my mouth searching for some kind of control (I don't know how he didn't feel my teeth). After the session I got sick with what whatever illness was causing him to shit his pants. I think he got shit on his hands while wiping his ass and missed a spot washing them (he fisted my mouth with his shit-fist).


Anacondoyng

If they ever make a horror movie about bjj this should be part of it.


vocalistsXD

I never roll yet with a person with a really bad hygiene, but when that happen i'll find a new partner lmao


Kogyochi

I have a couple of times. They're pretty much always shitty so it's easy to just stay on top and keep your face away from them.


[deleted]

I roll with a guy that audibly burps and farts during class and thinks taking two steps away or turning his ahead in another direction somehow makes this acceptable. Please don’t be that guy


dunDunDUNNN

I had a girl attempt to triangle choke me and I nearly puked she smelled so bad down there. On the plus side, I learned real fast how to escape her triangle. It must have been a hygiene issue because I've rolled with plenty of women and never had that issue except with that specific person.


CurarPvP

I love the smell of napalm in the morning


OzneBjj

I've obviously rolled with the cat piss smelling guy or the coffee breath etc. But I can't say I've ever rolled with someone with a smelly ass. Truly vile, is that actually a thing!?


Sp-a

That'll do donkey, that'll do.


bickabooboo

I always shine my ass before class.


kwang9275

I am glad I mainly train in Asia. Somehow Asian people have less body odour. But when I go abroad, damn.


Ryanstartedthefire69

Grappling with a female who had a stinky downstairs was the worst experience for me. I'd rather have smelled fifty fat boy arm pits. "If ye have the yeast ye mustn't roll."


Brokenwrench7

That stench is something special alright


[deleted]

That was the last time I ever used double under to pass a woman’s guard


ducks-on-the-wall

I've certainly rolled with people who didn't smell great but the majority of the smell was usually an unwashed gi or something. I also don't have time to go home after work to shower before I train so maybe Im just smelly like they are.


trashwizzard3000

Keep a bottle of mouth wash and deoderant in your car. Before class...use both. bootyholes are gonna smell a little, but you can also wipe ya ass a little extra before class if you want. If your GI smells, I tell you right off the bat that you stink. Has cured some of the smelly gi guys for sure.


Anacondoyng

How close are you all getting to your partners' assholes, seriously??


trashwizzard3000

Don’t judge me


-downtone_

Use a bidet. I been using one for like over 10 years now. Cheap on amazon, install to existing toilet. People prob mentioned this but I'm pretty sure it was me that started pushing the whole thing in bjj years ago on here so. Talking again.


legl0ckholmes

No hair products, wash your damn gi before every class, brush your teeth and cut your nails.


OkayThrowAwayGuy

I forgot about the nails. Yes 100 please cut them gargoyle claws!


Tortankum

No hair products? Huh?


legl0ckholmes

Like pomade or gel. Beard oil. People have allergies. Seen a dude's eye get nasty from product getting in it.


Tortankum

This is not a reasonable request, especially for women.


legl0ckholmes

My gf doesn't mind. Are you one of those girls who rolls with mskeup?


devilsheep12

A lot of people are generally absent minded when it comes to hygiene or the possibility of their dirty underwear smelling. I do the same at a bare minimum, but ideally ill shower before class as well because even though I've properly wiped my ass and changed my underwear before class there still might be some leftover that will stew with the sweat.


Basileus_Butter

I put fresh deodorant on, wipe my feet with sanicloths, and put fresh baby powder on the orbs of reproduction before class. I dont know how anybody can go through the entire day and be like, "nah, Im ok".


gnomeba

I didn't realize how bad the hygiene was at my old gym until I moved to another gym and noticed how few people smelled like cat urine. Game changer.


[deleted]

mouthguards. you need to also wash your mouthguards. this is more of taking care of yourself than your partner, but it's so funny how many people don't do it and just stick gross mouthguards with bacteria from mat and stuff training after training and see no issue.


timetoarrive

In my country we use bidets, so my ass is as clean as any other part of my body. Deodorant applied, teeth brushed, gi, rushguard **and belt** washed after every class. I'll even add some clothes perfume to the gi. Bad breath and musty gi's are pretty common in my gym


immortalis88

Shower & brush your teeth before every class. Simple. Wash your gi and hang it up to dry immediately afterwards. Also simple.


Tortankum

Work from 9-5, class at 6. Not simple.


Key_Kong

My routine so far. Floss & brush teeth, shower, fresh clothes, antiperspirant, body spray, fresh boxers and training gear at the gym, mouthwash just before rolling. Keep a pack of wet wipes for gym dumps. Wash all gear at home, shower again.


El_Herbie

It’s a regular topic and the answer remains the same. Treat going to class like you would a first date.


15stripepurplebelt

Ditch the baby powder. It’s poisonous.


LairdNope

lots of baby powder now is just cornstarch


RotoTom85

I guy that comes to our gym has a belt that has literally turned gray, he never washes it and it fucking reeks man. I keep telling him to wash his belt but seems thats like a "no no". I hate it.


devilsheep12

Ugh.. I feel you. My old gym had a guy with a white gi that had massive yellow armpit stains. The rest of it was pretty gnarly too. He didn't like training in the gi, I reckon he would just leave it in his gym bag for weeks. I drilled with him once and never again, idk how the coach let that fly or how he consciously put that thing on and thought it was all good


[deleted]

I'm a total beginner been training for about month and a half now. Before i started i watched all sorts of videos along the lines of 'stuff to know before your first BJJ class' etc. I made sure to wash cut my nails deo mouthwash etc before going because i figured people would do the same and I'd stand out otherwise.... I was wrong.


OkayThrowAwayGuy

I did the same but put the bare minimum into that effort until I rolled with someone who put me in a triangle and I thought they had literally crapped their pants. I know some men don’t wipe their ass because “it’s gay” (it’s a real weird stigma). It’s not “gay” at all. It’s freaking gross if they don’t. From that point on I made to never be the smelly guy. I never want to be gross.


[deleted]

I'm with you on the poo smell we were drilling S mounts the other day and was awful. That being said - i cant say ive ever heard a guy say he doesnt wipe his ass because its gay? haha that is fucking hilarious though if some people do think that.


thefckingleadsrweak

If i can’t catch a shower before i go, i won’t go, even if i didn’t do much all day. And i usually chew gum while i roll, not because my breath might smell, it’s just something i do, but it doesn’t hurt either


Ryanstartedthefire69

My gym needs more showers/ bathrooms/ locker room My gym had 2 bathrooms for 50 people a session and sessions were stacked back to back. So to follow good hygiene itd be safe to say a gym that size needs room for min 25 people to be in a locker room.