Do not admire your naked body in the mirror. It is uncomfortable for everyone.

Now that I have become a rather avid gym goer I now feel like I have the authority to parent a blog entry on gym etiquette. There is so much wrong with the way people behave in the locker room, the weight room, the cardio room-I don't even know where to start.

Here is a bulleted list of gym peeves:

*People who leave their towels on the floor. I mean really. You are at the GYM and you cannot walk 20 feet to the designated dirty towel container?
*People who do not clean the machines after use. I don't even like my own sweat. Why would I want to be intimate with yours?
*People who let their kids run around in the locker room when there is a very large sign that states: NO CHILDREN UNDER 14 ALLOWED IN THIS LOCKER ROOM.
*People who get in the hot tub naked. I know, it's a women's locker room and your bathing suit doesn't cover that much anyway but it is not a Greek Bathhouse for heaven's sake. Nobody wants to slide in to soak next to naked girl.
*This one goes along with the first one: People who compete for front row parking. Again, you know you're at the gym yeah?
*Women who remain naked for an excessive period of time. Unfortunately for you, you're not still in utero and are required by society to wear clothes.

I don't know if anyone else has this brand of experience with the gym but I know I cannot be the only one. The other day I was getting ready for work after exercising and who comes up to me in the mirror but some naked girl checking herself out in the mirror next to mine. WTF? I understand maybe a walk up and check out but she was examining herself for at least 3 minutes. Weird.

THEN on another occasion I walked out of the shower room behind someone and she dropped her loofah. She stopped right in front of me and bent over. Wow, I had never seen it from that angle before. Talk about totally freaking weird for me.

To summarize; if you go to a gym where there are other people the following rules apply to you:

1.) Don't be lazy.
2.) Don't be gross.
3.) Don't be in the hot tub naked.

Not hard.

Until next time, stay clothed!

Sara