Do you need a proper shower after a hard training session?

I made a post elsewhere about usage of communal showers and I was a bit surprised about a certain popular response, mainly that people should just rinse with their swim wear on rather than have a proper shower after swimming.

That seems very odd to me, is just a rinse with your jammers left on sufficient enough after your morning swim, assuming you aren’t going straight home?

Even if I’m heading home, I always take a good shower. In addition to washing away the chlorine from my skin, I also need to wash out the conditioner I sprayed in my long hair before going swimming. Not taking a shower after swimming would also make me feel dirty and strange.

Was the reason these people refused to utilize the shared showers mentioned in the post? If their number was restricted or if it resembled an old-fashioned school shower room where prolonged nudity might (unfairly) disturb other people, then I suppose I could understand it. I have never had a problem with any of that because my gym has a ton of separate shower facilities.

in a nutshell - the issue was the pool’s men’s/women’s showers had no private cubicles and there’s the possibility of kids using the showers at the same time as adults. Some people of course just feel one shouldn’t be nude in a shared space like that regardless.

Being nude in a non-sexualized way in a shared shower where it’s acceptable is acceptable. Clearly. The section about the kids is unimportant.

Men and women have separate shower areas in the majority of societies. In a shared shower with mixed sexes, I would feel uneasy, but that’s my issue.I owe no one any accommodations.

Even communal showers with members of the same sex might cause discomfort for some. Their issue is that. Whether or whether to allow their kids inside the area is a decision that parents also make. In an area where it is acceptable, no one has any duty to respect others’ views regarding nudity.

I completely agree. I avoid group showers for personal reasons, but that doesn’t mean others shouldn’t use them. It’s my issue, and I found a pool with private facilities to fit my comfort level. At my gym, many women confidently shower and change openly, and more power to them. Nudity in locker rooms is functional, not deviant. It’s upsetting when people cast those comfortable in their skin as perverse. Bodies aren’t inherently sexual, and nudity in these spaces is normal. The fear that kids seeing bodies will be traumatized is absurd. I’m from Australia, where communal showers aren’t the norm, but they’re not condemned either.

Totally agree. I saw adults of my same gender nude all the time in the locker rooms growing up. It really wasn’t a big deal.