embarrassing gym etiquette question

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  • gsunshine77
    gsunshine77 Posts: 1
    Good way to catch ringworm. Wipe down your equipment before and after
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    gshifrin wrote: »
    I wear gloves.


    It affects your grip.



    I workout at home and only wiped down my bench when I first started using it
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    BTW - thanks for asking!
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Please! It's disgusting to sit down at a machine that is still gunky from the previous user.
  • tchell99
    tchell99 Posts: 434 Member
    Yes, please - even if sweat remnants don't bother you, it really oogs out some other members and it only takes a minute.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    603reader wrote: »
    gshifrin wrote: »
    I wear gloves.


    It affects your grip.



    I workout at home and only wiped down my bench when I first started using it

    Not everyone's.
  • tahni
    tahni Posts: 45 Member
    I know you've got an ton of yes replies but here's a more scientific reason for why you should definitely wipe down the machines.

    You can transmit a variety of infections: staph, e.coli, strep etc from gym equipment.

    I'm not sure if mfp sensors links but if not here's a source for more info:
    http://www.mensfitness.com/training/pro-tips/7-grossest-gym-germs
  • tjcuts339
    tjcuts339 Posts: 188 Member
    threefancy35 wrote: »
    Yes, wipe it down.

  • tjcuts339
    tjcuts339 Posts: 188 Member
    Wipe down before you use. I watch some get off machines and not woe so I go proactive. Wipe first
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    I dunno. I mean, what could possibly go wrong if you use equipment covered in dozens, maybe hundreds of other peoples bodily fluids?
  • nicklippa
    nicklippa Posts: 31 Member
    while we are on this topic....men please do not clip you toe nails in the locker room!
  • sexymonicat
    sexymonicat Posts: 111
    everyone usually wipes down their machines with these napkins and hand sanitizer before their workout so its a waste to wipe it down after you use it. other stuff I can imagine can be wiped down if youre covered in sweat like this guy I seen whose sweat was all the way down to his belly. I thought of carrying a zipper baggie with cotton balls drenched in alcohol for stuff like that cause I don't like laying my neck on stuff I think sweaty betty was on.
  • saschka7
    saschka7 Posts: 577 Member
    Dear God--PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE wipe it down! Seriously. this is one of my biggest pet peeves. :s

    And as a personal observation, the women at the gym which I frequent almost always (I'd say 99% of them) wipe down equipment while the men just walk away and don't even bother. I have always been puzzled by this: do these men just not care about the gross factor?

    Not saying that this is true everywhere or making a sexist generality, just pointing out my own experience.
  • SMK683
    SMK683 Posts: 31 Member
    My gym requires it. Also, a friend and her husband caught MRSA 2 years ago and after questioning them, their doctor said they most likely caught it from their gym's equipment.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    edited January 2015
    Oh yes. You absolutely, positively must wipe down the equipment! Prevents the spread of infection.
  • scarrletti_girl
    scarrletti_girl Posts: 479 Member
    I didn't when i went to the gym. I saw others do it. But I didn't really sweat much and I don't mind germs, it helps build the immune system. Plus I mainly just used the treadmill or the glider thing.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    scarrletti_girl wrote: »
    I didn't when i went to the gym. I saw others do it. But I didn't really sweat much and I don't mind germs, it helps build the immune system. Plus I mainly just used the treadmill or the glider thing.

    You wouldn't mind catching a staph infection that has the potential to turn deadly?
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    edited January 2015
    Do you have evidence that gyms are a meaningful source of staph infections or that a wipe reduces the risk? I'm willing to wipe the equipment because some people find not doing so icky and rude. But I'm not buying in to the notion that this is a public health issue. I'm not Typhoid Mary

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