I go to the gym at a weird in-between time…too late in the morning for the pre-work crowd, but too early for stay-at-home parents who have responsibilities in the morning like feeding, clothing, and dropping off kids.  So, the folks who are in my classes are always an interesting mix.  It’s normally me, about 10 people who look like they were bussed in from the local home for the aging, some empty-nester aged adults, a handful of people who seem to be unemployed, and this one woman who looks normal, but is always doing something really weird before class…such as today when she was explaining the rules of Yahtzee into her phone at the top of her lungs. Even more interesting than the people though are their work out clothing selections.  For example, in today’s Cardio Flex class there were:

Two women wearing leg warmers (not in an 80s revival way)

Lots of spandex leggings

A woman who started the class off in a turtleneck cable-knit wool sweater and then in the middle of class stripped it off to reveal a leopard print sports bra.  Unexpected.  

One woman in tights and a thong leotard 

One man in a t-shirt with a decal of his grandchildren (I assume) ironed on

One man in jeans

A woman with boxing gloves on (We don’t actually hit anything in this class and we have to use hand-weights)

A woman with work out pants from Express that are really tapered but at some point in high school, she ripped the seam from the ankle to the knee in an attempt to make them appear flared which did not work at all.  She now just looks like a woman in tapered pants who has recently been violently assaulted from the knee down.  (Ok, fine.  That one’s me.)