Netizen Xiao Zhao (pseudonym) feels that the soles of his feet are very itchy these days, so he keeps scratching. After a few days of scratching with my hands, I found that the soles of my feet had been scratched.
So Xiao Zhao went to a nearby pharmacy to buy medicine, and just after showing the pharmacy staff the condition on his feet, he was told that he had tinea corporis, and asked Xiao Zhao what people he had been in contact with recently.
After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Zhao knew how he got tinea pedis.
It turned out that when I was taking a shower in the gym, I often took a barefoot bath in the bathroom, and there were people with this condition in the gym.
And Xiao Zhao's painful experience can be regarded as a wake-up call for us, how dirty is the gym now? The real situation is too terrifying, and my back is a little chilly after watching netizens share it!
1. The "dirty" of the gym
Nowadays, more and more people have increasing requirements for their body, so major gyms have become a good place for them to improve their figure. It is precisely because of the large number of customers in the gym that the gym has become a not very hygienic place. According to netizens, these two places are the dirtiest.
1. Fitness equipment
The most in a gym is the fitness equipment, and these fitness equipment are all shared, which is prone to some hygiene problems.
For those fitness equipment that requires hand participation, such as dumbbells, bench presses, and rowing machines, they are the hardest hit areas, and they are the most serious bacterial concentration areas in the gym.
Most fitness friends will sweat during the fitness process, and hands are the easiest to sweat and the easiest to ignore. When exercisers use the equipment with sweaty hands, bacteria are transferred to the equipment through sweat, resulting in bacteria remaining on the equipment even after the sweat dissipates.
Some people will say, I don't use these anaerobic equipment, I only do cardio, I just use the treadmill.
In fact, this idea is also wrong, because running on the treadmill is a sweaty exercise, and sweat will be thrown to various places on the treadmill along with the running process, causing you to be affected by bacteria as long as you use the treadmill.
2. Public bathing rooms
For gyms, having a bathroom room is a necessary factor for them to be able to attract guests.
Generally, the bathroom opened by the gym is public, and everyone is in a room, find a faucet and start bathing, which is also an important factor in the "unclean" gym.
Some people go to the gym to exercise, they don't bring their own slippers, they take a bath in the bathroom barefoot, such as the case of Xiao Zhao we mentioned above.
If the person you are bathing with has some skin diseases, or even if the person who has bathed before, it will spread through the water stains left on the floor, causing you to contract these skin diseases yourself.
2. How to prevent unhygienic gyms
The unhygienic problems of the gym we mentioned above will make many people feel panicked, and they will feel that they can't go to the gym?
You need to put more effort into the choice of a gym, if a gym will be disinfected frequently, these bacteria, fungal transmission and other problems can also be easily solved.
Therefore, when you choose a gym, you can ask more questions to see if the gym is often disinfected.
For many people, even if the gym has been disinfected, there will be some worries, so it is necessary to bring your own disinfectant.
Before using all kinds of equipment, spray the area where your hands will touch with disinfectant, so that you can use it more confidently. It can also set an example for others to pay attention to hygiene when working out.
During the fitness process, there are also some personal items to prevent the infection of infectious diseases.
For example, when using equipment, you can wear a pair of waterproof gloves, which can effectively prevent bacteria and fungi on the equipment, and can also make some people with cleanliness addicted to accept.
In addition, masks are also an effective protective measure, which can reduce the problem of illnesses such as colds when you work out in a crowded gym.
Then when taking a bath, bring a pair of slippers, preferably with slippers that are relatively high, not easy to let your feet get on the floor water, which can effectively prevent some diseases such as bathing.
And after taking a shower, it is best to wash your hands with soap more, after all, the faucet is also shared by everyone, so as to ensure that the probability of being affected by bacteria is minimized.
summary
In general, the gym is not your own home, it is a public place, so it is difficult to guarantee that it is absolutely clean. But we can prevent ourselves from being affected in this public place by making some preparations of our own.
Nowadays, people's fitness needs are getting higher and higher, and the gym has become a must-visit venue for many people. It is precisely for this reason that we should pay more attention to protecting ourselves, after all, the premise of having a good body is to have a good body.