Gym Equipment Hygiene OMG!

[FeverishFlux]

How do you cope with the hygene of the equipment? Isee ppl do some seriously scary things before they grab a bar and between sets.
The single biggest reason for this post is that I watched some clown resting on the barbell bench pick a scab on his arm between sets yesterday. It bviously was bleeding because he kept dabbing it with his shirt, then continued with his next set - never wiping or cleaning his hands.
I see ppl pick their nose, pop and pick zits. Rub their hands all over, sneeze, cough up oysters and basically do some pretty nasty things and smear it all over the equipment.
How do you deal with it? I usually grab a clean dry towel between equipment changes. I wipe the equipment with a rag and the spray available.
How do you deal with the boogers ppl put on the equipment?

 

[HSBulker]

you work out in a nasty ass gym bro! nobody does that where i train, they know if they got caught it would be time to leave..permanently.


or maybe their just very secretive about it lol

 

[ironserenity]

Unfortunately, that kind of hygiene problem is everywhere it's just often overlooked. I overlooked it myself until I ended up on high dose of antibiotics for multiple staph infections from my gym. Now I wipe everything before and after use. With all these antibiotic resistant bacteria out there, one really has to be careful.

 

[brickhouse]

How do you cope with the hygene of the equipment? Isee ppl do some seriously scary things before they grab a bar and between sets.
The single biggest reason for this post is that I watched some clown resting on the barbell bench pick a scab on his arm between sets yesterday. It bviously was bleeding because he kept dabbing it with his shirt, then continued with his next set - never wiping or cleaning his hands.
I see ppl pick their nose, pop and pick zits. Rub their hands all over, sneeze, cough up oysters and basically do some pretty nasty things and smear it all over the equipment.
How do you deal with it? I usually grab a clean dry towel between equipment changes. I wipe the equipment with a rag and the spray available.
How do you deal with the boogers ppl put on the equipment?

If I ever saw someone picking their nose and wiping it on the equipment, I'd break their finger

 

[Thor]

AGREED

you work out in a nasty ass gym bro! nobody does that where i train, they know if they got caught it would be time to leave..permanently.


or maybe their just very secretive about it lol

I am glad I am not a member there . I know a guy who went to the gym his first time ever (not my gym, it was a Bally's and I told him NOT to join there) and caught MRSA (strong staph infection) because he didn't wash his hands before he left. I THOROUGHLY wash my hands before I leave and then when I get in my truck I use that alcohol based hand sanitizer.

 

[Dr.S]

I used to get colds and flu all the time from the gym....here's my routine now- I wear long pants/long shirt (although that started mainly to keep joints warm), I NEVER touch my eyes, nose, or ears while at the gym. When I'm done I thoroughly wash my hands (front, back, fingernail area); right next to the exit is a alcohol hand wipe dispenser-- I slather that on and use my hip or gym bag strap to open the door.

If your gym doesn't have alcohol hand gel, keep a bottle in your car. This may seem a bit anal to some, but considering how much it's helped me cut down on being ill it's worth it......

 

[Dr.S]

PS--- Thor's avatar is awesome

 

[Thor]

THANKS DR S !

PS--- Thor's avatar is awesome

yea I thought after being here for almost 5 years it was about time I got one

 

[ironone1]

I watched this minority guy stand in front of the mirror and pop a zit-no bullshit. I felt like smacking the idiot. The other thing I hate is the people that don't wipe the equipment down after their done when the gym provides spray and towels to wipe it off. It is just pure laziness. The other thing I hate is these guys that do their workout ass backwards and do an hour of cardio first with a sweatshirt on that is soaked, and then go do their weights and lay on the equipment all sweated up. I can't stand these morons.