Daily workout what is a girl to do?

[alaskanmama]

Okay help me out again, I have begun a workout reg. I am noticing that I may have to began washing my hair out daily.  I was thinking a conditioner rinse would be good enough. Does anyone else do this?  My hair is up in twist and I am not about to take them down everyday to rinse my hair out. Any suggestions?

[bubbles76]

I wish I could help you on that one.  When I was biking real heavy, I had to wash my hair afterwards, cuz I sweat like a horse.  But I always wear my hair loose.  With you living in Alaska too, I wouldn't really advise washing every day.  But I live in the South, so I can't really comment there.  I hope someone can help you out.  Some folks can get by with just conditioner rinsing, but that never worked for me.  A thorough washing with a mild shampoo did the trick, cuz I had to get all that salt out.  Otherwise, dry scalp and hair.

[jeamaria]

From everything I've heard you can just rinse sweat from your hair; no cleanser needed. I guess if you also use products that don't rinse out with water alone then that can make it a little harder to get the sweat out, but I definitely think a co-wash will be enough in most cases, unless you are really sweating a whole lot. I think as long as your hair doesn't start to feel rubbery (a sign it's getting too much moisture) then you should be OK rinsing it daily.

[jazzi]

It depends on how much you sweat.  I sweat like a pig when I'm working out, so I wash my hair as often as I exercise.

I sweat like a horse.   Some folks can get by with just conditioner rinsing, but that never worked for me.  A thorough washing with a mild shampoo did the trick, cuz I had to get all that salt out.  Otherwise, dry scalp and hair.

That's me!

[NATuralinCO]

It depends on how much you sweat.  I sweat like a pig when I'm working out, so I wash my hair as often as I exercise.
That's me!

Ditto.  I sweat so much in my scalp that if I don't at least rinse my hair I have dry, itchy scalp - but usually just a rinse isn't enough.  So I try HARD to wash/condish/style my hair on a day I have worked out, and push through a couple days of workout then co-wash on day 4.  I thought working out would've been made MUCH simpler w/natural hair but I'm still trying to figure it out.  My routine isn't perfected yet, but it's what I try to do.  And esp w/you living in Alaska, washing too often could be hard on your hair - I'm in Colorado so I know how that goes once our cold weather sets in on us.  Maybe a dry shampoo? I've never tried one but that might help.  If you discover a routine that works for you, please share it...going to the gym 3-4x/wk has proven a bit difficult in the hair department

[alaskanmama]

Well it is now in the minus category and washing or rinsing daily is out of the question. With my twist my hair is wet half of the day and I hate soppy hair. I am at a loss as to what I should do. other than chop it off and wait for summer. 

[krismuldrow]

I exercise everyday twice a day I SWEAT. My hair spends the next few hours pretty damp and if I'm totally spent, I'll do a conditioning wash but sometimes I miss a day and just do it the 2nd day partly because I have tons of hair and don't always feel like going through all of that. But I wear my loose so I don't know.

[Curlilocs]

I workout 4-5 days a week, sometimes 6 and I sweat like a man!!!  For the past year I've been doing a full wet/ co wash every other day and a full blown wash once per week (twice a week in summer).  On the days I don't do a full wet I just dampen my hair and add a little product in needy spots.  Of course like Bubbles, I live in the southeast where the winters aren't as harsh and I wear my hair down most of the time.