How do you shower?

[jackk78]

Every few months I see an article about how people don't seem to want to shower in front of other people at the gym and similar spaces.

http://nyti.ms/1SySPsm

How are the showers set up at your gym/pool? Are you comfortable being naked in the locker room?

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Grew up with open "gang style" showers, but the pool I swim at has a wall of stalls with curtains. I have no problem being naked, but I do like the stalls. In the end, it's a shower, who really cares either way?

[Bede735]

A communal shower, and no. Well actually I don't see the point of being naked, as wearing short briefs I nearly am, so the fresh water isn't going to miss much.

Conversely, there are often men who do shower naked, because I guess with wearing long shorts they wouldn't be able to be properly cleansed. That throws up another question - 'Why, if they have no problems with modesty there, do they then not wear a pair if short briefs in the pool?'

[Bede735]

In the same article:

Not long after the invention of the idea of personal space in 1959 came a classic ’70s study gamely titled “Personal Space Invasions in the Lavatory.” In it, researchers spied upon urinals to see how long it took for men to begin emptying their bladders.

It takes, we learned, almost twice as long when there is a man at a urinal next to you, and about half as long as when someone is one urinal away, compared to going it alone.


I try to avoid that all costs as I cannot feel relaxed.

[swim suit eddie]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"][COLOR="Blue"] Some times I go swimming at a private men,s swim club. There is a nice size locker room and shower area and the showers have private stalls too. I wear my deep blue colored, very snug speedo swimsuit and after swimming, I'll take a shower. I'll keep my speedo on while in the shower stall to rinse off the pool water, then slowly peel my clinging wet speedo down and off, then shower naked. The warm shower water does feel very relaxing, especially, the feel of my tight wet speedo coming off.:)

[California Dolphin]

On the subject of showers (and their erotic appeal -or lack of), I like Japanese style showers which are taken sitting on a stool or sitting on the floor.

I like sitting of the floor and the sensation of my bare butt on the warm wet tile.

[swimlash]

Thanks for sharing.

[miaswim]

I also grew up in gym class with the communal gang shower, so no hangups. Even on the swim team in high school and college, same type of shower setup so all of us had seen each other naked and no issues. I guess that's why so many guys on the swim team (ours and visiting teams) had no issues walking around the locker room naked without a towel.

My current gym has stalls, but no curtains. No issue for me there, but does seem there are plenty who work out then drive home in their car in their sweaty gym clothes.

[Turbofan]

My gym is older so has a very open locker room plan. The showers are completely open and have 4 posts with four shower heads on each post. There's only a short waist high divider between the locker area and the showers so if your in the showers it's pretty much visible to everyone in the gym.

I grew up in open showers so being naked was never a big deal. I still shower every day after the pool or gym. I've raised my son the same way and he's perfectly at ease with nudity though I'd say on a whole THE younger guys tend to. E much more bashful then the older guys.

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

The pool I swim at most has the showers outside of the locker room in the pool area, so everyone showers exposed to the pool, thus swimsuits on. The locker is more of a changing room. It is an older facility.

[SDSpeedoLuvr25]

I have no hang ups about being naked in front of other guys, especially in a locker room. However, I find it amusing how some guys go to great lengths not to be seen. I must admit, I am more likely to notice someone who is showering in their trunks/underwear before I notice a naked dude. I personally don’t understand what the big deal is. What are they afraid of? Do they think someone is going to point at their dick and laugh?

[speedos123]

I think I have gotten, or am getting to a point of limited shame with my body. I remember as a kid doing the towel change dance of trying to not get fully undressed. I would see older men just strip down and walk around naked in the lockerroom. I think the more comfortable we get with our bodies the less shame we have with being naked. There are a lot of attractive, good looking guys on this forum. I have a tiny bit of envy and desire to look as good as them. Slowly, work in progress.

[SpeedoLadUK]

During my teenage years, like many young men I would avoid showering nude at the gym/pool showers and would do the towel dance in the changing rooms. When swimming, I would wear baggy shorts and keep them on to shower.

