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I was recently confronted by one of the emplyees at the gym for excessive sweating while running on their treadmill. There are no fans blowing on the treadmills. He said that the treadmills were being shortcircuited from the excessive moisture. He also expressed a concern about blood-born pathoges from sweat, which showed his ignorance.
Any comments?
An employee at your gym complained that you were sweating too much? My only comment… find a new gym.
Blood born pathogens?! Hahahahahahahahahaha
But seriously, either find another gym or insist they install fans.
I agree. They need to get some fans. Do they offer hand towels to use on the treadmill? I personally feel great when I sweat a lot, it means I’m getting an awesome workout.
Regarding the other stuff, I’m not a scientist/doctor so I won’t comment. But I’ve never heard of any such crazy stuff.
I’ve had people complain to me at the pool that I splashed them as I swam past. Ummm, it’s a POOL!! Did they not know before they got there that it would be full of water?
Was the complaining guy a manager or just an employee? They should be prepared for sweat at a gym.
I wonder which particular blood-born pathogens he was worried about? Maybe cooties?
-C
“He also expressed a concern about blood-born pathoges from sweat, which showed his ignorance.”
I’ll say. What about ‘sweat-born pathogens?’
I was the guy in the spinning class (when I used to do them) that had the puddle that was streaming over to the next bike…and the next one…and the next one.
I agree about the fans. A few fans might save them a few treadmill problems.
Ask to see the service record of the short-circuited treadmill.
I just wandered into a website from which this quote came: “According to Birgit Schittek of the Department of Dermatology at Eberhard-Karls University in Tubingen, Germany, you shouldn’t sweat it! She and her colleagues have discovered a substance in human sweat that kills many types of common bacteria and yeasts. The compound is so potent that sweat may reasonably be viewed as an anti-infection agent, rather than a fluid festering with disease.”
So there! Sweat away.