{"id":1962,"date":"2016-05-25T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:30:29","slug":"how-dirty-is-your-gym-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"How dirty is your gym&#8217;s equipment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really, really dirty. Free weights 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat!?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/2016\/04\/25\/um-this-gym-staple-has-more-bacteria-than-your-toilet-seat\/21350633\/\">Um, this gym staple has more bacteria than your toilet seat<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&quot;Every time you pick up a weight or grab an exercise bike handle, you could be putting yourself at risk for an illness or infection,&quot; states the report. More than 70% of bacteria swabbed in the study is potentially harmful to humans, including gram-positive cocci, which can lead to skin infections, septicemia, and pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ready to really cringe? Free weights are covered in 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat. Exercise bikes and treadmills are not as bad, but they&#39;re not far behind. Testing revealed that bikes carry 39 times more bacteria than a reusable cafeteria tray, including bacillus, which can lead to ear, eye, and respiratory infections.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the study, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitrated.com\/resources\/examining-gym-cleanliness\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fit Rated recruited a lab to test the amount of bacteria on fitness equipment<\/a>&#0160; complete with graphics &#8211; sample below &#8211; with the data.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c85f3a78970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fit rated\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c85f3a78970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c85f3a78970b-320wi\" style=\"width: 320px;\" title=\"Fit rated\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really, really dirty. Free weights 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat!? Um, this gym staple has more bacteria than your toilet seat &quot;Every time you pick up a weight or grab an exercise bike handle, you could be putting yourself at risk for an illness or infection,&quot; states the report. More than 70% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-lymphoma-and-related-medical-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8017,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions\/8017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}