Study Reveals Your Gym Equipment May Have More Bacteria Than Toilet Seats
- 8 years ago
If you’re looking for a good reason to pass on renewing your gym membership, the people at Fitrated may have one for you – germs.
If you’re looking for a good reason to pass on renewing your gym membership, the people at Fitrated may have one for you – germs.
A study of what’s lurking on the equipment at the average exercise facility found that free weights tend be more bacteria-ridden than toilet seats.
362 times more, to be specific.
Treadmills and exercise bikes came out better, but not by much.
In conducting their test, researchers swabbed equipment at 3 gyms.
Among the plentiful, and potentially dangerous, so
If you’re looking for a good reason to pass on renewing your gym membership, the people at Fitrated may have one for you – germs.
A study of what’s lurking on the equipment at the average exercise facility found that free weights tend be more bacteria-ridden than toilet seats.
362 times more, to be specific.
Treadmills and exercise bikes came out better, but not by much.
In conducting their test, researchers swabbed equipment at 3 gyms.
Among the plentiful, and potentially dangerous, so