Personal hygiene in the Gym

v638sg7k1a92bx · 31-01-2020 10:41PM #1

Seriously, I don't know what it is but there are a large minority of men in this country who have need a serious sit down and have someone explain to them the basics of personal hygiene but there is a cohort of men who go to the gym who are over stepping the line.

I'm talking about fellas pulling stinky nasty ass wet towels out of their gym bag and drying themselves after they ran around the shower for 5 seconds. I would love for one of this people to comment on here as to why they think it's acceptable and why they don't think they need to wash their towel and dry themselves with a wet towel that has been in their bag for two days.

Without making generalisation, and before everyone gets their knickers in a twist and I know not all cases and #notallmen etc etc etc but this appears to more prevalent with men from outside the pale. I'm sorry but country lads are rough when it comes to personal hygiene and personal grooming. It's the same attitude with country people about turning on the heating, turn off the immersion, not refilling the oil in the rental apartment. What's the deal with that?

Salary Negotiator · 31-01-2020 10:44PM

La de da de da Mr. I Shower at the Gym.

31-01-2020 10:46PM

Perhaps they are just jumping in the shower to cool off after their workout and will have a proper shower at home?

mloc123 · 31-01-2020 10:47PM

Oil in an apartment... You were doing so well till that. 2/10 for effort

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 31-01-2020 10:47PM

Here's an idea. Why not politely ask one of them next time you see this in the gym. It needn't be confrontational; just start with "If you don't mind me asking, and purely out of curiosity, why do you...."

Leg End Reject · 31-01-2020 10:51PM

Perhaps stop ogling men and sniffing their ass towels in the changing room? Their habits will be less upsetting then.

Better Than Christ · 31-01-2020 10:52PM

Elena Beautiful Underclass wrote: »

It needn't be confrontational; just start with "If you don't mind me asking, and purely out of curiosity, why do you...."

"... stink. Why do you stink?"

suicide_circus · 31-01-2020 10:52PM

try going to the gym in jeans

corner of hells · 31-01-2020 10:52PM

Drew Alive Archive wrote: »

Seriously, I don't know what it is but there are a large minority of men in this country who have need a serious sit down and have someone explain to them the basics of personal hygiene but there is a cohort of men who go to the gym who are over stepping the line.

I'm talking about fellas pulling stinky nasty ass wet towels out of their gym bag and drying themselves after they ran around the shower for 5 seconds. I would love for one of this people to comment on here as to why they think it's acceptable and why they don't think they need to wash their towel and dry themselves with a wet towel that has been in their bag for two days.

Without making generalisation, and before everyone gets their knickers in a twist and I know not all cases and #notallmen etc etc etc but this appears to more prevalent with men from outside the pale. I'm sorry but country lads are rough when it comes to personal hygiene and personal grooming. It's the same attitude with country people about turning on the heating, turn off the immersion, not refilling the oil in the rental apartment. What's the deal with that?

What type of knickers do you wear Drew Alive Archive ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 31-01-2020 10:55PM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

"... stink. Why do you stink?"

That kind of thing, yes. With a pleasant tone and a smile. The OP would soon get their answer.

Rufeo · 31-01-2020 10:57PM

I run on the roads. A gym is too laden with perspiration and it makes it difficult to breathe.

A swimming pool is fine though.

But, seriously, who in their right mind would be looking at other people's muff lol.

ILoveYourVibes · 31-01-2020 10:59PM

Its actually a huge public health issue.

Its not just that people sweat there its just its unusual for a place to get so many different bodies touching the same surface area for so long and in such intimate places.

Yoga mats for instance. If you don't bring your own they are full of bacteria usually going back years.

Also some gyms are rubbish at public sanitation.

My advice is bring a sanitizer spray and spray down the equipment you use and wipe it with a baby wipe. Then dry with a clean towel. If you ask at reception they might have a spray they can give you. Do the same thing after using it.

Always wash your hands before a workout or touching things. But also if you can't wash your hands use a sanitizer.

Shower soon if you can. Protect your feet as if you were in a swimming pool. Be aware if you have broken skin or a rash ..cover it and don't let it touch surfaces.

Don't share towels etc. Dont share bottles or make up or brushes. Women often use the bathroom in a gym to do make up ...make up is usually full of bacteria ...so ladies wipe it (the counter top) down after.

I want to convince gyms in Ireland to provide sanitizers for all pieces of equipment to encourage people to use them.

Also look at the gym itself ....gym staff are notoriously lax on cleaning ....look around does it look clean and tidy? do you see people cleaning regularly?

Also this is very important when you wash your gym clothes ....do a hot wash ...if its under 60 degrees it doesn't kill all bacteria. And use a specialized washing liquid ....low acid ones cut through the oil to release bacteria and have something in the liquid to kill bacteria.

If you put your gym clothes on a LOW wash with just normal laundry detergent ...its not killing bacteria and its not going to break up the oil from your body to realize the bacteria at all ...so ew.

ILoveYourVibes · 31-01-2020 11:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Perhaps they are just jumping in the shower to cool off after their workout and will have a proper shower at home?

Showers in gyms are filthy tbh.

