Do you shower before or after going to the swimming pool? WHY?

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Answer 1

Both

I dont want to be swimming in your dirt and you dont want to be swimming in mine.

n chlorine thats in the pool isnt the best for your skin or your hair especially if your blonde.

Answer 2

After: Even if you do a bath, it takes a few washes ( 2 - 3 ) to really get off the chlorine.

Answer 3

after to get the chlorine out.

Answer 4

After, you never know who else peed in the pool.

Answer 5

Both - beforehand to wash all the grime from the day off my skin and other things like hairsprays/ gel/ fragrance, etc - it's required at the pool I use that that you shower first - and after to wash the chlorine out of my hair and off my skin.

Answer 6

Both I don't want to go in there all sweaty or whatever I want to go in clean, then after to get the pee off of me :D and the chlorine I can never tell the difference :-P

Answer 7

both

becuz its a safety hazard just in case ur dirty u can harm others so u rinse

nd after becuz u have clorene on ur body

Answer 8

i shower before and after. i shower before i get in because it helps keep my hair from soaking up the chlorine. and after to get the chlorine off of mee.

Answer 9

after because it gets all of the dirt off of me that was in the water.

Answer 10

BOTH

Answer 11

Before and after

Prior to conserve water from the pool clean and then to remove the body of our resisuos chlorine disinfectants to dehydrate and our skin

Very nice afternoon Pico Dreamer

Answer 12

after because if nobody else is going to shower before they get in then showering before wont make much difference the pool will still be dirty....i rather shower afterwards because that is when i am dirty

Answer 13

after, cause of chlorine and the peculiar things in the pool

Answer 14

before and after

before: to dont get the swimming pool dirty

after: you know, the chlorine

Answer 15

both

I'm on a swim team and I shower before to get all the stuff out of my hair (my swim cap helps with that), to get the lotion and stuff off of me, to get used to the water, and to stretch the suit/ make it more fitted

And I shower after to get the chlorine off my body and out of my hair

Answer 16

After, a nice warm shower after a hard swim is great

Answer 17

ur "supposed" to shower before it gets the dirt off so its keeps the pool semi clean  but afterwards u shower becase u want to get the chlorine off cause it dries out ur skin and smells bad