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Product Review: WIN Sports Detergent

If your athletic clothes come out of the wash and don't seem quite clean, it might be the type of detergent you're using. WIN detergent is specifically designed for athletic apparel.

Doug Dupont

Written by Doug Dupont Last updated on July 6, 2013

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Sometimes when you wash your athletic gear you’ll notice it doesn’t seem totally clean. It might still have a musty athletic smell to it. Personally, I’ve always wondered why this is so, and recently I got the chance not only to learn why, but also to resolve the issue effectively with WIN sports detergent.

What I learned from the folks at WIN was that the standard detergents you might use are hydrophilic. That means their chemical makeup is drawn to water. Cotton fabric is the same way, and so the detergent essentially goes straight to the fiber. Oils produced by our skin, on the other hand, are hydrophobic, so they are repelled by water. The phrase “like oil and water” is a metaphor for a reason: the two don’t mix. When the detergent and water hang out on the cotton fibers, they repel any oil that has built up over time.

The problem with this method of cleaning, chemically speaking, is that most athletic clothes are synthetic. Clothing manufacturers make the fibers synthetic for a variety of reasons, one of which is that the fibers remove moisture from the skin. The problem is, synthetic fibers, according to WIN, are hydrophobic just like oil. Because of this, the fibers themselves repel standard detergents and attract oils. This makes them hard to clean, and is the reason why the musty smell can stick around even after cleaning.

So WIN has come up with a solution. They have formulated their detergent specifically for athletic apparel. The detergent is designed to clean synthetic fibers with a lot of oil, which is exactly what Breaking Muscle readers might be looking for.

I tested the detergent and, sure enough, it works quite well. I’m not the sweatiest and oiliest dude, but this detergent definitely performed as well as or better than other products I’ve tried. If you’re like me, you also use regular shirts sometimes for runs and other workouts, and despite what WIN Detergent is designed for, it seemed to work just fine on my cotton clothes too.

If you haven’t noticed your clothes keeping their smell after washing, or use mostly natural fibers, this might not be for you. If you’re an avid exerciser and want to keep your synthetic athetic gear fresh and extend it’s lifespan, it’s time to give WIN Detergent a shot.

WIN Detergent is available for $19.90 for 2 bottles at WINDetergent.com.

Doug Dupont

About Doug Dupont

Having grown up at the foot of a forest covered mountain in rural Vermont, Doug was active from a very young age. Hiking, running, and climbing were a part of everyday life in the Green Mountains. This culture of exercise led to dabbling in martial arts as a teen, and also getting work in a local powerlifting focused gym. Doug continued to pursue knowledge and training in exercise, becoming a certified personal trainer while still a teenager. Once in college he began his hand at the business side of fitness, taking a management position at a large local gym. During that time he became a founding member of the UVM Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club, and was the first among their competition team. After only a few months he was assisting in coaching, and ran conditioning program for the club.

Out of college Doug set up his own training center. He grew his list of clientele including several professional MMA athletes, eventually going so far as to corner a world title fight. He has continued ­­­to develop his business into today.

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