Sauna at the GYM

Some cultures have not let a new generation change what is natural throughout all of their history and culture as normal healthy male experiences that promote a healthy feeling about all of our bodies:

YouTube - Suomiu sauna

It is AWESOME! Full-body tingling, and you don't really even feel cold, like you think you would. Also, going back into the heat is another rush.

Yeah, the banyas (баня), where they beat the hell outta each other, whoops I meant "invigorate/stimulate" each other, with birch twigs. "It increases circulation." Yuh-huh, you Sadist.

Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, I'm the same after a massage.


OH, but back on topic, in the LA gyms where I've been in the saunas or steam rooms (single sex/non-coed), guys always wear towels, which they sometimes open, and RARELY, you'll see someone in trunks, or undies.

I've always worn a speedo in the sauna. After seeing nearly everyone on this thread recommending to go naked with a towel I guess I'm a weirdo for wearing some genre of pants into the sauna

Yes, wearing a speedo in a sauna is weird, but not as weird as your Pokemon underwear!

They were actually a joke gift from my bf because he knows I watch Pokemon and have an underwear fetish. He was shocked that they actually fit me. He was even more shocked when I wore them to an underwear party .

Getting back onto topic, is it considered unsanitary to be dressed in speedos yet not using a towel when sitting down? If so, I'll use a towel to sit on next time I'm in one.

I use LA Fitness as well and everyone I have been in has a 'must wear clothes' type sign...

that said, if I am coming from swimming, I drop my shorts off (to dry), wrap a towel around me and sit on that... and then depends on the others there...

I have also had a few experiences with low hanging balls hitting hot wood, so be careful...

Not uncommen for men to come in fully clothed to warm/limber up before a workout (esp in the cold winter months).

Have seen a few guys in clothes (long sleeves) working OUT in the sauna to 'lose more weight' (one guy was going into the armed services or something...

wear a tux with tails and a top hat

This is kinda very cute:

YouTube - Sauna- steam room - funny

i feel more comfortable wearing a towel when friends are present but if its a room of strangers, then i would definitely wear nothing (dont care what they might think of me)

This is kind of interesting, I bet you're not alone in feeling that way or doing that. Nudity in front of strangers seems to be easier and more freeing for some guys.

This is the precise opposite of what you see in Europe. The German spas I have been in, including all the hotel spas, have signs strictly forbidding any shorts/trunks/footwear etc in the saunas and steamrooms. It's "Go nude or go home". Many Europeans consider it thoroughly unhealthy to introduce anything other than a freshly washed nude body into the warm environment.
Cross-contamination is not tolerated.

My question here in the US is: what do you do with the towel after a sauna or steamroom use? At that point I consider the towel "used" and I certainly would not use it to dry off with. Yuck. So, is the solution to come into the "wet" area of the locker room with more than one towel? I have done this, and my clean towel(s) get ripped off quickly when I'm in the sauna or steamroom. Hell, I've lost more speedos and trunks that way than I can count, too.

The ideal solution, of course, is the high-end gym where they keep giving you an endless supply of clean, warm towels. But I work out at the Y.