Especially in flu season, I clean everything my hands will touch before and after I do my sets. This includes weight stack adjustments and even hand releases on seat adjusters, back adjusters, and such. When trying to prevent the spread of diseases, especially respiratory diseases, I think these hand-touch surfaces are even more important than seats and backs.
@@kstee2298 I always bring the bottle to machine as well. It never puts anyone out for the minute that the bottle is in my hand, and I sanitize the machine more efficiently.
Another helpful hint. If you spray the way you did some of it will drip onto the floor leaving a wet floor for someone to slip on. Hold the paper towel over the trash can and spray into the trash can so any extra fluid does end up on the floor
Good advice, thanks. I always clean before and after using a machine, but it's amazing how some people just walk away and ignore cleaning. That's why I clean before, in addition to after using a machine.
Great video. it should be mandatory for every new member to watch. 99% of the members are great about cleaning their machine, but there is always that one that just walks away. Every.Single.Time. Something that struck me as funny, the restrooms have blow driers for your hands. The sign claims that the blow driers save trees. Fair enough, but when you walk out on the floor, there are 10 trash cans full of the wipe down paper towels. Cudos for doing your part to save the trees, but.......
@@soocerdadjr91 the one I used to belong to changed their disinfectant spray a couple of times, but they used the same spray bottles, so who knows what the actual disinfectant bottle says.
Two clues to whether a customer attended an orientation session with a Planet Fitness Trainer: * They wander aimlessly from one machine to another, rushing through a single set with no attention to form, and slamming the weights around * They don't do even a rudimentary cleaning before or after they use a machine. Please, Planet Fitness, a quick orientation goes a long way to make the customers' efforts effective, to help them avoid injuring themselves or others, and to reduce the spread of disease. Consider making this mandatory, especially with the new threat of CORONA VIRUS.
how do you take down the assisted pull up seat ?? I don't if I have to pull it or push it or twist the button the side lol can you please help me out.. I don't wanna look like a fool
Just pull the knob all the way out and slide it up or down to adjust it. Or ask someone who works there. I have zero problem asking staff first - it's better to do that than "look like a fool" but honestly nobody is really staring at you lol
I joined our local PF a few weeks ago, and I always wipe down when I'm done - in the time I've been there (nearly every day for 3 weeks), I've only seen one person who didn't wipe the equipment down when he was done. It's just common courtesy to wipe down after you've used the equipment.
how about something like a treadmill... do i clean the place I walked? or an elliptical... do i clean where my feet were? do i clean the electrical part with the buttons and screen?
Alex Ella if my bare skin or my butt touched it, I clean it. If I sweat on it, I cleaned it. If my feet touched it, I don’t clean it. Shouldn’t be barefoot in a gym so shouldn’t have to wipe down where your feet touched. With the exception of rowing machine where a customer may use their hands to adjust the foot straps. I clean the screens where I touched.
I know this is an old comment but I wanted to ask, what about the stair master? if you get sweaty and it drops.. do I clean the steps? and if so how? lol do I leave it on and clean each one? sorry if it’s a dumb question
That's funny that's how I already clean the machines to a T, fold a paper towel and prespray it. I'm used to finding out there's a better method for things I do it's refreshing to find out I'm doing something right.
So, basically, Planet Fitness requires its customers to work as janitors for them and knowingly exposes their customers to massive amounts of carcinogenic chemicals. Has Planet Fitness measured the concentrations of disinfectant chemicals in the air at Planet Fitness? Will Planet Fitness customers end up with higher rates of lung cancer or other cancers because of their frequent exposure to high amounts of carcinogens at PF?
Makes more sense to take bottle to the machine and spray machine, then wipe down. Seriously do you spray paper towel at home and carry it to your project? DUH!
OWW! My wife (and workout coach) had a GREAT QUESTION today... "Who cleans the spray bottles (the ones that dispense the liquid cleaner)?" So... Now, I DO, but just every once in a while. Please help me out. This one reminds me of other sanitary tidbits that should be obvious but are not. For example, can you guess what's been found to be the filthiest bit in public restrooms. Give up? It's the hot water faucet. Yes, they're dirtier than flush handles, handicap grab rails, even toilet seats. Actually, since I found this out, it makes sense. Who cares? US Centers for Disease Control says the #1 way to prevent the spread of disease (including the coronavirus) is grandma's favorite: wash your hands frequently, especially during flu season. The kind of soap you use isn't particularly important, unless it's antigerm, like Hibiclens, for example. The scrubbing is what counts! Spend 20 seconds at it. That's about as long as it takes to recite "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Turns out that wearing a surgical mask isn't very helpful, UNLESS you yourself are already infected.
