Tuesday
17Mar2009
GymSoap.com: Give Them a Hand
Gym.
Sixty euphoric minutes of crunches, squats, and push-up bliss.
The gym may be a haven of excitement for some, but for you it’s a breeding ground for germs, bacteria and fungus.
You’re not alone. After a not-so-hygienic brush with the germ-plagued reality of the gym he worked out in, Christopher Plaisance decided to create GymSoap and made it his mission to make a clean, mean, pro-hygiene product for like-minded people.
GymSoap is 99.9 percent effective and unlike other soaps, which fight bacteria on one level, GymSoap is antiseptic, antibacterial and anti-fungal.
And that’s more than you can say for those gym mats you were just laying on.
Sixty euphoric minutes of crunches, squats, and push-up bliss.The gym may be a haven of excitement for some, but for you it’s a breeding ground for germs, bacteria and fungus.
You’re not alone. After a not-so-hygienic brush with the germ-plagued reality of the gym he worked out in, Christopher Plaisance decided to create GymSoap and made it his mission to make a clean, mean, pro-hygiene product for like-minded people.
GymSoap is 99.9 percent effective and unlike other soaps, which fight bacteria on one level, GymSoap is antiseptic, antibacterial and anti-fungal.
And that’s more than you can say for those gym mats you were just laying on.
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Here are some gym germ truths.
I have worked at some so called high end gyms in NYC and high end gyms still have low end germs.
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5 Scary Gym Germ Facts
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1) Exercise mats are rarely cleaned and have germs not found on NYC subway.
(I cleaned one 1 time and it turned 5 while towels black. I threw away the towels just in case your are wondering)
TIP: Use one towel for the equipment one for your face. Some people wipe their face with both eeeww
2) Use a towel on the spin bikes. PLEEEEASE! you can use your own imaginations there
3) Hot Tubs...most people don't take a shower before hand and go straight in after a sweaty workout and using the bathroom and yes that even means after people do#2.
TIP: Just stay away...I say go for the steam room or sauna. Eases the muscles faster anyway
TRUE STORY:There were numerous times when I was washing my hands at the bathroom sink then someone came out of the stalls doing #2 and when I offered to move they said, "No I'm Okay!" and walked right past the sink as if it didn't exist
4) Try not to shake hands. See reason #3
TIP: Fist bump or bow like the Japanese. People will think that you are super humble if you bow.
I hope this helps.
-Nii