Workout Clothes Stink. Here’s How to Clean Them.

After a particularly challenging or sweaty workout, your favorite athletic wear might smell a little worse than usual. Odor developing on clothing—especially items made from synthetic fibers—is normal, but your routine laundry habits may not be enough to get especially stinky workout clothes smelling fresh again.

Since synthetic fibers typically found in activewear wick away moisture and odor from the body, the fabric surface tends to hold sweat and bacteria from skin, which can lead to more odor in general.

“A lot of the reason workout clothes smell bad is because of the . . .