>>> WE ARE BACK. 8:09.
8:09.
A NEW "ROSSEN REPORTS" NEW
YEARS RESOLUTIONS IN FULL SWING.RESOLUTIONS IN FULL
SWING.
FOR A LOT OF US, GO TO THE GYM.
>> JEFF ROSSEN HERE WITH A
KRIRNG
CRINGE-WORTHY REASON FOR
EVERYBODY GOING TO THE GYM.
ANOTHER REASON NOT TO WORK OUT.
>> A STORY RIGHT HERE.
>> I SAID, JEFF, HOW OFTEN ARE
THOSE THINGS EVER CLEANED? >> LIKE YOU GO TO THE GYM.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES. ITS HAPPENED.
ITS HAPPENED.
>> ITS HAPPENED BEFORE!
SAVANNAH, THIS ONES FOR YOU. LOOK, TIMELY, TOO, BECAUSE WERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A VICIOUS FLU
SEASON.
NOW NEW CONCERNS YOU COULD GET SICK FROM GOING TO THE GYM.GET
SICK FROM GOING TO THE GYM. DOCTORS SAY GYMS CAN BE A HOT
BED FOR BACTERIA.
YOURE ON THE MACHINES ALL
SWEATING.
SWEATING.
SOME OF YOU ARENT WIPING THEM
DOWN AFTER.
HOW MANY GERMS ARE PEOPLE
LEAVING BEHIND?
THIS MORNING WE BREAK OUT OUR
HIDDEN CAMERAS AND SAVANNAHS FAVORITE GERM MEETER TO FIND
OUT.
OUT.
HERE IS A HINT. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MACHINES
AT THE GYM CAME BACK SO HIGH,
YOU MAY STAY HOME TODAY.
>> Reporter: NEW YEAR, SAME RESOLUTION.: NEW YEAR, SAME
RESOLUTION.
LOSE WEIGHT.
>> TWO MORE!
>> Reporter: AND GET FIT. BUT WE DISCOVERED MEN AND WOMEN
SWEATY AND WALKING AWAY NEVER
WIPING THE MACHINES DOWN.
WATCH THIS GUY AS HE GETS OFF
THE TREADMILL AND DOESNT EVEN
LOOK BACK.
LOOK BACK. AND THIS WOMAN.
HOPPING OFF THAT ELLIPTICAL
LEAVING BEHIND A SWEATY MESS.
SECONDS LATER --
THIS OTHER WOMAN JUMPING ON THAT
SAME DIRTY MACHINE.
BUT ARE THEY DIRTY ENOUGH TO
MAKE YOU JIK.
>> OKAY, SO IM HERE AT THIS
POPULAR GYM.
POPULAR GYM. ITS THE MORNING RUSH.
IT IS PACKED.
WE HAVE OUR TRUSTY GERM METER
AND TEST SWABS.
WERE GOING TO TEST A LOT OF
THIS EQUIPMENT TO SEE THE BACTERIA LEVELS.O SEE THE
BACTERIA LEVELS. ANYTHING OVER 100 IS A FAIL.
WELL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
FIRST UP, I HEAD OVER TO THE
FREE WEIGHTS.
FREE WEIGHTS.
ABOUT AS CLOSE AS IVE EVER GOTTEN TO THESE.S IVE EVER
GOTTEN TO THESE.
SWABBING AWAY.
WHOA.
LOOK AT THIS.
242.
REMEMBER --
ANYTHING OVER 100 IS A FAIL. THIS IS WHY I NEVER USE FREE
WEIGHTS.
WEIGHTS.
NEXT, THE MATS.
PEOPLE STRETCH OUT OBN THIS ALL
DAY.
SWEAT, HANDS ON IT.
LOOKS LIKE A SWEAT SPOT OVER HERE. LIKE A SWEAT SPOT OVER
HERE.
BUT IS IT ACTUALLY DIRTY?
WERE TESTING FOR THE GENERAL
PRESENCE OF GERMS, AND, REMEMBER, ANYTHING OVER 100 IS A
FAIL.
FAIL. >> OOP.
>> OOP. THERE IT IS.
248.
