Body Glide, Triathletes best friend

Shortly after I started training for my first triathlon a couple years ago, a good friend told me about Body Glide. I was complaining about some minor chafing issues and I was told this was the product I needed to try. Fast forward a couple of years and I have now done/competed in over 6 triathlons ranging from sprint distance all the way up to a Half Ironman. I won't ever race or train without it. I believe in it so much that when I went to my season ending Blue Water sprint triathlon and realized the evening before that I had forgotten my stick of Body Glide, I drove all over Port Huron Michigan looking for a sporting goods store that carried it. I ended up buying the last stick of it they had at a Dunham's store. It would have been ugly if they had been out.

The reason Body Glide works so well for me is it's wide variety of uses and ease of application. The product comes in "deodorant" like stick which makes application and storage a breeze. It is not messy to put on like Vaseline or many of the "whatever butter" products can be. Body Glide has never stained or ruined any of my expensive tech clothing. It retains its lubricating effect even through long hours in the saddle on training rides. During my Half Ironman race, I applied it generously in the normal "chafe sensitive" area (read that as inner thigh, saddle contact location, rear end, crotch or what ever your preferred term is haha). Then I applied it just as generously around where my shirt would rub on my shoulders, my nipples, and in my shoes where I know I have a tendency for blisters. 6 hours and a ton of sweat later, I was chafe free. I only had a couple of blisters on my feet from my cycling shoes, not my running shoes where I had used the product. In fact, had I not used it in my running shoes the blisters from my cycling shoes might have caused me to quit had they gotten worse on the run. I had been sweating profusely and dumping water over my head all day and Body Glide just kept on doing it's job. I can honestly say the when I am wearing Body Glide, I don't even think about rubbing or chafing issues. I have enough to think about while training or racing and I am thankful worrying about rubbing or chafing is not one of them.

In the interest of full disclosure, I was sent a couple of samples of Body Glide prior to this review. However, I was a committed customer well before I received the samples and I will continue to use it to literally save my rear end at every race.