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BIG ACH

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Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« on: March 08, 2011, 09:31:05 PM »

I'll admit I don't do it, never got into the habit, guess its kinda bad, some people are pretty anal about that! But I also don't sweat like crazy on machines or anything!

And whenever I'm working in with someone and they start to wipe it down before I jump on I always tell them "don't worry about it, everyone sweats!"

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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2011, 09:33:02 PM »
Quote from: BIG ACH on March 08, 2011, 09:31:05 PM
I'll admit I don't do it, never got into the habit, guess its kinda bad, some people are pretty anal about that! But I also don't sweat like crazy on machines or anything!

And whenever I'm working in with someone and they start to wipe it down before I jump on I always tell them "don't worry about it, everyone sweats!"



 I agree, I never do it in a gym.

 My philosophy is that the person who is about to do a set should wipe it down. You shouldn't expect the previous guy to wipe it down.

 I've had a few guys give me attitude for not wiping down a machine. If these guys want it so clean, they had better clean it them damn self.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 09:33:32 PM »
Must be an Arab thing being from the desert and all.  Here we consider sweating to be gross and don't want to wallow in our own sweat let alone others..
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2011, 09:39:12 PM »
no, I using a towel between the machine and me.

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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2011, 09:40:04 PM »
before and after.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2011, 09:48:16 PM »
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2011, 09:49:43 PM »
Yes!
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2011, 10:55:13 PM »
Women clean.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2011, 10:58:26 PM »
Pigs don't.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2011, 11:50:46 PM »
Personally, I think most people are far too germophobic. What with sanitizing hands everywhere one goes and wiping down a little sweat that may or may not be left on a machine. There's this one lady at the gym where I work out that literally, cleans the whole machine before she gets on it and then again when she's finished. I would say she has OCD really bad. I mean she spends five or ten minutes spraying and wiping everything down....it is crazy to watch. The only thing I clean is the tanning bed before I get in it. Truth is those disinfectant sprays need a 10 minute dwell time to really kill all the germs. Can you even imagine spraying a machine and then waiting ten minutes before using it? I mean it take hours to complete a workout. Life's too fucking short. Don't sweat the small stuff.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2011, 12:11:37 AM »
use a towel, if its still not to next users standards, most gyms have paper towels and desinfectant, let him do it

biggest peeve though is not sweat, its leaving weights all over the show and not unloading machines

if you just did squats on the smith, leaving 3 plates a side, and the next guy is gonna do presses, he's gotta unload the thing unless ronnie trains at your gym and its delt day

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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2011, 12:27:29 AM »
I wipe my ass after a dump, that's it.

Sweat is only water and salt.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2011, 12:29:37 AM »
I wipe my ass between sets.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2011, 12:35:33 AM »
With your knee straps I guess ? So that's how they got that weird colour...
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2011, 12:42:28 AM »
Quote from: dutchguy on March 09, 2011, 12:35:33 AM
With your knee straps I guess ? So that's how they got that weird colour...
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2011, 01:37:47 AM »
when someone sprays that shit onto a machine and i can smell those harsh chemicals when im trying to breathe, i want to punch them in the fucking face
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2011, 01:48:34 AM »
Quote from: epic_alien on March 09, 2011, 01:37:47 AM
when someone sprays that shit onto a machine and i can smell those harsh chemicals when im trying to breathe, i want to punch them in the fucking face

What's stopping you?
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2011, 01:49:33 AM »
No i don't, just don't stick your hands in your mouth while your training...
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2011, 01:50:36 AM »
i dont really care if theres no sweat on it because after workout i shower. everything is simply dirty in a gym. these dumbells grip area must be messy as wel
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2011, 02:39:04 AM »
Quote from: Tito24 on March 09, 2011, 01:50:36 AM
i dont really care if theres no sweat on it because after workout i shower. everything is simply dirty in a gym. these dumbells grip area must be messy as wel

Yeah a good rule of thumb when using shared equipment like that is to never touch your face before washing your hands properly.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2011, 02:56:07 AM »
Quote from: lovemonkey on March 09, 2011, 02:39:04 AM
Yeah a good rule of thumb when using shared equipment like that is to never touch your face before washing your hands properly.

yes you also have to be carefull with washing hands in the gym since the towel harbors probably more bacteria than vince goodrums toothbrush on a oppresive summer night.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2011, 03:04:03 AM »
Quote from: Tito24 on March 09, 2011, 02:56:07 AM
yes you also have to be carefull with washing hands in the gym since the towel harbors probably more bacteria than vince goodrums toothbrush on a oppresive summer night.

Towel? Wtf? Surely you are talking about PAPER towels, right?
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2011, 03:14:02 AM »
Quote from: Meso_z on March 09, 2011, 12:29:37 AM
I wipe my ass on the machines' seats between sets.

Fixed.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2011, 04:55:19 AM »
Depends if they're serious guys I respect. if it's a bunch of twiggy twinks and fat housewives then I let them sit in my sweat.
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Re: Do you wipe down the machine after you're done lifting on it or in between sets?
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2011, 04:57:32 AM »
Wipe your shit off the equipment you disgusting scurves.  Why should someone else do it for you?
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