248.
WAY, WAY OVER THE ACCEPTABLE
LIMIT OF BACTERIA.
JUST FROM BEING ON THE MAT. WE BRING THE RESULTS TO NBC
MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT DR. JOHN
TORRES.
TORRES.
>> WE ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE FLU SEASON THIS YEAR.BOUT
THE FLU SEASON THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE WORST IN RECENT
YEARS.
YEARS.
COULD GERMS LIKE THIS IMPACT
THAT?
>> DEFINITELY.
THE THING PEOPLE DONT REALIZE
IS, WHEN WORKING OUT, THINK
ABOUT IT.
YOU RUB YOUR EYES, WIPE YOUR
NOSE.
SCRATCH YOUR MOUTH.
THATS HOW THE BACTERIA AND
GERMS GET INTO YOUR BODY.
ONCE IN YOUR BODY, YOU GET THE
FLU OR WHATEVERS THERE.
>> Reporter: BUT WERE JUST
GETTING WARMED UP.
I HEAD OVER TO THE ELLIPTICAL.
SWABBING THE HANDLES.
YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON TO THESE.
ALL RIGHT.
MOMENT OF TRUTH.
OOH!
GETTING OFF THE ELLIPTICAL. THIS IS GROSS.E ELLIPTICAL.
THIS IS GROSS. 268.
268. NEARLY THREE TIMES THE
ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF BACTERIA.
JUST FROM WORKING OUT ON THIS
THING.
THING. BUT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE
DAY IS HERE AT PERHAPS THE MOST
POPULAR MACHINE IN THE GYM.
THE TREADMILL.
THE TREADMILL. GETTING THE BUTTONS.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE TOUCHES.
THE GRIMY, SWEATY HANDS.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
BRACE YOURSELVES.
BRACE YOURSELVES. YOURE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE
THIS, FOLKS.
THIS, FOLKS. 2,134.
2,134. THATS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
READINGS WEVE EVER GOTTEN.
NOT ONLY IS IT GROSS, BUT IF
ITS STAPH OR MRSA, EVEN WORSE,
CAN GET YOU SICK AND ON TOP OF
THAT BE DEADLY.
HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU DONT
GET SICK?
GET SICK?
MIKE SURE TO WIPE DOWN EQUIPMENT
BEFORE AND AFTER YOU USE IT, BUT JUST IN CASE OTHER PEOPLE DONT,T
JUST IN CASE OTHER PEOPLE DONT, ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE
AND AFTER A WORKOUT.
AND HERES ANOTHER IDEA --
BRING YOUR OWN STRETCHING MAT.
THAT WAY YOU KNOW ITS CLEAN.
YOU CAN GET A PORTABLE ONE LIKE
THIS FOR JUST $12.
KEEPING YOU HAPPY AND HEALTHY
THIS NEW YEAR.
BY THE WAY, THE LAST TIME WE GOT
A READING THAT HIGH, I THINK WAS
WHEN WE TESTED CRUISE SHIPS.
ANYWAY, FOR WHAT ITS WORTH.
SO NOW THAT WEVE GROSSED YOU
OUT, INSIDE SCOOP.
WE CALLED SEVERAL GYMS AROUND
THE COUNTRY TO FIND OUT IF THERE
IS A TIME OF DAY WHEN THEY ARE
CLEANEST.
CLEANEST.
THEY TOLD US THEIR GYMS ARE THE CLEANEST RIGHT WHEN THEY OPENHE
CLEANEST RIGHT WHEN THEY OPEN AND RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH.
THATS BECAUSE THEIR CLEANING
CREWS MOVE IN RIGHT AFTER THE
MORNING RUSH.
MORNING RUSH.
MAYBE DO SOME MORNING WORK. THEN GO TO THE GYM AND STAY
CLEAN.
CLEAN.
>> WE CANT WORK OUT AGAIN. >> EVER, NEVER. OUT AGAIN.
>> EVER, NEVER. >> A NETFLIX AND CHILL.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> WOW.
>> WOW. 2,000 GERM PARTICLES.
>> A LOT.
>> A LOT.
>> ITS A LOT.