I've been very good about going to the gym at least 4 nights/week. Tuesdays and Thursdays are NO-GYM nights for me because USMCMan has ju-jitsu class (crazy-ass-boy!) and by the time he gets home, it's too late to get to the gym before it closes.)
As an aside--since January 1st, I've lost 7 pounds, so I'm happy about that. I hope I'm up to 8 by the end of this month. We'll see how it goes...
The USMC gyms are well-stocked with equipment and free weights. I've been in much worse gyms (remind me to BLOG the "gym with the pizza bar" story some time...) and I appreciate the variety and quality of the equipment.
HOWEVER... there's a bit of an ODOR PROBLEM in the gym. Given that 95% of the people there are sweaty 18-20 year olds, I guess this is understandable, but I don't think that it is unreasonable to put in some sort of super-sized air freshener. Do you? I mean, does 24-Hour Fitness have a stink problem? Gold's?
Yes, the gym provides clean workout towels. Yes, there are squirty bottles/rags to clean off the equipment. The worker bees swab the deck with cleaning fluid. Nothing works! The Marines just plain REEK of testosterone and sweat. GAG. Do men not know when they smell bad? I suspect that some of these guys wear the same workout clothes for several workouts in a row. EEEW! Do men even bother to wash their clothes after they work out, or is it just not considered manly? (NOTE: I am not asking USMCman this question because I don't want to know his answer. DOUBLE EEEW.)
In addition to the odor, the temperature is easily in the 80s with 100% humidity. HOT, SWEATY, and STINKY. Not a great combination for a zen-type workout. I get to the gym at around 8pm. By 9pm, the 'after-dinner' exercisers have left and the fans/AC begin to gain an edge on the heat and the stink, but COME ON! It's like working out in a terrarium. A terrarium with smelly reptiles. (Cute, smelly reptiles, but still smelly.)
I was using a seated leg-press and the guy who was doing dips on the dip bar to my left actually DRIPPED SWEAT ON ME! I was so yukked out! I don't mind sweating at the gym and I expect everyone who's working out hard to BE sweaty, but for God's sakes, keep your bodily fluids to yourself! Bleach. He never even noticed my not-so-subtle scrubbing of his sweat off of my arm. Nasty, nasty, naaaasty. Trauma.
As the weather begins to warm up around here, things will only get worse. I may need to just switch to those new, over-the-counter blue diet pills. Hmmm. Intestinal distress vs. stinky men? How to choose...?
3 comments:
I will say to you what XCircMan says to me when I complain about such things: MEN ARE PIGS.
Those poor sweaty young Marines just don't realize how disgusting they are--even if they ARE cute! They don't have a woman back at home to do their laundry and tell them they stink. They don't care. They don't know.
I am doubly proud of you for your persistance in continuing to go to the gym under such stinky, sweaty conditions. Seven pounds is awesome!! Keep up the good work, but don't get too skinny, okay??
Ha! The only person who has EVER accused me of being too skinny is my mother-- and that means the vote doesn't count-- based on maternal insanity. Don't worry. I have a reasonable goal that is healthy and not crazy-Twiggy-thin.
Thank you for your support and your comments... MEN ARE SMELLY.
EWWWWW!!!!!
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