Bob Takano explains the aroma that comes with a good training facility:
You see, all serious weightlifting gyms have wooden platforms that
are regularly trod upon by sweaty athletes lifting heavy weights. Most
of the athletes have higher than average levels of testosterone which
leads to more perspiration to cool down overheated bodies. They’re
overheated because of the large amount of muscular work performed. The
sweat drips down on the wood and soaks in—everyday. So sweat soaked
wood is the basic fragrance.Throw in some hard rubber sediment, mix it with some magnesium
carbonate, some bits of powdered rosin, and waft it over with the
active ingredients (methyl salicylate) of various topical analgesics
and you have the potent mix that combined with sweat soaked wood gives
a weightlifting gym its unique aroma.I love that fragrance. As repugnant as it may be to some, it means
to me a place where amazing events take place as performed by amazing
people.
