Since starting back to the gym this week I have noticed that I have started getting headaches, running nose and just feel like crap.
I think I picked some sort of virus up from the gym. Anyone else get sick more often from their gym?
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Thread: does your gym make you sick?
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05-27-2011, 04:56 AM #1
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05-27-2011, 06:53 AM #9
Same here. Always carry disinfectant and hand-wipes in my gym bag. Before I retired, had seen too many cases of community acquired MRSA infections (due of one of the primary causes, shared gym equipment). I'd amend your last statement to say that some of the guys are real pigs in that they never clean up their messes.
Inactivity Kills!!!
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05-27-2011, 07:01 AM #10
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05-27-2011, 07:50 AM #11
Sounds like allergy symptoms.
Probably developed an allergy to the crappy disinfectants all of teh germophobes are spraying all over.
Or it could be super bugs created by the overuse of disinfectants. We who work in biological cleanrooms know you need to carefully rotate your disinfectant regimens so as to avoid selecting for resistant environmental organisms. Your average gym just ain't that sophisticated.Last edited by DaddyR; 05-27-2011 at 08:26 AM.
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05-27-2011, 07:53 AM #12
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05-27-2011, 08:48 AM #15
I'm a germaphobe, and I disapprove of this message.
To the OP: Since you've been away from the gym as you say--you might just need a few weeks to build up an immunity again. Like when kids are home for the summer, then they head back to school. A lot of times, they're sick those first few weeks. Hope you get to feelin better.
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05-27-2011, 08:56 AM #16
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05-27-2011, 09:04 AM #17We all have our good days and our bad ones. What separates us is those who can turn a bad day into a good one...
When your not training or running just know no matter what some place someone is doing one more set or one more mile. Stay motivated!!!
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05-27-2011, 10:11 AM #21
People who avoid germs at all cost are the ones who get sick alot. Thier bodies never get a chance to build up immunities to common bugs. I wipe equipment off after I'm done, as a courtesy to others, but the only time I wipe it down beforehand is if there's a greasy hair slick on a bench.
Haven't had a cold or flu in many years.
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05-27-2011, 10:17 AM #22
LOL!!! The general public often refers to either community acquired (CA) or hospital acquired (HA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus as a superbug. On a list of risk factors, two of the most important ones are: 1) Participating in contact sports. CA-MRSA has affected sports teams. The bacteria spread easily through cuts and abrasions and skin-to-skin contact; and 2) Sharing towels or athletic equipment. CA-MRSA has spread among athletes sharing razors, towels, uniforms or equipment.
So, you wiped down your wet bench with your sweat-soaked wet towel rather than walking over and getting a dry towel and disinfectant to clean up your mess. True, you're better than some, but don't expect me to follow you without cleaning the bench again. I can only imagine what your kitchen and bathrooms at home are like.Inactivity Kills!!!
My journal: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=140991491 Age is NOT an acceptable excuse.
Played with dinosaurs as a child. Back then everyone was thin; it was a matter of out-running the raptors or being one of their meals.
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05-27-2011, 11:03 AM #23
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No, but my job certainly does. The gym makes me well, makes all life's bs go away even if just for a little while.
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05-27-2011, 02:37 PM #24
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Its probably the ventilation, most commercial buildings are sealed now so all air is circulated through filters which get moldy and make people sick. Happens all the time in offices, especially when the AC first starts coming on again. I personally almost never get sick. I've probably been sick a handful of times my whole life. Kind of sucks considering I can only use my sick days at work for real sicknesses causing me to have to fake em lol.
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