Healthy Families, Healthy Homes: H1N1 and the Gym
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| 11/16/2009 |
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| You can tell by his size, that Michael Zepeda spends a lot of time at the gym. "I`m on the Minot power lifters team," says Zepeda. Zepeda has been lifting weights since he was 18. He knows that the gym is home for burning calories and breaking a sweat. "In a serious workout I tend to forget to wipe things off," says Zepeda. But it is also home to germs and lots of them. These days, when someone talks about germs it`s often followed by discussions on H1N1 or the swine flu. "Our staff is cleaning all the time," says Tescher. The YMCA knows the importance of making sure their facility stays germ free. "We have all of our staff they are always cleaning, while members are working out they are right behind them cleaning off the machine," says Tescher. Even though all of these precautions are good, the number one way to keep yourself healthy is a simple splash of soap and water. "We run out of soap so quickly," says Tescher Tescher`s fine with that because it means people at her facility are just breaking a sweat and hopefully not a fever. |
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