I never wash my hands after using the restroom because I don't want to touch the handles that a thousand dirty hands have touched! I don't pee on my hands or touch "anything" when wiping so I don't want to then get my hands dirty on the nasty handles that everyone has touched with their dirty hands first! I only wash them if someone else is in there so they don't think I'm being nasty by not washing them lol
Do not pulverize the liquid. The particles get in the air and we all breathe them in the gym. Instead, have the paper towel touch the nozzle of the bottle and then gently squeeze to wet the paper towel. For a few weeks now I have been asking the staff and manager of my local Planet Fitness gym to let me know what the cleaning liquid is and its ingredients, but they all dance around the question. There is absolutely no critical thinking. They don’t get that they breathe that stuff too. Planet Fitness, please post the cleaning liquid ingredients on your website!
If people seriously need a video on how to clean a machine after use, they probably shouldn't be using them in the first place. Common sense or courtesy, neither seems to exist.
I have never been to gym before I have membership now, but now I know about gym etiquette... I saw some guy when I signed up I had looked around...he was cleaning machine I thought he was the janitor
I clean the machines before I use them and after. I see alot of people that will use it and than walk away. Very unsanitary in my opinion. 🤷🏽♀️
They probably read the hazard warning on the disinfectant spray.
Especially in flu season, I clean everything my hands will touch before and after I do my sets. This includes weight stack adjustments and even hand releases on seat adjusters, back adjusters, and such. When trying to prevent the spread of diseases, especially respiratory diseases, I think these hand-touch surfaces are even more important than seats and backs.
Omg I've been carrying the spray bottle this whole time to the machine like a doofus. thank u!!
🤦🏻♀️ I did that yesterday !
I just joined the gym.
I would have done the same but my machine was right next to the cleaning station so I watched how they did it lol
You don't know what you don't know, but now you know :)
@@kstee2298 I always bring the bottle to machine as well. It never puts anyone out for the minute that the bottle is in my hand, and I sanitize the machine more efficiently.
Another helpful hint. If you spray the way you did some of it will drip onto the floor leaving a wet floor for someone to slip on. Hold the paper towel over the trash can and spray into the trash can so any extra fluid does end up on the floor
Good advice, thanks. I always clean before and after using a machine, but it's amazing how some people just walk away and ignore cleaning. That's why I clean before, in addition to after using a machine.
Thank you, I wish more people would follow your lead
Great video. it should be mandatory for every new member to watch. 99% of the members are great about cleaning their machine, but there is always that one that just walks away. Every.Single.Time.
Something that struck me as funny, the restrooms have blow driers for your hands. The sign claims that the blow driers save trees. Fair enough, but when you walk out on the floor, there are 10 trash cans full of the wipe down paper towels. Cudos for doing your part to save the trees, but.......
Check out the warning label on the disinfectant they provide. Guessing only 1% of members read it.
@@soocerdadjr91 the one I used to belong to changed their disinfectant spray a couple of times, but they used the same spray bottles, so who knows what the actual disinfectant bottle says.
Two clues to whether a customer attended an orientation session with a Planet Fitness Trainer:
* They wander aimlessly from one machine to another, rushing through a single set with no attention to form, and slamming the weights around
* They don't do even a rudimentary cleaning before or after they use a machine.
Please, Planet Fitness, a quick orientation goes a long way to make the customers' efforts effective, to help them avoid injuring themselves or others, and to reduce the spread of disease. Consider making this mandatory, especially with the new threat of CORONA VIRUS.
Smart man thank you for this I will apply it tomorrow when I go to pf
how do you take down the assisted pull up seat ?? I don't if I have to pull it or push it or twist the button the side lol can you please help me out.. I don't wanna look like a fool
Just pull the knob all the way out and slide it up or down to adjust it. Or ask someone who works there. I have zero problem asking staff first - it's better to do that than "look like a fool" but honestly nobody is really staring at you lol
It seem like a common sense courtesy, but in reality, how many people actually clean after they're done?
almost everyone at my gym.
I joined our local PF a few weeks ago, and I always wipe down when I'm done - in the time I've been there (nearly every day for 3 weeks), I've only seen one person who didn't wipe the equipment down when he was done. It's just common courtesy to wipe down after you've used the equipment.
@@Tanmay_390 It's not necessary, but if you don't you're an inconsiderate dirtbag.
I clean before I use the machines AND after I'm done using the machines.
I do and so does everyone else that has a clue about gym etiquette
how about something like a treadmill... do i clean the place I walked? or an elliptical... do i clean where my feet were? do i clean the electrical part with the buttons and screen?
