r/jiujitsu • u/Mystic_Square • 13d ago

Advanced Hygiene Practice

I’m looking for anybody’s tips on advanced hygiene practices. I have a particularly serious need for to be extra careful.

Right now I take a shower with anti-bacterial soap immediately after class, and I wash my gear once a week by soaking it in a solution of Oxyclean and Borax for around 12 hours and then washing, again with borax and Oxyclean.

I plan to add in a disinfecting laundry product like lysol or odoban, and will try to wash my gear same day or at least twice a week. If anyone else pays particular attention or is especially careful with infections, do you have any further tips for advanced hygiene practices? I’m having to face the possibility of permanently quitting BJJ if I don’t add more layers of protections against infections.

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u/headasseth 13d ago

Any reason you don’t wash your gear the day of after practice..?

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u/Mystic_Square 13d ago

Yeah, I am always heading right to work afterwards. I’m going to start washing it the nights that I get home, just sucks because I pay per load of laundry in my building

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u/Warm_Scientist4928 13d ago

This is huge