Cleaner to do it at home. People go into gym showers with cuts with no bandage on them.

By the way people get skin infections from gyms all the time ..and every cold going. No 1 place to get them maybe apart from hospitals. So i don't why everyone is slagging the op tbh. He has a point. Gyms are filthy.

micar · 31-01-2020 11:04PM

I'm more concerned with the guys who leave the toilet seat rim down, pi$$ all around it and couldn't be bother to wipe it down or flushing.

Rufeo · 31-01-2020 11:05PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its actually a huge public health issue.

Its not just that people sweat there its just its unusual for a place to get so many different bodies touching the same surface area for so long and in such intimate places.

Yoga mats for instance. If you don't bring your own they are full of bacteria usually going back years.

Also some gyms are rubbish at public sanitation.

My advice is bring a sanitizer spray and spray down the equipment you use and wipe it with a baby wipe. Then dry with a clean towel. If you ask at reception they might have a spray they can give you. Do the same thing after using it.

Always wash your hands before a workout or touching things. But also if you can't wash your hands use a sanitizer.

Shower soon if you can. Protect your feet as if you were in a swimming pool. Be aware if you have broken skin or a rash ..cover it and don't let it touch surfaces.

Don't share towels etc. Dont share bottles or make up or brushes. Women often use the bathroom in a gym to do make up ...make up is usually full of bacteria ...so ladies wipe it (the counter top) down after.

I want to convince gyms in Ireland to provide sanitizers for all pieces of equipment to encourage people to use them.

Also look at the gym itself ....gym staff are notoriously lax on cleaning ....look around does it look clean and tidy? do you see people cleaning regularly?

Also this is very important when you wash your gym clothes ....do a hot wash ...if its under 60 degrees it doesn't kill all bacteria. And use a specialized washing liquid ....low acid ones cut through the oil to release bacteria and have something in the liquid to kill bacteria.

If you put your gym clothes on a LOW wash with just normal laundry detergent ...its not killing bacteria and its not going to break up the oil from your body to realize the bacteria at all ...so ew.

Good lord. How often do you get sick?

ILoveYourVibes · 31-01-2020 11:06PM

Rufeo wrote: »

Good lord. How often do you get sick?

Haven't been sick in years.

corner of hells · 31-01-2020 11:13PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its actually a huge public health issue.

Its not just that people sweat there its just its unusual for a place to get so many different bodies touching the same surface area for so long and in such intimate places.

Yoga mats for instance. If you don't bring your own they are full of bacteria usually going back years.

Also some gyms are rubbish at public sanitation.

My advice is bring a sanitizer spray and spray down the equipment you use and wipe it with a baby wipe. Then dry with a clean towel. If you ask at reception they might have a spray they can give you. Do the same thing after using it.

Always wash your hands before a workout or touching things. But also if you can't wash your hands use a sanitizer.

Shower soon if you can. Protect your feet as if you were in a swimming pool. Be aware if you have broken skin or a rash ..cover it and don't let it touch surfaces.

Don't share towels etc. Dont share bottles or make up or brushes. Women often use the bathroom in a gym to do make up ...make up is usually full of bacteria ...so ladies wipe it (the counter top) down after.

I want to convince gyms in Ireland to provide sanitizers for all pieces of equipment to encourage people to use them.

Also look at the gym itself ....gym staff are notoriously lax on cleaning ....look around does it look clean and tidy? do you see people cleaning regularly?

Also this is very important when you wash your gym clothes ....do a hot wash ...if its under 60 degrees it doesn't kill all bacteria. And use a specialized washing liquid ....low acid ones cut through the oil to release bacteria and have something in the liquid to kill bacteria.

If you put your gym clothes on a LOW wash with just normal laundry detergent ...its not killing bacteria and its not going to break up the oil from your body to realize the bacteria at all ...so ew.

"Gym" , shortened from gymnasium, derived from the Greek word gumnazieum , meaning to exercise naked.
How would you cope ?

Fireball81 · 31-01-2020 11:19PM

While there's people who do odd things at gyms, you seem a little OCD personally.

Two pet hates

Not wiping down equipment after use
Hogging benches in the dressing room

Not a hate as don't care but it's pure comedy to see lads who do the towel shuffling dance while trying to put their jocks on. Looks ridiculous, clearly never played a team sport or been a communal shower, like who the hell is looking when you're getting dressed anyway.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 31-01-2020 11:19PM

Joking aside, I think alot of people in Ireland need some education around personal hygiene and grooming, Seems to be a hangover from the days where sex education was something you had to figure out for yourself and that also applied to grooming and personal hygiene. Now we have YouTube and so many fashion channels that people will be more aware but it's a bar of soap, wash your bits and pieces, shower everyday, brush you damn teeth ffs and don't leave a wet towel in your bag and carry it around with you for the week.

Strumms · 31-01-2020 11:19PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

My advice is bring a sanitizer spray and spray down the equipment you use and wipe it with a baby wipe.

I want to convince gyms in Ireland to provide sanitizers for all pieces of equipment to encourage people to use them.

Also look at the gym itself ....gym staff are notoriously lax on cleaning ....look around does it look clean and tidy? do you see people cleaning regularly?