When I was in my older teens, I would occasionally try to shower naked to prove to myself and others that I was 'mature' and couldn't care less about being naked, but I felt uncomfortable and self-conscious.

In my early 20s, though, something clicked and all of a sudden I found myself walking naked to showers, not a care in the world, and showering happily in the buff in the communal showers.

As I've grown up more, I've come to appreciate and enjoy the nude environment of the locker room. Difficult to explain, but it feels like an intrinsically masculine thing to do and is part of a right of passage.
Admittedly, I do have naturist tendencies anyway so that helps. I know a lot of Brits are brought up to be very modest (prudish?) about nudity!

Safe to say, though, when I visit a new swimming pool and hear the dreaded words 'changing village' - complete with single, private cubicles for changing and showering - my heart drops.

[ReservedEnthusiast]

The showers at my university's Rec center are stalls. The locker room is fairly open in plan, though the larger space is divided into smaller ones because of the rows of lockers. They also tend to divide the different guys into groups. Like the first space closest to the locker room entrance is usually for the bodybuilders. The next two spaces are the most open and for the larger population. And the last area closest to the door to the pool deck is usually taken by us swimmers. The guys that change there are more open to going nude and walking to the showers nude or wrapped in a towel or just in their speedos.

Personally, I go to the showers in just my underwear/Speedo and come out wrapped in my towel waist down.

[speedo_guy]

Like SpeedoLadUK I was brought up in an incredibly conservative family where nudity was a definite no-no, but as I've got older I've lost all those inhibitions and am more than happy to appear naked in public. The gym I use has separate shower cubicles but with no screens or curtains, and I always shower nude.

[bchspeedo]

The local pool where I swim at has very old school lockers. Lockers against only two walls. Open space with benches in the middle, everyone changes in front of everyone. The showers are in one area gang showers everyone showers nude for the most part.

[morningsir]

it wasnt till early 20s where i started going to the pools with open showers, at first it felt strange, but after awhile you get used to being naked around other men. and like mentioned above, its quite normal to be naked in a locker/shower room environment, and you tend to notice more to those who are showering in their shorts..

[speedoOrNude]

I recently joined a new gym, and was curious about the locker room since the building was older. I find it interesting because it has a shower room with 3 shower heads each on 2 walls, but one side has stalls with curtains and the other side is just open.

I'm comfortable walking to/from the showers nude and just use the open side. I wonder what the discussion was when they added the stalls to just half of the shower room.

[nacnimaj]

I too was a lot more bashful as a kid, doing the towel-dance or changing in a bathroom stall. Now, I just don't care. I used to work at a mine, and shift start involved stripping down at our locker, moving to the mine side where our work cloths were hung, and changing into our work gear, and then doing the reverse at the end of the shift, except stopping to shower. The mine dry is a massive open room, the showers are wide open, and there is no privacy. At first, I kept my underwear on, but I was the minority and felt more conspicuous with clothing on. Eventually I fell in line too and just got used to the nudity. No one cares and it was better to just keep your dirty gear separate from your clean clothes.

Where I swim now, it's pretty old school too, open showers and lockers. I will normally strip down once I'm in the shower to rinse out my suit. To be honest, I find it more comfortable in the gang shower rather than being cramped in a small cubicle without room to move. I go pretty early - 6am -so there usually aren't very many people around when I am. Maybe 1 or 2 at most. Far cry from the 100 or so at the mine!

[Ethanroy011]

Pool Areas, I wear a swimsuit and at the home, I prefer the thong underwear (https://www.mensunderwearfan.com/mens-thongs-g-strings) to take shower, never miss the chance to make a special moments with my partner.

[Mollyk]

I wear shower cap.

[Ethanroy011]

Well, I take the shower at the poolside in the open area I feel happy and refresh to expose what I have got and love to show off my underwear collection (https://www.mensunderwearfan.com/mens-underwear-styles) as well.

[James Anderson]

I love to take shower at open area, feel erotic and tempting hot in my speedos.