Next time you get depressed because you're comparing yourself to the people in the supplement ads/fitspo or because you've been working out faithfully for 8 whole weeks yet you don't look like those success stories you see online or in the infomercials or because you've been taking progress pictures in your underwear with your cell phone camera in your poorly lit bedroom and you just look at them and go "meh", think of this video and realize real life and bullshit are two different things.
Now, on to gym complaining.
Those, people, are gym towels. At my gym, you ask the nice person at the front desk for one and they'll happily hand one over. Once you have this rectangle of white terrycloth in your possession, you can do several things with it. You can put it on a bench or machine you are using to absorb your sweat. That's a good thing. You can lay it down on the mat you are stretching on, because lord knows how often the gym cleans those things. That is also a good thing.
Or you can use it for its most traditional function: you can use it to dry yourself off after going in the pool or taking a shower. Why, yes, it will soak up the H2O clinging to your body. There's no need to walk about the bathroom area of the locker room letting yourself air dry and leaving quarter inch deep puddles of water on the floors of the stalls or in front of the sinks for other people to step in and for the gym employees to have to wipe up. Grrrrrr. Dry your goddamn feet and legs off, bitches, and don't drip everywhere. Do you do that in your bathroom at home? I doubt it.
Okay, I feel better now. Venting about rude people is so therapeutic.
xoxo
Love that video, as I'd noticed the same thing (not as dramatic) with my own bloaty body. Interesting to see how futile it is to keep chasing idealized images!
ReplyDeleteUm, not that I won't still kinda want to look like someone who works out more than I do. Hmm, better grab that can of Pam...