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I've heard anecdotes that some athletes find they don't even need deodorant because they sweat so much during practice that it's nearly odorless.
by goda90 1y ago
I've heard anecdotes that some athletes find they don't even need deodorant because they sweat so much during practice that it's nearly odorless.
- lazide 1y agoDeodorant is also for when that sweat sits and things grow in it. If they get cleaned up after their workouts, then yeah they probably don’t need it so much when actually working out. Sitting in the cab/at home afterwards though will get a bit rank without it.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoAluminum-based antiperspirants, commonly called "deodorants" as a misnomer, do no such thing. Their purpose is to prevent sweating by sealing sweat gland pores. Many are dual action deodorant-antiperspirants but not that much of the former.
- lazide 1y agoThey have very strong antimicrobial action - the same aluminum salts are very strongly antimicrobial.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoMaybe only female athletes who exercise in hot weather who have adapted to excreting extremely low sodium levels and also happen to have (relatively) low testosterone levels. Dudes with normal T levels are almost always going to stink no matter what because microbiology.
- soco 1y agoI had a work mate who also said he wouldn't need to shower because he doesn't stink. Boy was he stinking, lucky for us he left very quickly. Since then I treat all the arguments "but I don't stink" with a solid grain of salt.