10 Things You Should NEVER Do At The Gym

 10 Things You Should NEVER Do At The Gym

These are 10 major gym mistakes that you want to avoid. Don't become one of the common gym stereotypes that make everyone uncomfortable. Learn to avoid the typical muscle-building and fat loss mistakes. Avoid the workout and gym exercise mistakes that are slowing down your progress.

Whether it's to prevent an injury or to prevent awkward stairs there are certain things that you definitely don't want to do at the gym over the years of working at gyms end opening my own gyms I've spent countless hours on the exercise floor and I've had the opportunity to see all kinds of things. So today I want to go over 10 things you should never do at the gym

And the very first gym foul is leaving the equipment without wiping, especially if you're sweaty. I've seen some pretty disgusting things left on benches, mats, and machines that nobody should have to clean up except the person that left it there. Now, personally, I'm not the biggest germaphobe but studies show us that some pieces of gym equipment routinely have more species of bacteria on them than toilet handles do (*). So even if you have a great immune system, others at the gym might not, and especially with everything going on it's a good idea to wipe down your equipment when you're done using it. This is really easy to do as most gyms nowadays have complimentary sanitizing spray and paper towels that you can use to clean up after yourself. You should leave the equipment that you use in a condition that you wouldn't mind finding it. And almost everyone I know would mind sweat stains all over the equipment so make sure you wipe down after yourself.