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HEALTH
that's disgusting // DIRTY SOCKS
dude, gross.
Laundry sometimes takes a backseat to more important things like homework and camping out for basketball tickets, but don't reuse those dirty socks.
Funguses thrive in warm, dark and moist environments, created perfectly by shoes and feet.
The funguses use the dead material on the skin and the nails as nutrients. Some of the most common funguses are trichophyton mentagrophytes, epidermophyton floccocum and trichophyton rubrum. These funguses can show up as quickly as 24 hours of not changing your soaks, says Jake Goldstein, podiatrist at the Center for Foot Care in Kansas City, Mo.
Sharing socks and continuing to wear them after working out are also ways to spread or transmit a fungal infection.
The funguses cause cracks in the skin on the feet and in between the toes. A bacterium known as cellulitis can enter these cracks and cause an infection in your foot that, if left untreated, can move into your leg, Goldstein says.
These bacterial infections can happen as quickly as a week in someone who has a weak immune system. People with diabetes are also more susceptible to the bacterial infections. Typically, the fungus does not become infected but can be
chronic, staying in the foot for years.
Other symptoms of a fungus and impending bacterial infection are peeling and redness of the skin between the toes and yellow or brown crumbly toenails. An itching or burning sensation is also common.
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- Photo illustration by Adam Vossen
Fungus among us. The warm, dark and moist environment present in dirty shoes and shoes can become a breeding ground for fungal and bacterial infections after just 24 hours of wearing.
best of the worst // 30-MINUTE WORKOUT
better options for bad (health) situations.
Twenty-four hours isn't always enough time to do everything needed for one day, but your health shouldn't suffer. If you only have time for 30 minutes at the gym, you can still have an effective workout.
The best way to make use of your time is to have a high-intensity workout with cardio for as much of your half hour as possible, says Janae Morgan, personal trainer at Lawrence Athletic Club, 3201 Mesa Way.
Even though you have limited time, stretching cannot be skipped. Morgan says to take about five minutes to stretch; your workout will be more effective because of it.
For the remaining 25 minutes, alternate every five minutes between cardio exercises such as jumping rope, running or the elliptical machine. Free weights and weight machines that focus on a larger muscle group such as arms, legs, chest and back are going to be better than an exercise for a specific or small number of muscles.
Keeping up the intensity is the most important part of this brief time at the gym. This is the case even if you have different goals for your exercise. Morgan says this high-intensity workout in a 30 minute time period is beneficial to those trying to lose weight as well
as build muscle or maintain an overall fitness. // ADAM VOSSEN
Photo illustration by Adam Vossen
Crunch time. Just because you're short on time,
doesn't mean you can't get a good workout. If you only have 30 minutes, try spending 5 stretching and 25 doing cardio.
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