By Jc of The Pure Haven Bloom
Selecting to put on your hair in its pure state shouldn’t hinder you from exercising, the advantages of that are quite a few. This submit is for the train fans particularly in case your chosen exercise leads you to sweat. That is additionally a submit for normal swimmers or these eager to take up swimming.
Questions that many naturals ponder embrace how typically ought to hair be washed, how rapidly are you able to type your hair when it is advisable to go to work after train and naturally will sweat/chlorine harm hair.
Listed below are my recommendations on finest care to your hair earlier than, throughout and after train
1. Fashion selection
The very first thing to do earlier than exercising is to choose a method that may shield your hair. If you’ll swim or plan to clean your hair each time you train, it is sensible to pick a braided or twisted type. Braids are a protected wager for many hair sorts however twists are extra suited to hair the place common washing of the twist is not going to matt up the hair (from my private expertise, very kinky positive hair tends to not truthful effectively with common wetting of twists however does effectively with braids)
If you don’t want to braid or twist your hair, it’s nonetheless potential to train with free hair. Merely goal to maintain your hair up both by holding it up in a ponytail/bun, pinning it up or putting it into 1/2 giant cornrows/french braids. In case your hair shrinks closely when moist (over 100%), chances are you’ll wish to take into account not carrying it free until it’s quick as knotting and tangling is extremely prone to happen.
2. Put on a sweatband or a swim cap
Sweatbands are a tremendously underestimated train accent. They will simply absorb a lot of the sweat forming across the brow and forestall it from going into the hair. In case your bodily exercise is a dry land based mostly train, take into account shopping for and utilizing a sweatband.
For swimmers, a swim cap is not going to maintain your hair dry however it should tremendously restrict the quantity of water contacting your hair and secondly it should eradicate the friction between the water and your hair as you swim. Because of this, hair extensions will not be suited to common swimmers as it may be troublesome/unattainable to really match them underneath a swim cap.
3. Will washing your hair each day harm it?
There’s nothing fallacious with washing your hair each day after exercising or swimming. The factor to recollect is that such a excessive degree of frequency signifies that your hair is not going to be notably oily or soiled.  There are a number of choices to your wash routine
-If you don’t sweat closely or will not be swimming, you do not want to clean your hair. You’ll be able to decide to rinse it with water to take away sweat or if you’re utilizing a sweatband and the sweat is soaked up effectively sufficient, you shouldn’t have to clean in any respect.
-When you want to wash your hair,  choose a really gentle shampoo and comply with up with high quality conditioner to assist to guard the cuticle. With swimming, I’d suggest at all times utilizing a shampoo with each wash however with normal train, it’s not at all times obligatory to make use of a shampoo. You’ll be able to decide to interchange cowashing and shampoo washes.
4. Dry your hair gently
In case you are exercising each day, it is best to goal to fully eradicate warmth drying as a part of your routine. Excessive or common warmth use may cause extreme harm to hair which isn’t obvious initially. Choose as an alternative to make use of a easy absorbent cloth to dry your hair reminiscent of an outdated cotton t-shirt or microfiber towel. Conventional terry fabric towels will be fairly tough on hair compared. Purpose to softly squeeze or pat your hair dry quite than rub when drying.
5. Styling post-exercise
If you don’t use warmth to dry your hair, perhaps it is going to be damp ought to you’ve gotten chosen to clean or rinse it submit train. For these with free hair, a wash and go utilizing your common styling merchandise and permitting your hair to dry by itself over the following 1-2 hours is one possibility. Additionally it is potential to position hair into giant twists, pin them up after which reveal the twist out after 1-2 hours. For these with braids or twists, life is far simpler as you possibly can type them as regular (hanging down, pinned up, french braided and so forth).
For the overwhelming majority of naturals, it could be useful so as to add some oil to your hair after washing. A excessive frequency of wetting/washing hair results in removing of oil and the oil on the floor of hair helps to take care of moisture. Coconut oil specifically can be identified to guard hair from combing harm. Nonetheless some naturals favor heaving oils reminiscent of castor oil or shea butter for ‘sealing’.
Girls, how do you keep your hair whereas staying energetic?
