God has answered my prayers, for today I ripped my workout shorts.
And no, I was not wearing underwear.
Let's start from the beginning.
Today was a nice mix of a 400 meter run, followed by 15 overhead squats, for three rounds. Not too bad right? My muscles were ready, however my shorts weren't. They were cheap K-Mart workout shorts that I think I got for $8 earlier this summer and when I squatted down too far today they split during our warm up.
It was so loud everybody heard it and I jumped up and turned around so that the two females in the gym, Kristi and Kenna (who is only in high school), weren't flashed. I felt my backside and the rip went from . . .
well let's just say everything was exposed.
Yes, it was bad. I was imagining doing the run and cars behind me crashing as they glimpsed a view that should not be viewed in public. Or flashing Kenna and then having her parents filing a restraining order against me.
Luckily someone left a towel at the gym. Unfortunately it was a child's Power Ranger towel that barely wrapped around my waist. Still, it was long enough to block everything so I went for it. Hell, I've been writing about pregnant women and one armed gimps doing this workout so I can't let a little clothing malfunction do me in right? Yeah, didn't think so.
I was last behind Bob and Kenna but I powered through the squats better than I did before. My legs are getting stronger I think because the last time I needed to keep resting. Then again everytime I squatted I could see parts of myself sticking out in the mirror, so I think that had something to do with my increased motivation to finish. My running needs improvement but hopefully that happens over time.
Now I must wash this towel, as there is sweat on it from areas of my body that no child should ever come into contact with. There are several lessons to be learned from this story, which I shall list below:
1) Wear underwear
2) Do not buy cheap workout shorts
3) Bring your own adult sized towel everywhere you go, just in case
Have a good weekend gang,
Rod
