The gym is an ideal environment for the spread of bacteria. Benches with traces of someone else's sweat after people who have forgotten to put a towel on them, handles dumbbell, a common cooler, rugs - microorganisms are spilled and grow rapidly everywhere. Touching these items with hands, shoes or clothing, you transfer them to your skin and equipment. That is why it is important to clearly clean the sports attributes, paying attention not only to the Tamers and leggings, but also a bottle for water, bag and other.
Sneakers
In the material of the NetDoctor site, statistics are indicated: fungus is located inside every fifth sneakers older than 3 years. The fact is that there are a lot of sweat glands on the feet that come into effect from increasing the temperature. During active sessions, your body is warmed up: sweat is produced, which destroys with open areas of the skin, but can not destroy the sneakers. "To prevent the reproduction of microbes in your sneakers, you should give them to dry between training," says Dr. Lisa Equility in an article for NetDoctor. "If you train every day or even twice a day, you should think about buying two pairs of sneakers that you will alternate. You should also always wear socks and erase them at high temperatures - above 60 ° C - after each use. " There is no rowing rule on how often it is necessary to wash the sneakers. Usually they do as fabric pollution: the more often you do in them on the outdoor soil, and not indoors, the more often they need to be washed - usually once a month. It is worth using antibacterial and anti-grab sprays for legs - they can be found in a pharmacy.
Check the shoes between use
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Sportswear
Your clothing for training is another source of microbes, because it absorbs sweat and other bacteria from the surfaces to which you touch the body. According to a study published by American society on microbiology, microbes are swapped faster on synthetic tissue. And from it, by the way, made most sportswear. "Perhaps these things are erased at lower temperatures than cotton, which can also contribute to a high level of microorganisms discovered in a sports kit from polyester. If you have clothes from such a fabric, during washing it is worth using antimicrobial additive if you erase at temperatures below 60 ° C, "says Dr. Equile. Never give your sportswear to other people - from the body on the body with then easily transferred skin infections, to cure many of which will be not easy.
Reusable water bottle
On average, a reusable bottle contains inside more than 300,000 units of bacteria per square centimeter, as NetDoctor writes. "If you do not regularly wash the bottle, bacteria will be hidden under the lid and at the bottom of the bottle," says Dr. Equile. A specialist advises daily rinse a bottle with a cleansing agent and special brushes, which can be found in the store of children's goods in the artificial feeding department. If you use a dishwasher, put a bottle on the upper shelf - there is the temperature above, which means cleaning will kill more microbes. If you wash your hands, you go well a bottle after using detergent and dry, turning it upside down. "Even if you wash a bottle daily, replace it if it is very scratched or worn out," says Dr..
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Sports bag
The bag with which you go to the sport is the place where a lot of dirty things and shoes accumulate after classes. "Your sports bag is another item that should be installed regularly at high temperatures (more than 60 ° C) to kill the microbes," says Dr. Equile. "If you cannot wipe the bag in a typewriter, use antibacterial spray to clean. The sports bag should also be turned inside out and thoroughly clean from the inside with an antibacterial cloth. Give it to dry before use. " Keep sneakers in a separate plastic package so that their soles do not touch clothes, towels and bottles. Upon returning home right away, take all items from the bag and throw dirty things into the laundry basket.
Clean the bag with antibacterial agent
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Towel for soul
Not only is your sports towel comes into contact with the bacteria from sweat and particles in the air, but it can also be used to wipe the used sports equipment. "If you use your sports towel to wip out equipment and at the same time sweat, you carry bacteria from others on yourself is a bad idea," says Dr. Equile. "You must erase your sports towel daily at temperatures above 60 ° C." Change the towel after each workout and wear two - one for the body, another for equipment.