The 4 Germiest Places at the Gym

Got toenail fungus at our gym, 1200 dollars of insurance on pills, that did not work and now he tells me, to stop the pain, he would have to remove the infected nails. This stuff will grow spures, like hang nails, deep into the sides of the toes.He made a Dry Joke, That, if I died soon, it may not be nessary ,for the Operation. Ha Ha !

Ya. Let's all have a "eeeeeww-fest". Let's see who can appear to be the most grossed out by something that is with us everywhere and all the time. Get a life and stop sensationalizing something that is normal and mundane. Exposure to germs is normal and necessary if we are to have a healthy immune system. People working out often get sweaty. If you don't like sweat, then stay away from the gym. Stay in your artificial, clinically clean world and fear all those diseases that your body has not been allowed to prepare itself against. Sure there are risks you might catch something, but they are far less than the ever-increasing risk you won't be able to fend off a wide range of ailments. And if you over-protect your kids, they'll get sick a lot too.

Having owned health clubs I can tell you the most disgusting place in a gym is the whirlpool and the saunas (steam room).

We would drain the whirlpool often to clean it. Tampons, rubbers, panty liners, band aids , fake nails, toe nails, mice etc.

I would often wonder why people would "bathe" with perfect strangers.

The chemicals alone in the pools are enough to kill someone.

I wouldn't worry about the equipment. Just don't rub your eyes or put your hands near your mouth. Wash your hands before leaving and shower at home.

i sweat on everything. all the time. im probably the sole reason why gyms are so dirty. sorry.

Gross, Hab!!!!!! WTF are people thinking??? Tampons???? Disgusting!

GROSSSS!!!!!!

Everyone is so freaked out about germs. How are you ever going to have an immune system that can fight off infections if you're never exposed to germs? I work out a the gym all the time and I don't think twice about it.

That's one reason I will never eat out a woman. That has to be a germ infested area.

Habanero, that's awful!

I said this in another post, but you just need to use common sense. Gyms are packed with people who are sweating, there is no way for it to be sanitary. Just wash your hands in between cardio and weights, and shower at home. I have leather seats in my car, so I use clorox wipes to clean off the seat, steering wheel, and door when I get home, then throw my sweaty clothes into the washer and immediately hop into the shower.

As a long time member of gyms, no wonder I seldom get sick. Perhaps, my immune system has been kicked into over-drive with all the nasty critters I have been exposed to. I must admit that saunas have never appealed to me, with all that soft wood on which folks sweat, and the excreta from every orifice--nasty. But, tampons & rubbers in the hot tub! I think my wet suit, along with surgical gloves on both hands and feet will be my attire hence forth. My doctor prescribed it for my shot back. I wonder if he is liable should I get a dose of the clap or even worse?

It's true Rockin' girl........Yukkies huh?

Yuck! Exercise bike seats?!?!?!

Cant believe the number of people I see walking around the gym shower and locker room in BARE feet. Shower Shoes i.e. flip flops, should be mandatory for all who use these facilities.

Curios too, if there are any health standards by State or Federal Law, that require a minimum type of, and frequency thereof, of cleaning of locker/shower rooms in these publicly used facilities. I dont think I"ve ever seen the walls or lockers themselves wiped or sprayed off. Maybe Magic is happening after hours and we never see the great things being done to keep us all safe from germs and MSRA.

Probably NOT

Blech!! Yes ma'am. So gross.

I am totally grossed out every time I go to the gym!!
I clean before and after use and bring my own sanitizer to use it about... 100 times while im at the gym for 1.5 hour.

It's a good thing we are designed with germ resistant skin and immune systems, or we wouldn't be able to survive outside our "pristine" houses!

Umm, I don't intend to go licking the exercise bike, so I don't see the reason to get all freaked out about it. Let's hear it for that upper epidermal layer we all have! Common sense people! Just wash your hands frequently! And if you're doing something to get the germs from the exercise bike seat INTO your body, you probably deserve to get sick!!!

If I leave a sweat mark (rarely do though), I wipe it. If I see a sweat mark, I avoid it. I never shower or go in pools or saunas at the gym. Yuck! I wash hands with soap and hot water when I get home. I would do that at the gym but I try to limit seeing another naked man to less than once a week!

What would you leave after lovemaking in the whirlpool or the swimming pool, although not very common? I think the world outside the gyms is equally polluted and as much risky? Don't go out?

I am sitting here right now sick as hell because of the wonderful germy gym. I sanitize so much my hands get dry and cracked and I kill about a tree a day with the paper towels I use to wipe the equipment but yet, still got sick. Cant kill the germs around in the air I guess. I need to just put myself in a big plastic bubble and roll on the treadmill. Or carry around spray lysol for the air.