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I’m hitting up the Fredericksburg VA YMCA for a workout, sauna and Steam (and of course communal shower) on Thursday.

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Longtime lurker here who finally got the courage to post lol.

I just went to the YMCA in downtown Asheville. After a nice sauna and steam room, I hit the showers. You can definitely tell at one time they were communal showers. They had really low shower dividers. I'm 6'1" and I could see over the top of the dividers at everyone showering.

As I was walking in to the shower area, there was a gentleman who appeared to be in his 50s who was showering with the curtain wide open. He looked at me and seemed to "want to be seen" if that makes sense. It wasn't weird or creepy tho.

The locker room had a ton of guys just letting it all hang out and changing. It reminded me of how locker rooms used to be back in the day. Not weird or sexual, just not inhibited or overly private.

The Sauna and steam room were nice. I went in just a towel but almost everyone else had underwear, speedos, or workout gear. I just don't like doing that.

Overall it was way better than I expected.