Put some clothes on, Roger!
So I've never had a gym membership before. I mean, I go to Calvary or Immanuel and work out occasionally but I've never stooped to buying a Gold's membership. But this summer, with visions of me getting plump from sitting in a cubicle all day, I got a membership to Gold's. It works out well as its just across the street from my building and I have made it a habit of going everyday. Since the start of the summer, I can count on one hand how many weekdays I've missed working out.
I hadn't bargained on getting free entertainment along with my membership, but that's what has happened.
First off, I just have to laugh at how seriously some of those guys take themselves. It's like they're half there to work out and the other half to show off their muscles. There's one guy who looks like he works his upper body out but neglects the lower half. It's weird. He looks like a funnel. Seriously.
Other guys you have to laugh at because they're trying so hard to fit in but fail miserably. I like the guy who comes in with sweet tennis shoes, mid-calf white socks, pale as a ghost, an Ace bandage wrapped around his elbow, classic gray tank-top with "M&M's Basketball" on the front, Will Smith ears, spiky hair and a gray headband. Can you picture him? I sure hope you can.
I saw another guy today who was lifting the whole stack of weights. This got me to thinking...what happens after that? Have you reached the pinnacle of physical fitness? It seems to me there is no place to go but down. Do you just let yourself go to hell in a handbasket just so you can build yourself up again? Is it a game to them? These are the questions that keep me up at night.
And let me ask you this- why is ESPN showing dominoes? I mean seriously, there is nothing worse to watch while doing some cardio than two black guys playing dominoes. DOMINOES! Do they think its going to be the next Texas Hold-Em?
But of all the things that bother me about the gym its the men locker room that takes the cake. First, it smells. Secondly, too much nakedness. I realize the necessity of taking off your clothes to shower and while changing clothes, but these old dudes take it to another level. Here they are, standing at the sink hanging freely while I'm trying to wash my hands. Seriously! Put it away! Am I the only one who finds it weird guys just walk around in their bithday suits? Yesterday there were two guys standing and talking to each other without clothes. Yeeeesch. I think I'm the only one with the decency to cover myself. It just freaks me out.
So those are pretty much my observations. I enjoy working out and I'm enjoying the results. Maybe one day I'll make it to the top and be lifting the whole stack...only to let myself go just so I can do it all again.
I hadn't bargained on getting free entertainment along with my membership, but that's what has happened.
First off, I just have to laugh at how seriously some of those guys take themselves. It's like they're half there to work out and the other half to show off their muscles. There's one guy who looks like he works his upper body out but neglects the lower half. It's weird. He looks like a funnel. Seriously.
Other guys you have to laugh at because they're trying so hard to fit in but fail miserably. I like the guy who comes in with sweet tennis shoes, mid-calf white socks, pale as a ghost, an Ace bandage wrapped around his elbow, classic gray tank-top with "M&M's Basketball" on the front, Will Smith ears, spiky hair and a gray headband. Can you picture him? I sure hope you can.
I saw another guy today who was lifting the whole stack of weights. This got me to thinking...what happens after that? Have you reached the pinnacle of physical fitness? It seems to me there is no place to go but down. Do you just let yourself go to hell in a handbasket just so you can build yourself up again? Is it a game to them? These are the questions that keep me up at night.
And let me ask you this- why is ESPN showing dominoes? I mean seriously, there is nothing worse to watch while doing some cardio than two black guys playing dominoes. DOMINOES! Do they think its going to be the next Texas Hold-Em?
But of all the things that bother me about the gym its the men locker room that takes the cake. First, it smells. Secondly, too much nakedness. I realize the necessity of taking off your clothes to shower and while changing clothes, but these old dudes take it to another level. Here they are, standing at the sink hanging freely while I'm trying to wash my hands. Seriously! Put it away! Am I the only one who finds it weird guys just walk around in their bithday suits? Yesterday there were two guys standing and talking to each other without clothes. Yeeeesch. I think I'm the only one with the decency to cover myself. It just freaks me out.
So those are pretty much my observations. I enjoy working out and I'm enjoying the results. Maybe one day I'll make it to the top and be lifting the whole stack...only to let myself go just so I can do it all again.