By the Light of the Equipment
Posted on Friday, April 21st, by CJ
So I recently joined a gym. Yes, yes, let's forego all the pleasantries about how women don't like men with expanding asses and burgeoning stomachs. That would probably be one of the main reasons why I'm putting good money down to go into that Building of Masochism™ a few times a week to inflict torture upon myself. Hell, I even pay someone extra to inflict even more pain on me!
But given that this is Southern California, I'm not the only one in the gym, even when I'm there at 11:30pm. Not only am I surrounded by muscle-bound maniacs who push thousands of pounds of iron and then go running for hours on end on the treadmills (which, honestly, I really don't understand — why are you paying to run in place when there's hundreds of miles of roads and sidewalks right outside? But that's another rant for another time…), but there are… women there, working out and toning themselves and sculpting themselves into the gorgeous ladies who populate the area and who I drool over on a daily basis despite the fact that they never look back. Which is probably a good thing, considering I'm told that women find drooling unattractive.
The thing is, these women — you know, the ones at the gym? — they're dressed… umm… gorgeously. Yes, even at the gym. I mean, I know Spandex is a privilege and not a right, but these women deserve to wear Spandex. Some of them even go as far as to wear athletic bras. And just athletic bras… at least on top — yes, they put on stuff that covers their other parts. It's like, hel-LO, gorgeous women are all around me and some of them are dressed in even less than the ones I see walking down the street!
Naturally, I look. And I'm not really a gawker, but there are some times when I'm checking out the women. You would, too. It's not like I'm making comments and pointing or being incredibly obvious or anything like that, I'm just, you know… gently checking them out. The problem is — some of them apparently don't take kindly to being checked out. I get dirty looks in return.
I call foul on that. In fact, I call triple-foul on that. For crying out loud, if you're dressed in an outfit like that, how can you expect me not to check you out? You're wearing next to nothing. And the stuff that you are wearing is barely leaving anything to the imagination. Honestly, I think it's be a crime for me not to look. Besides, isn't checking out a woman a compliment?
Here's my thing: If you don't want to be checked out, then dress accordingly. If you don't want me to look at your boobs, cover them. If you don't want me to admire your legs, don't wear short shorts. There's no law that prohibits you from wearing a loose t-shirt and baggy track pants instead of a sports bra and Spandex Daisy Dukes. And if you do wear the sports bra and Spandex Daisy Dukes (that is, of course, if you deserve to wear them because if you don't and you wear that outfit anyways, expect a beating from the Fashion Police), you're not allowed to be displeased when I check you out. That's my decree.
April 21st, at 9:19 am
As a woman, I can say that I wholeheartedly agree with the purpose of this entry. When I go to the gym, there’s nothing I hate worse than the idea that someone can see what my body’s up to, so I dress in clothes that are a few sizes too big for me. I don’t put on make-up and my hair’s in a crude ponytail. It’s safe to say that guys don’t check me out at the gym. I’ve had a few female friends tell me, “It’s too HOT to wear all those clothes while working out!” but that doesn’t really wash, as you’re -supposed- to work up a sweat and get hot. If you’re dressing scantly to go to the gym, you -want- to be looked at. The dirty expressions in response are very likely fake or forced.
You should consider making a campaign of this.
Work out only in a t-shirt that says, “If you’re dressed like this: -insert picture of bra-and-panties gym girl- accept the consequences.”
April 21st, at 12:37 pm
Girls like that at the gym irritate me to no end. The worst offenders are the ones who are wearing full make up while working out! Gross! Because trust me, under that inch of foundation, it ain’t a pretty picture.
What irriates me the most is the inefficiencies the gym bunnies cause. the sit at a machine set to the lowest weight possible and pretend to be working out while the rest of us wait patiently to finish what they pathetically pass off as a set.
Now, I can understand why guys would check them out, but there are reasons not to.
1. They’re a waste of space. If you’re there to work out, don’t hold the rest of us up.
2. At the rate their going they’re never going to get toned. Perhaps giving credit to the girls who are seriously working out would be more worthwhile because, trust me, what’s underneath that baggy tshirt and sweats is definitely worth the mental gymnastic you have to perform to figure it out.
There are more reasons, but I’m late for an engagement involving debauchery.
April 22nd, at 2:15 pm
Re: Running on Tread Mills
I have to pay for it. Otherwise I am never compelled.
April 22nd, at 8:21 pm
Hey man,
I just can say to you, bout gym
No pain, no Gain, no Girls.
So you choose, pain and girls, or nithin?
May 12th, at 11:32 pm
To hell with ‘em. I stare. If you don’t want the attention, don’t dress for the attention.
January 23rd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
let me explain this to you then. women dress like that to be checked out. but not by everybody. they want to be checked out by guys they like, and not checked out by guys they don’t like. consequently, if you get dirty looks, it’s prolly cause you aren’t one of the ones she likes. and if you get alot of dirty looks, it’s prolly cause you suck.
no ammount of interned whining will get you the “right” to be one of the guys girls like, because that’s not a right. so, if you get the dirty look, move on. and if you get it so many times you feel you have to write about it, well, esad ?