Sherry Taylor

Q: Men’s Health says that 52% of exercisers do this at the gym?

Answer: Hit the showers barefoot

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.

 

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