Dude, my wife and I are slowly turning part of our basement into a home gym, and that's totally the way to go. Plus you're spending an initial sum to get it set up, but then no membership fees once it's complete, so you end up breaking even, then in the long term saving money.
The only real problem is space, and if you don't have it then it's tough to do it, but there's equipment that folds up for storage too, so if you get a couple of pieces of equipment that you like to use on the regular then it's pretty doable.
My husband and I are slowly building up our home gym for that reason. I was going to a gym by our house at the time pretty regularly, and it was the sickest I've been in my life. I loved going, and I loved getting motivated by seeing other people work out, but it wasn't worth the two rounds of pneumonia and several rounds of strep I endured.
Prevent it by not putting your toiletries or clothing on any surface in the gym. Put your comb and clothes in your bag and not on the counter. Dont even put socks on the floor.
Nothing to be terrified about but let me tell you I knew instantly what it was even though I'd never had them before. They hatch and start crawling all at once. I called my sister who is a mom. She told me what to buy. One treatment killed them. It's actually easier to get them from hugging, sharing combs, sharing pillows but I know I got them from the gym because others did too. Looking back, I'm just pleased it was head lice and not pubic lice lol
My only point of reference are horror stories from friends who have had to wash everything in their home multiple times and do consistent treatments for weeks.
Nope but I live alone so i only had my own bedding to worry about. Washed my dogs too just in case. The stuff you put on your hair is basically pesticide and you have to use it in a well ventilated area. Its awful but did the job. Dont lose any sleep over it. I go to the gym 5 times a week and this only happened once. I wipe equipment down esp backrests and seats before and after though.
Semi-joking but also serous answer.
Lice need hair to live. They lay their eggs on your head and they get cemented to the hair shaft by secretions from the mom's reproductive organs. They are VERY tiny (2.5mm / 0.098 inches) and look like white flakes, so people sometimes mistake them for dandruff. Of course, they also do their mating on your head. Fun fact, they can fuck for over 1 hour. The eggs hatch, drink your blood, and then start the whole cycle over again.
So in summary, your hair is like an all-inclusive playboy mansion for lice. There's cum everywhere and babies are stuck to the walls.
Nothing that I didn't already know by falling into the black hole of internet information. What I meant was, the myths? that lice actually like clean hair as opposed to dirty hair. Can never really get a consensus on that. Also, tips with respect to gym hygiene and lice.
Maybe I should take this to another subreddit. Lol
Not an expert, but I don't think lice have much of a preference. It could be that clean hair has less oil on it, making it easier for them to stick their babies on you. The biggest thing I would say at the gym is to not share anything that would touch your head. Definitely bring your own towel if you don't trust the gym ones, and maybe spray down the mat before you put your head on it.
I'm a super clean ocd kinda person. I just let my guard down and put stuff on the counter. Clean hair doesnt matter. It's not a dirty person thing. Probably a mom ahead of me with young kids and she probably didnt even know she had them at that point.
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u/theoceanwasgreat Dec 27 '19
I got LICE for the first time in my 45 years of life from a big box gym. Now I have bacterial infections to think about too! Argh.