How Often Should You Wash A Jockstrap?

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Guys who wear crusty jocks end up with crotch critters. Wash your jock with each wearing. The heat from the dryer does the most harm to your strap so hang it up to air-dry. A door knob works good for this.
 

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There is no set rule. My feeling is that you should wash it out after every use and don't worry about it wearing out. It may wear out faster if you don't wash it.
Yeah, I need to buy a few more pairs for convenience sake. Thanks for the reply.
 

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Guys who wear crusty jocks end up with crotch critters. Wash your jock with each wearing. The heat from the dryer does the most harm to your strap so hang it up to air-dry. A door knob works good for this.
Seconding the hang dry method. I have knobs on my bathroom cabinets that almost always have some workout gear drying on them. LOL
 
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I keep mine going for months in between washing and have never had any crotch “critters”....... may be a personal body chemistry issue for some. I let the sun sterilize them and do alternate wearing them so that down time may help.
 

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The absolute worst thing you can do is just take it off and leave it in your gym back while it's all sweaty. If you aren't going to wash it, you should at least make sure it's drying out. Wet jocks in dark bags will increase your chance of jock itch by a lot.

Of course if you're really into dirty, stinky jocks feel free to ignore all of this, just not my thing. LOL
 

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Back in the day a jock was hung to dry in your locker after daily use when you were on a sports team and washed once a week. I would say you would need to wash at least that often if you take it out of your gym bag and let it dry at home daily between uses.
 

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I suppose that's why some showered for awhile with their jock on was to wash it..... never occurred to me. I thought it was out of modesty.

I do this sometimes, I don't think I would repeat to much before I put it in the machine. I should have mentioned this yesterday. No matter what, make sure that it is hanging so that it can dry between uses.
 
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I suppose that's why some showered for awhile with their jock on was to wash it..... never occurred to me. I thought it was out of modesty.
In all my years in the locker room I have not see anyone showering in their jock, however I have not been in a locker room for some time. When I said that jocks were hung in the locker to dry, I was only talking about sweat wetness in the jock after workout or training. When I hear of someone showering in a jock or underwear I always think it is for modesty on the part of the person doing so.
 

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I wash mine mostly after every use, unless I'm going to exercise a second time later that same day and then sometimes I'll rewear a jock. Otherwise, I'm washing it on cold and air drying each time. You should see my drying rack full of jocks hanging on it - that's when I know I've been hitting the gym good lately!
 
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Noo, in the porn movie Jock-a-holics he says one "do not wash your jockstrap, it means bad luck" I hope it will be a thing again. That we trick athletic guys into never washing them but buying new ones every month. Imagine how many there had been sniffing and stealing then!
 

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The more you wash any clothing the faster it will wear out. I think the important thing is to let them air dry and not put them in the dryer. Dryers will destroy any elastic in the jock. If you want to keep your jockstraps nice, you should just wash as needed or buy a ton of them and put them on a rotation. All guys need a drawer full of jocks, right?

Most other clothes I don't like to rewear and socks I always have to put on a fresh pair no matter how long I was wearing the ones I just took off. I may be weird, but wearing the same jock several times without washing them doesn't bother me. They never seem to feel dirty to me. They just get a stronger male smell to them.
 
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The more you wash any clothing the faster it will wear out. I think the important thing is to let them air dry and not put them in the dryer. Dryers will destroy any elastic in the jock. If you want to keep your jockstraps nice, you should just wash as needed or buy a ton of them and put them on a rotation. All guys need a drawer full of jocks, right?

Most other clothes I don't like to rewear and socks I always have to put on a fresh pair no matter how long I was wearing the ones I just took off. I may be weird, but wearing the same jock several times without washing them doesn't bother me. They never seem to feel dirty to me. They just get a stronger male smell to them.

My kind of fella - “drawer full of jocks” I have 25-30 regular wear straps in various levels of cleanliness/manliness......it’s called a fetish ;)
 
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I hang mine outside to air and dry after a training. Only wash them after sundays rugby. I buy new jocks when they get snatched from they lockerroom when i hit the showers.
 
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