[this entry has been copied from my BodySpace blog]

…this week in the gym…

The Vest Dude
…you know those weight vest thingies… well… I understand wearing one while you climb stairs. I can somewhat understand walking in one…. BUT how does it help you when you are on a recumbent bike?! Someone please explain… its kinda like watching TV with a dumbell in your lap!!

The Perv
now let me tell you… I see nothing wrong with wearing shorts to the gym. Yes, sometimes I make the mistak of wearing kinda short shorts to the gym… but oh well. This morning I wore such a pair… and decided to climb stairs. Usually I go on the stairmill that is right up against the wall, so that there is a wall behind me and no one is looking up at my ass… today some fatass broke that particular machine, so I was forced to go on the machine in front of it… no biggie, it was 5AM. So this man comes along and goes on the BROKEN machine… where the steps just keep going and going and going… hence it is BROKEN and there is yellow tape all over it! Every other piece of cardio equipment was empty, as well as the other stairmills… this started making me a bit uneasy… although seeing him huffing and puffing in the mirror was amusing. I decided to move on to the treadmill… conveniently placed against a wall as well. People like this bother me but I usually ignore it… what bothered me about this man was the fact that he came up to me before I left and told me I was dressed inapporpriately for the gym (i had a big t-shirt on for a top… in case you were wondering)… I almost dropped my water bottle when I heard this. Dear sir… if you didn’t go out of your way to be on the machine behind me, my ass would not have been right in front of you! WTF?! I’m not workingout in a thong!! Come on now… had I been doing any other exercise (with the exception of SLDLs) those particular shorts would have been FINE! OK… rant is over… i’m still annoyed…

The Food
My gym had a "one day special" on membership going on… actually it was a "one day special" going on for 3 days in a row. Anyway… this "special" was accompanied with a table of free food for the people joining… I guess the plan is to make people eat, then they feel fat and join the gym… I dunno… but there should be a rule against having a table of goodies in a gym!