Roadrunner Zambia
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact Me
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact Me

Enlightenment

Ka Whiff! Body Odour & Fitness

6/17/2021

7 Comments

 
I made my way to the gym the other day and proceeded to take a shower 🚿🧼before my session. A friend of mine was puzzled😧 by this approach and asked why I bothered to shower before breaking a sweat . I explained my reluctance to strut around the gym with a ‘ka whiff’ 🌪👃🏾as the reason why I did what I did. This reluctance extends beyond a gym setting and I’m hoping to raise awareness on this issue to help others that may be unknowingly ‘disturbing the peace’ in whatever environment they find themselves in.

What determines body odor?
Your nutrition. The frequent ingestion of processed foods lends a very heavy hand on how you naturally smell. Additionally, those spicy foods and add-ons to food that give it flavor or an extra kick do more than just enhance taste; they influence your scent.

Your activity level. Are you a busy body? Motion generates sweat.

Your personal hygiene. Opt to bath once a day (or less for some) and you’re doing your personal hygiene levels a great disservice.

Your clothing choices👕the wrong material affects how you ultimately smell when paired with activity. Some material tends to trap sweat.

How can you improve your body odor?
Bath more
Your overall hygiene practice is a strong determinant of how you smell. Develop a better relationship with water🚿and soap🧼. Mu kazi samba please.

A little roll on doesn’t hurt
It’ll help manage the sweat situation and consequent smell from higher activity levels and basic motion by keeping you dry and fresh. Buy yourself antiperspirant roll on and USE IT.

Mind your nutrition
To make things simple - if it smells strong before you eat it’ll smell strong when you excrete it. Alcohol 🥃 and tobacco 🚬 also make strong contributions to how you smell. If you love a drink at night be sure to hydrate and sleep it off properly or run the risk of having your pores expel the happy juice you were consuming via sweat. Like to smoke? Have a pack of sugar free mint gum in your pocket, it goes a long way to masking the strong smell of tobacco.

Wear appropriate workout gear
This aspect is commonly overlooked and many active individuals tend to just grab whatever old clothing they don’t mind sweating in. Your clothing material choice has a significant impact on how you smell so listen up 👂🏿:
  • Cotton absorbs sweat, avoid it. It does not promote the quick drying of sweat. Persist with cotton and you’ll slow boil in your bodily ‘soup’ and likely offend those around you with your less than pleasant aroma.
  • Synthetic & other material in the form of polyester, nylon, latex, bamboo & spandex/Lycra are excellent material options for their sweat wicking abilities. You dry faster and repel odors this way. Be sure to check the tags of items you buy or choose to wear when you’re headed out for a fitness session.
If you have a deeper pocket invest in higher end products like Adidas Climacool, Adidas Climalite or Nike Dri-Fit workout clothing that have advanced moisture management technology.


People won’t tell you when your scent gets overwhelming so please don’t assume that you don’t smell; put measures in place that limit the possibility.
Picture
7 Comments
Given Majula
6/17/2021 10:52:43 am

Had no idea about workout gear and body odour 😃 Great Insights

Reply
Claudia
6/17/2021 11:46:23 am

And most people feel happy when the sweat is dripping to show how much they are working out. And yet the odour is terrible.

Body hygiene in general is very important. And people don't take it seriously. Imagine those who even wear a shirt twice.

They think perfume will make it go away.
For me once i smell sweat on an individual that's it.

I didn't know what i eat influences how i smell like.

Thank you for sharing.

I hope many get to read this. Koz aweh mweh ku nunka .



Reply
Christine Mwambazi
6/17/2021 11:51:11 pm

if it smells strong before you eat it’ll smell strong when you excrete it. LOL

Got it !! Also didn't know about work out gear. Good insight.

Reply
MARTHA MAMBWE
6/18/2021 11:56:25 am

Great insights indeed. Learning alot, thanks.

Reply
Tony
6/19/2021 08:12:09 am

Very informative! Thanks for sharing

Reply
TJ
6/22/2021 01:54:53 am

Great piece Nick. What are your thoughts on using natural deodorant vs antiperspirants?

Reply
Musanda
6/22/2021 10:52:28 pm

Mukazi samba 😂

Very informative indeed. Thanks for the tips.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Nicholas Majula

    ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer & Nutritionist

    Categories

    All
    Fitness
    Ichupo Chisuma
    Lifestyle
    Motivation & Psychology
    Nutrition
    Supplements

    Archives

    March 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020

      SUBSCRIBE TO MY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

    Subscribe to Newsletter
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Photos used under Creative Commons from Wilka, OLCR, SqueakyMarmot, ella.o, shixart1985, frank.shepherd, orlandofringe, Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel, wuestenigel, wuestenigel, MattysFlicks, Tobyotter, wuestenigel, Andrew Gustar, Artotem, wuestenigel, aqua.mech, homegets.com, wuestenigel, shixart1985, DVIDSHUB, wuestenigel, focusonmore.com, wuestenigel, quinn.anya, airdrie.m, htomari, denisbin, One Way Stock, shixart1985, The Nutrition Insider, planetlight, volkspider, wuestenigel, Ray in Manila, M McBey, Jodiepedia, Ivan Radic, middlekidd, The National Guard, twm1340, stoneysteiner, wuestenigel, focusonmore.com, wuestenigel, wuestenigel, mobilyazilar, wuestenigel