I have been back to working out for about three years now, but I train at home, I have pretty much everything I needed. I stepped up my game and returned to the gym. Been working out there for about six months, when last week, I was got, the gym got me. I did a chest and abs day then hit the sauna. A few days after I had spots and blotches all over my torso, ew. I went to the doc and he said, you go to the gym a lot huh? I said well thanks doc, no serious I said why do you ask? He told me I had ring worm and folliculitous, both common occurences at a public gym.
Damn rookie mistake, he gave me topicals and told me stay off the public machines for a week or so…so I wouldn’t contaminate other people, now I was the dirty. I go back tomorrow, worked out at home for a few days, it just isn’t the same, nobody to talk training with, no eye candy which inspires me to look better, no smoothie bar.
So my pass on, unless you want to spend a week at home, wipe down your machines aand benches prior to use, and never touch anything bare skin.