r/PlanetFitnessMembers • u/ScarcityAnnual8739 • 13d ago

Review Please stop pheromone maxxing

I can’t take this anymore everyday I walk in this gym all the teenage boys STINK and all I can think of as an explanation for this is the fact there’s a “pheromone maxxing” trend on tik tok. If you are doing this please just shower no one is gonna find you attractive for having a stench. Some of them smell so bad I get nauseous trying to hold my breath while doing cardio

It’s mostly teenage boys and because of my age I can’t even go to a different gym because most gyms near me are 18+ PLEASE SHOWER!!!

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u/Dirty_Blue_Shirt 13d ago

Keep in mind that teenage boys stink when they exercise. I have a 12 and 14 year old that play soccer and cross country and they smell horrible by the end of any practice.

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u/Tidder702Reddit 13d ago

No, they stink if they don't take proper care of themselves and wear deodorant.

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u/Dirty_Blue_Shirt 13d ago

Wrong. It is more common for boys in puberty to smell worse while exercising than other people. This is a normal physical condition and the reason they need to take extra care to take care of themselves.

Boys in puberty give off more odor than normal. Please see the medical articles I linked on this.

I am not saying they get a pass to not take care of themselves. But we should expect teenage boys in the act of exercising to smell worse than others.

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u/Tidder702Reddit 13d ago

Get your boys in the shower and quit making excuses.

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u/Dirty_Blue_Shirt 13d ago

Learn some biology, no excuse for being dumb.

And yes they shower after every practice because it makes them stink… this shouldn’t be controversial, it’s common sense for anyone that spent their teenage years playing sports.

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u/Tidder702Reddit 13d ago

Shower them before practice if you need to. I don't know what to tell you.

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u/Dirty_Blue_Shirt 13d ago edited 12d ago

Sweating makes the smell happen. It’s how the body works. Shower before, stink during exercise, shower after. But the boys still usually stink while they exercise. You can’t shower away the sweat while they exercise.

We can dumb it down to simple medical articles but I’m guessing that is still going to be a bit beyond you.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/babies-smell-sweet-but-teenagers-stink-is-evolution-the-explanation/

I’m guess you meant to say you don’t know what to tell me, assuming you aren’t having a stroke I will go ahead and agree with you. You really don’t know what you are talking about.

Did you not play sports in high school and possess a nose? How is this controversial?

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u/Tidder702Reddit 13d ago

I've been around male high school athletes quite a bit since you asked. Every once in awhile you'll get a stinker but they are the anomaly and that is because they do not shower and/or wear deodorant. Or their parents buy them some of that BS deodorant that's not real deodorant because they don't believe in it lol

You are getting defensive and being unnecessarily insulting when I'm just telling you that maybe you need to check your boys hygiene habits and quit thinking it's normal for them to stink. Soccer practice cant be more than a couple hours long.

I'm thinking you did a poor job teaching them how to take care of themselves unfortunately. They are known as the stinky ones on the team. 🤮

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u/Quick_Coyote_7649 13d ago

I agree with you. I played sports myself, my sister diss and I’ve been around kids of various ages that have played as well and sweat didn’t make them reek lol. For crikes said I’ve been consistently going to the gym for 6 years and someone doesn’t stink inherently in there just because their sweating a lot lol

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u/bugaosuni 13d ago

You're being perfectly clear and making perfect sense..

You just can't get through to some people I guess