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Sick from the gym

Going to the gym healthy? Not necessarily. The hygiene of gyms and visitors is not always the best.

Exercising barefoot, not cleaning equipment after use, using other people's stuff. Three quarters of the people who took part in the survey said they sometimes see visitors who don't follow fitness etiquette. Half of them don't always behave properly themselves.

Against the etiquette
Almost half of the athletes sometimes borrow a water bottle or towel from others. 18 percent sport when they have a cold and a third sport sometimes without using deodorant 16 percent fish worn sportswear out of the laundry basket to wear them again.

Spreading bacteria
Due to the lack of hygiene you can get all kinds of things in the gym:flu, colds, diarrhea, athlete's foot…

In any case, the ginger nuts have been sported off again.

Are you always neat and fresh in the gym?