A new report out this week in the UK from fitness reviews site Fitrated reveals horrifying news about how unsafe gyms are. Not because of the faulty equipment, or the fact that you can have an accident when focusing on cruising the hot man next to you rather than on your own workout, but the mere idea that the amount of bacteria found on most equipment could really make you sick.
Whilst big muscled sweaty men are great to dream about, however what is pouring out of their glands on to the gym equipment is certainly not. Free weights are the worst offenders, with 362 times more bacteria than most toilet seats worked deep into those grips — worryingly half the bacteria on weights were of a type than can be resistant to antibiotics.
If you think you are safe on the treadmill, then think on as they tested highest for numbers of gram-positive cocci bacteria, a common cause of skin infections, pneumonia and even septicemia.
queerguru are shocked as anyone at these findings but at least now we have a valid excuse to stay at home on the couch rather than go to the gym, and anyway we have always steadfastly refused to become dirty gym rats.