The gym I go to has a couple of bottles of sanitizer spray in each room, paper towels too...often though you get up to look for it, it’s not there and it’s not obvious where it is.. Or who has it..

What I’d like to see is a mini spray, maybe hooked up to each machine or close, a 50 cl plastic refillable one that could be in easy reach to use...people have enough to be bringing to the gym with them too so maybe more ‘encouragement’ and spray within easy reach...

v638sg7k1a92bx · 31-01-2020 11:21PM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Not as hate as don't care but it's pure comedy to see lads who do the towel shuffling dance while trying to put their jocks on. Looks ridiculous, clearly never played a team sport or been a communal shower, like who the hell is looking when you're getting dressed anyway.

Too true.

ILoveYourVibes · 31-01-2020 11:22PM

corner of hells wrote: »

"Gym" , shortened from gymnasium, derived from the Greek word gumnazieum , meaning to exercise naked.
How would you cope ?

I would be fine and get on with it.

Obviously today if you came naked you would be arrested.

By the way i am dead on what i say. Gyms themselves know it.

There was a study that showed public gyms are dirtier than public toilet seats.

They found the average exercise bike is 39 times dirtier than a cafeteria tray. Treadmills contain 74 times more bacteria than a public bathroom faucet and the worst offender were free weights, with 362 times more bacteria than a public toilet seat.

https://fitnessvolt.com/16398/study-finds-gym-equipment-bacteria-public-toilet-seats/

ILoveYourVibes · 31-01-2020 11:24PM

Strumms wrote: »

The gym I go to has a couple of bottles of sanitizer spray in each room, paper towels too...often though you get up to look for it, it’s not there and it’s not obvious where it is.. Or who has it..

What I’d like to see is a mini spray, maybe hooked up to each machine or close, a 50 cl plastic refillable one that could be in easy reach to use...people have enough to be bringing to the gym with them too so maybe more ‘encouragement’ and spray within easy reach...

I would like to see the same.

Its all about awareness of public sanitation and normalizing it.

Gyms are now making staff take sanitation courses etc.

KiKi III · 01-02-2020 12:05AM

I’m a culchie.

I live about a six minute walk from my gym. I’d much prefer to shower at home.

Strumms · 01-02-2020 12:19AM

KiKi III wrote: »

I’m a culchie.

I live about a six minute walk from my gym. I’d much prefer to shower at home.

Same here, there are only two showers at what’s a pretty huge gym and I live 3 minutes drive away so it’s a quick sink wash with some shower gel, a change and home and in the shower in 5 mins.

Fireball81 · 01-02-2020 12:22AM

Strumms wrote: »

Same here, there are only two showers at what’s a pretty huge gym and I live 3 minutes drive away so it’s a quick sink wash with some shower gel, a change and home and in the shower in 5 mins.

Sink wash?

Neames · 01-02-2020 12:29AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

try going to the gym in jeans

And an Aran jumper....

And an Aran towel.

Neames · 01-02-2020 12:31AM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Sink wash?

Ffs....

A sink wash....I hope that's just hands and face and not....

Swonnicles.

Strumms · 01-02-2020 12:34AM

Neames wrote: »

Ffs....

A sink wash....I hope that's just hands and face and not....

Swonnicles.

I stand in the sink.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 01-02-2020 12:36AM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Sink wash?

This is what I’m talking about

01-02-2020 01:02AM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its actually a huge public health issue.

Its not just that people sweat there its just its unusual for a place to get so many different bodies touching the same surface area for so long and in such intimate places.

Yoga mats for instance. If you don't bring your own they are full of bacteria usually going back years.

Also some gyms are rubbish at public sanitation.

My advice is bring a sanitizer spray and spray down the equipment you use and wipe it with a baby wipe. Then dry with a clean towel. If you ask at reception they might have a spray they can give you. Do the same thing after using it.

Always wash your hands before a workout or touching things. But also if you can't wash your hands use a sanitizer.

Shower soon if you can. Protect your feet as if you were in a swimming pool. Be aware if you have broken skin or a rash ..cover it and don't let it touch surfaces.

Don't share towels etc. Dont share bottles or make up or brushes. Women often use the bathroom in a gym to do make up ...make up is usually full of bacteria ...so ladies wipe it (the counter top) down after.

I want to convince gyms in Ireland to provide sanitizers for all pieces of equipment to encourage people to use them.

Also look at the gym itself ....gym staff are notoriously lax on cleaning ....look around does it look clean and tidy? do you see people cleaning regularly?

Also this is very important when you wash your gym clothes ....do a hot wash ...if its under 60 degrees it doesn't kill all bacteria. And use a specialized washing liquid ....low acid ones cut through the oil to release bacteria and have something in the liquid to kill bacteria.

If you put your gym clothes on a LOW wash with just normal laundry detergent ...its not killing bacteria and its not going to break up the oil from your body to realize the bacteria at all ...so ew.

Christ life must be hard work worrying about so much needless stuff. Clean freakish stuff like this is definitely one for the dealbreaker thread.

Personal hygiene in the Gym

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