That weird gym-smell

Last night i worked out a little bit (WOW! i know, that's a miracle, you would say...);

Since i'm in consulting, i hardly ever get time to work out; if i ever have some spare time, i would just hang out with my girlfriend (if i'm home) or just lay back and watch some DVD's.

But now i have a firm commitment of exercising regularly... so, last night i went down to the hotel gym and ran for 18 minutes, then went on the bike for 5 minutes... it feels sooooo good that right after you take a shower, you feel a bit tired, and a little bit loose, you know, relaxed... oh it feels great...

Well, i realized last night, that all gyms smell the same, and i hate it! i hate that "gym" smell... it's like the way hospitals smell, it's not nice, it's not bad, but i hate that every single one smells the same...

I guess it took me back to the gruesome days like 4 years ago when i went to the gym to work out, but really work out, you know, weights and all that, not just running and pedalling... that painful routine of eating a lot of protein, and those awful super-dense (and extremely expensive) milkshakes, and all the gatorade, and all the tuna... aaaggghh, hate the memories... those 3 months were not good at all... i did get a better body, got out of being a skinny boy and became a "regular, well-toned" guy... hehe... or so i would think...

But anyways, that smell, reminds me of all the 2 hour routines that i had, daily at the gym.

It seems that there's just something ubiquitous about all the gyms across the world, u know, the fake promises of looking better, thinner, healthier... all the self-shame accumulated in one place, with all the white-colored apparatus lined up into place, and again... that smell!

Really, last night when i just got into the gym, smelled that particular smell, and right there, i just felt tired... and my mind went someplace else, displaced itself to go on someplace better, just left my body there, to the gruesome tasks of body-building...

then it just hit me... these people here feel just like me, that they need the look/feel better about themselves and their body/athlethic condition... that's a bit awkward, in a way, it's like a AA meeting, but in a good way... at least you can share it proudly...

And don't even get me started on the gym-fanatics and gay guys hitting on straight guys at gyms... a whole 'nother story...

Well, as you could see, all this triggered on my mind just because of that weird gym-smell...

I guess i'll have to live with it... lets just hope i can keep it up...

cheers!