So, you are going to the gym?
That's nice. What are you going to wear?
That's nice. What are you going to wear?
These are the most common looks I have seen at the gym lately. If you have never come across one of the following categories, you are probably it.
Just Rolled Out of Bed: This look consists of the baggy shirt, possibly with holes in it, as well as miss-matched socks and most likely the shorts are missing the elastic.
High-Tech-Micro-Breathable-Sweat-Proof Outfit: I hope those matchy-matchy outfits look as good as they sound, because a 19-year old Vietnamese girl was harassed and verbally abused to make you look totally cute at the gym.
I Played Sports in College: Thanks for matching your UConn Huskies cross country shorts with a Johns Hopkins Blue Jay's lacrosse T-shirt. Did you play on the teams, or did you visit the school store? I can tell as soon as you start running...
Blast from the Past: Shortly after Flashdance was released, the fitness world discovered that bouncing your stretches was incorrect, because it turns out bouncing is damaging to the muscles. Studies have also shown that wearing a leotard, stripped leggings, leg warmers, and multiple sweat bands is damaging on the eyes of others.
With so many styles and colors and materials and designs, it can be overwhelming to dress for a workout. You should not sweat it, because no one really cares about what you are wearing; the people at the gym are concerned with one thing: their own workout.
Let me close with an anecdote:
As I was entering the locker room at a gym where I teach group exercise classes, I noticed one of the members of my class changing. As an instructor, I notice what the members of my classes wear, because that is how I give corrections ("Blue tank-top -- keep your abdominals tight!"). So, I saw her remove the green razor-back tank top, which she wore last class, from her locker and put it on. THE SAME SHIRT. FROM LAST CLASS. SITTING IN THE LOCKER. FOR ONE WEEK.
I will not mention the rest of her outfit, which had been collecting fungus in the locker, that she wore to my class...
To make my point crystal, it is crucial that cleanliness come before fashion. I never want to see a repeat of what I saw in the locker room that day.
Blessings.
3 comments:
very funny! I don't get the thing about the Vietnamese girl though...?
Sadly, I was referring to the sweatshops where many of the clothing we buy come from. Nike, for example, has sweatshops in many different countries, Vietnam being one of them. So, even though Nike clothing is pretty awesome, some worker in a sweatshop was treated terribly to make the clothing.
oh yeah, that is horrible
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