A: Join a gym

Men’s Health gives us The Average Guy sweating by numbers:

• 19 years old is the average guy’s age when he first muscles his way into a gym.
• 16 workouts is the number he logs each month.
• 30,000 is the approximate number of gyms in the United States.
• 46% of sweatshop regulars are men.
• $480 is the amount the average gym member pays to work out each year.
• $722 is the amount he pays each year for personal training, exercise apparel, and workout products.
• 2 months is what it takes the average guy to cancel his gym membership once he stops going.
• 33% of men don’t wipe down gym equipment after using it. Dumbbells and stationary bike seats are the equipment with the most germs. The gym rat’s top annoyance is equipment hogs.
• 64% of men have received unsolicited workout advice.
• 52% of exercisers who hit the showers barefoot.
• 24% of men have contracted athlete’s foot at the gym.
• 50% of weekend bodybuilders check their form in the mirror while lifting.
• 10% of men think they’ve seen steroids sold in the locker room.
• 49% of men are brave enough to admit they’ve taken a yoga class.
• 240% increase in sexual stamina after 8 weeks of hour a day yoga.
• 50% of men say the gym is a better place to meet women than a bar.
• 1% will meet their next girlfriend while watching her form.
• 46% of male fitness freaks would rather skip sex than their workout.
• 25% of men have had something stole from their unattended gym bag. Cash is the item most often swiped.