Alex Ella if my bare skin or my butt touched it, I clean it. If I sweat on it, I cleaned it. If my feet touched it, I don’t clean it. Shouldn’t be barefoot in a gym so shouldn’t have to wipe down where your feet touched. With the exception of rowing machine where a customer may use their hands to adjust the foot straps. I clean the screens where I touched.
I know this is an old comment but I wanted to ask, what about the stair master? if you get sweaty and it drops.. do I clean the steps? and if so how? lol do I leave it on and clean each one? sorry if it’s a dumb question
Don't be ridiculous. Just clean the handles
Who cleans the handles on the spray bottles and paper towel dispenser after everyone in the gym touches them ?
Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Of course you have you're a genius.
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thank you 4 ur good teaching
Thank you, I wish I could show this to everyone at my PF. I feel like I’m the only one who cleans the machines 😭
Andrew is one awesome human being
At the planet fitness here in Waco Texas
Cleaned before and after
Thank you for that
That's funny that's how I already clean the machines to a T, fold a paper towel and prespray it.
I'm used to finding out there's a better method for things I do it's refreshing to find out I'm doing something right.
What about for beginners?
Oh beginners don't have to clean the machines. They're special
most important machine LOL
How do you do it without ripping the paper towels as you do it? Lol
Do you have to do things like treadmills
Monica Dean just the handles and screen
I just clean the handgrips.
So, basically, Planet Fitness requires its customers to work as janitors for them and knowingly exposes their customers to massive amounts of carcinogenic chemicals. Has Planet Fitness measured the concentrations of disinfectant chemicals in the air at Planet Fitness? Will Planet Fitness customers end up with higher rates of lung cancer or other cancers because of their frequent exposure to high amounts of carcinogens at PF?
I think this is a standard thing at gyms regardless of which one you go to. Though you can bring your own wipes if you prefer using that.
Why the person who’s gonna work after you can’t doit that way they know it’s clean
What a waste of paper! PF should change their business model to provide hand towels instead of wasting loads and loads of paper every single day!
Clean machine
Makes more sense to take bottle to the machine and spray machine, then wipe down.
Seriously do you spray paper towel at home and carry it to your project? DUH!
Some gyms spread the spray stations too far apart, and others need to use the spray bottle as well.
OWW! My wife (and workout coach) had a GREAT QUESTION today... "Who cleans the spray bottles (the ones that dispense the liquid cleaner)?" So... Now, I DO, but just every once in a while. Please help me out.
This one reminds me of other sanitary tidbits that should be obvious but are not. For example, can you guess what's been found to be the filthiest bit in public restrooms. Give up? It's the hot water faucet. Yes, they're dirtier than flush handles, handicap grab rails, even toilet seats. Actually, since I found this out, it makes sense.
Who cares? US Centers for Disease Control says the #1 way to prevent the spread of disease (including the coronavirus) is grandma's favorite: wash your hands frequently, especially during flu season. The kind of soap you use isn't particularly important, unless it's antigerm, like Hibiclens, for example. The scrubbing is what counts! Spend 20 seconds at it. That's about as long as it takes to recite "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
Turns out that wearing a surgical mask isn't very helpful, UNLESS you yourself are already infected.
I never wash my hands after using the restroom because I don't want to touch the handles that a thousand dirty hands have touched! I don't pee on my hands or touch "anything" when wiping so I don't want to then get my hands dirty on the nasty handles that everyone has touched with their dirty hands first! I only wash them if someone else is in there so they don't think I'm being nasty by not washing them lol
Not enough people even try to clean off the machine, like their sweat is nectar of the gods or something 🙄 🤮
Do not pulverize the liquid. The particles get in the air and we all breathe them in the gym. Instead, have the paper towel touch the nozzle of the bottle and then gently squeeze to wet the paper towel.
For a few weeks now I have been asking the staff and manager of my local Planet Fitness gym to let me know what the cleaning liquid is and its ingredients, but they all dance around the question. There is absolutely no critical thinking. They don’t get that they breathe that stuff too.
Planet Fitness, please post the cleaning liquid ingredients on your website!
You don’t that’s what the employees are for. We pay to use the equipment not to clean them.
Entitled much. You must be young.
They DO clean them periodically. But for personal sanitation, you need to clean your machine before AND after use. Don't be a dirty gym rat.
@@ConsensusX I don't need to clean nothing like I said I pay to use them not clean them.
If people seriously need a video on how to clean a machine after use, they probably shouldn't be using them in the first place. Common sense or courtesy, neither seems to exist.
Some people need video of how to cut cucumber, clean the dishes or tie your shoes lol
I have never been to gym before I have membership now, but now I know about gym etiquette... I saw some guy when I signed up I had looked around...he was cleaning machine I thought he was the janitor
Um I came to watch it’s because first of all no one told me but I saw someone do it in front of me, lmao atleast I came to check
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