You’ve seen those spray bottles next to the equipment at your gym, right? Well, if you think that it is only to clean the sweat off of the equipment, before or after you use it, you’re only half right.
There is a strain of staph bacteria that has become drug resistant and it could quite possibly be lurking at your favorite gym; on the equipment, in the shower stalls, and even on the water fountain.
Don’t let this be an excuse to stop going to the gym though because by just using a few common sense actions, you can greatly reduce your chances of picking up this little bug.
1. Wash your hands before and after working out.
2. Spray the equipment before and after use…at the very least, before you use it, but common courtesy allows for both.
3. Wear flip-flops in the shower no matter how clean it looks…and please write us if you have a gym that provides sparkling clean showers. We have yet to come across one.
4. Sit on a clean towel in the locker room and always use clean towels to dry off.
See, just a few easy steps to take to help keep you healthy. If you’d like to read more stories about this malicious new staph strain, follow the links below.
Gym Germs Can Make You Sick
Americans hit the gym in search of bigger arms, massive chests and smaller waists, but many don’t know that gyms are hotbeds for germs. ABC News conducted a test to find out just how many germs people could encounter when working out. Dr. Philip Tierno, a microbiologist…
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Why Your Gym May Be Making You Sick
You do your best to stay healthy. You eat right and try to work out at a gym as often as possible. You join a health club to shed some pounds and to detox. But what if the very place where you try to get healthy is making you sick?
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Drug-Resistant Staph Infection Spreads to Gyms, Day Care
A potentially lethal strain of staph infection was once a worry mainly in hospitals. But MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is becoming increasingly common in gyms, day care centers, prisons, and other venues where people are in close contact and hygiene is often lacking.
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Is Your Health Club Unhealthy?
It’s the New Year’s rush at health clubs all over the country. Every January, in some gyms, there are twice as many people working out as usual. There are a lot of people looking to get fit. But they could also get something they don’t want — germs.
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Gym Germs
An exclusive undercover report. Ever wonder what that really sweaty person at the gym leaves behind on the equipment before it’s your turn to get on? Ana Garcia put some gyms to the test, and the results are not pretty.
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