Gyms are supposed to make you fit and healthier, but if you are not careful, you could soon acquire an infection. Gyms are breeding grounds for fungi, bacteria, protozoa and other viruses that thrive in warm, moist places, such as hot tubs, shower stalls, pools, sweaty clothes and shared gym equipment or towels.
Reduce your risk of infections with the following safety tips:
1. Make sure that all equipment is clean and dry and the staff provides bactericidal spray to clean the equipment. Wipe the machines with these disinfectant sprays before and after use.
2. Wipe weights before and after use.
3. Make sure that the air is properly ventilated in your gym.
4. Keep your hands clean at all times. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap before and after exercise.
5. Keep your hands away from your eyes, nose, ears, and mouth after touching weights and machine hand rais, until you wash with soap.
6. Take 3 towels with you. Place one on machines and benches before you sit down to protect yourself from fungi, that can cause jock itch. Use the second one to wipe away your sweat and the third for covering the gym mat (if you don’t have your own mat).
7. Do not share personal items such as towels, flipflops etc.
8. Always wear flip-flops (sandals) because fungi and bacteria thrive in damp shower stalls and can cause athlete’s foot, staph and painful plantar warts. Never go barefoot in the locker room, shower or sauna.
9. Use your own mat or cover the one with a clean towel. Otherwise, you can get contact dermatotis, a bothersome allergic reaction.
10. Change your sweaty shorts as soon as possible. You can develop a yeast or bacterial infection by leaving them on. If you have any work post-exercise and can’t shower right away, change into dry underwear and shorts, then wash up and dry thoroughly at the first opportunity.
11. Sit on a clean towel in the sauna to avoid contact with the seat. Use a towel to sit in the locker room too.
12. Bandage any part of your skin that has cuts or abrasions before workout.
13. Wash and dry your feet thoroughly after a workout.
14. If you wear socks, use synthetic ones.
15.Use antifungal powder in your shoes.
16. Change your socks often, as sweaty socks are breeding grounds for fungi.
17. Change out of your gym shoes after exercising and wash them in hot water.
18. Avoid exercising at the gym when you are sick. Also avoid working out near people who are suffering from cold, flu or any other infection.
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