Okay, so is this how it is going to be for the rest of my life? Am I always going to smell like the pool? I shower, use shampoo, conditioner, soap down the body , use a body wash, cream up afterwards and a use good vanilla body spray. I STILL SMELL LIKE CHLORINE.
If anyone has some words of wisdom I would love to hear them.
Thanks
Katie
Yeah, it's almost certainly the pool, it's equipment and/or the way they maintain levels. I split my swimming between Northwestern and the local LA Fitness. NU's pool is terrific, chemically speaking (though my wife still comments on the chlorine smell I exude after practice). The health club pool was closed for about a month earlier this summer while they solved problems with their maintenance. One thing they did was install an automatic chlorinator (or brominator). Previously levels were manually maintained. While it's still more chlorine-y than NU's pool it's much better now than before.
If you can spare the time, a short run or a sit in a sauna would help sweat the chemicals out of your pores. (Maybe a hotter shower too? Just guessing.)
Skip Montanaro
Yeah, it's almost certainly the pool, it's equipment and/or the way they maintain levels. I split my swimming between Northwestern and the local LA Fitness. NU's pool is terrific, chemically speaking (though my wife still comments on the chlorine smell I exude after practice). The health club pool was closed for about a month earlier this summer while they solved problems with their maintenance. One thing they did was install an automatic chlorinator (or brominator). Previously levels were manually maintained. While it's still more chlorine-y than NU's pool it's much better now than before.
If you can spare the time, a short run or a sit in a sauna would help sweat the chemicals out of your pores. (Maybe a hotter shower too? Just guessing.)
Skip Montanaro
