| Is just me or are some of the things that folks wear to | | | | outside. They care about results and it shows. |
| the gym enough to burn your retina, permanently? You | | | | Stuck In The 70's: Tennis shorts, tucked in shirt, ankle |
| know like a solar eclipse when the experts warn that | | | | high white socks with a portable 8 track player. All right |
| looking right at it without a filter will cause irreparable | | | | I exaggerate, but not by much. These folks, again hard |
| damage. Read on for details but be warned, this will | | | | working, need to get one foot into the current |
| not be pretty. | | | | millennium. |
| Here the deal: I am not a high fashion gym guy. I'll wear | | | | TMI (Too Much Information): Let's be clear here, no one |
| an occasional Nike short and even more occasionally | | | | I know wants to see that much of you or your parts. |
| a logo shirt. On the other hand the sights I see at the | | | | Just the other day I was doing a stretch on the floor. |
| gym can really hurt your eyes if you look too long or | | | | The women next to me, all of 7 feet away, was |
| stare too hard. So as not be sexist please know that | | | | splayed over a ball in a tight thin cotton leotard like |
| the conditions and descriptions mentioned herein apply | | | | garment. She was not wearing any undergarments, |
| to both men and women. | | | | this was obvious because in one glance I knew the |
| There are likely categories for the attire people | | | | camel toe had been spotted and refused to look back. |
| choose to wear to workout and if there are no formal | | | | Yes I am a healthy hetero male and no I do not need |
| ones then I am here to make them up. The way I see | | | | that much information. The male counterpart (perhaps |
| it breaks down like this: | | | | they are related) insists on wearing short running |
| Terminally Fashionable: This god or goddess of | | | | shorts, again without any undergarments. I fondly call |
| workout is adorned head to toe in logo madness. Shirt, | | | | him FedEx because his package delivers at the gym. |
| pants or shorts (or both), socks, shoes and hat all | | | | Again TMI! |
| perfectly aligned. These are the same folks that seem | | | | One thing that all these ladies and gentlemen have in |
| to not sweat and may well send their workout clothes | | | | common is a desire to get off their butts and get to |
| to the dry cleaner for that "just pressed" look. These | | | | the gym. They are light years ahead of the slugs that |
| are some of the same fabulous people that use the | | | | are sitting on the couch eating Twinkies and chasing |
| cell phone while walking the treadmill. | | | | them with beer. I am of the mind that those are treats |
| The Rumpled Ones: Though this can happen any day | | | | to have after you have done the workout! The reality |
| or time of the week, I find it to be especially prevalent | | | | is that what people wear is meaningless, fun to watch |
| on weekend mornings, say around 7 or 8 a.m. Bed | | | | and write about, but meaningless none-the-less. This |
| head in place, crusty eyes, the "what the hell am I | | | | applies to everyone except FedEx. Please, I implore |
| doing here after the thing I did last night" look; you | | | | you for the sake of mankind, wear something under |
| know the ones. They do have a certain elegance in | | | | those short shorts or take a cue from the Terminally |
| their wrinkled shirts and long, made for the beach, | | | | Fashionable and spend a couple of bucks to get your |
| board shorts. One thing I found to be true though is | | | | workout wardrobe an extreme makeover. If you don't |
| that they are determined to work hard and I have | | | | cover up others will run the risk of permanent retina |
| watched their improvements over time. I applaud these | | | | damage, just like a solar eclipse. |
| folks for not caring about what's going on superficially | | | | |