Safety First

After a very looooooong hiatus, my gym and I are having a much needed "Frienaissance". You see, I would like to get reacquainted with that skinny(-er) girl that I'm hoping still lives inside me. So, two weeks ago, I reinstated my gym membership and started getting up very early every other morning to make it to a spinning class.

My gym is rather pricey for what you get (what gym isn't?), but it's definitely not a meat market. It's large building tucked away behind a grocery store and a Thai restaurant and hidden by some sleepy neighborhoods. Oh, did I mention that I live in the suburbs?? Well, I do, so as you can image the people that are there huffing and puffing next to me are NORMAL. Mostly soccer moms and dads that are just tying to watch a little FoxNews while they get in their 30 minutes of cardio.

The gym my husband I used to belong to back in the day provided memberships to the the likes of... oh the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the Desperados Dancers, and a few players from the Dallas Stars and Dallas Cowboys. Yeah... The women would come to the gym in FULL MAKE-UP and wearing their water bras to "work out". It was amazing that anyone got anything accomplished! The best part of working out there, in my opinion, was the Smoothie King located in the building...

Well, the place I go to now is NOTHING like that. Most people are a little frumpy, but working at it. The standard attire is "just-rolled-out-of-bed-but-at-least-I'm-here" and people just mind their own business... sometimes. I have to admit there are always people that stand out, and my spinning class is the best place to find weridos.

Okay, so it's spinning, as in indoor stationary bike riding... but there are folks that come suited up to ride with Lance. Some have special biking shoes. Okay, that's cool. Some wear the all spandex cycling suits. Whatever. Then, there was the one dude that set up towels all around him-on the bike, next to him, under the bike. Okay, I didn't get that one.

But this week, was the first time I ever saw someone wearing a BIKE HELMET in class. I mean, where exactly did he think the stationary bike would be taking him and why did he expect to fall off?

Now, I've been known to fall off gym equipment in my past... and yes, including a stationary bike... but still, who wears a helmet to a spinning class?

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