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Guys Who Walk Around the Locker Room Naked — Confidence or Insanity?
Posted by OP_Locker · 4d ago · ▲ 867
Every gym has two types of guys in the locker room. This is universal. This transcends culture, age, and fitness level.
Type A: The Towel Engineer. Wraps the towel around his waist before removing his shorts. Changes underneath the towel like a magic trick. Faces the locker. Has mastered the art of being technically naked while showing absolutely nothing. Would rather be late to work than be exposed for one second.
Type B: The Air Dryer. Walks from the shower to his locker with zero coverage. Stands there. Opens his locker. Checks his phone. Has a conversation. Makes eye contact with strangers. Applies lotion. Blow-dries his hair. All completely naked. Time is not a factor. Shame is not a concept. The locker room is his living room.
I'm a Type A. Always have been. Not because I'm insecure about my body — I'm in decent shape. It's just... I don't need to share that information with the 60-year-old guy who's blow-drying his entire body 3 feet away from me.
But I have a grudging respect for the Type B guys. They've unlocked something I haven't. A level of comfort in their own skin that I genuinely admire from a distance. A significant distance, ideally.
Which type are you and what made you that way?
Comments
proudTypeB
air dryer
4d ago
▲ 567
Type B reporting in. I spent my whole teens being self-conscious. One day in my mid-20s I just decided I was done caring. The locker room is for changing. Everyone there has a body. None of it is surprising. I freed myself and I'm never going back.
OP_Locker
4d ago
▲ 345
I respect the journey. I'm just not on it yet and may never be.
typeA_elite
towel engineer
4d ago
▲ 456
The towel engineering is an ART and I won't have it disrespected. I can go from fully clothed to fully showered to fully re-clothed without exposing anything at any point. It requires planning, timing, and spatial awareness. Type B guys will never understand the skill involved.
proudTypeB
3d ago
▲ 312
You're expending so much energy on this. Come to the other side. It's peaceful here.
typeA_elite
3d ago
▲ 289
I will die under this towel.
gym_staff
employee
3d ago
▲ 234
I work at a gym. It's always the older guys who are Type B. Something happens around age 50 where the switch just flips. I've watched men go from towel-wrapping to full air-dry mode over the course of a couple years. It's like watching a butterfly emerge.
OP_Locker
3d ago
▲ 198
"Like watching a butterfly emerge" is both poetic and disturbing.
former_athlete
regular
2d ago
▲ 178
Playing team sports made me Type B by force. When you're changing with 30 guys in a room the size of a closet, towel engineering is physically impossible. You just get over it. It's not confidence — it's exposure therapy.
cultural_note
regular
2d ago
▲ 145
In a lot of European and Asian countries this isn't even a conversation. Saunas are naked. Bath houses are naked. Changing rooms are naked. The American discomfort with casual nudity is a cultural thing, not a universal one.
proudTypeB
2d ago
▲ 167
This is why I want to visit a Finnish sauna. My people are there.