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| Gym to introduce 'Naked Sunday' |
| 2007-02-03 |
| Self-conscious about what you wear while working out? A Dutch gym plans to introduce "Naked Sunday" for people who like to huff and puff in the buff. Oh, just what I need: Not only would I get to huff and puff and cause my protesting body to ache from head to toe, but I'd get to ogle a 60-year-old guy's bunghole while I did it. No, thanks. The occasional comely maiden doesn't make up for the majority of hairy, sweating guys. Patrick de Man, owner of Fitworld gym in the town of Heteren, said he got the idea in part from two of his customers who are "avid nudists." I'm not an "avid nudist" because I own a mirror. Nobody wants to see the remains of my once gorgeous body, especially since it was never that gorgeous. Based on empirical observation, I'm in the majority. "I heard that some other gyms are offering courses on 'pole-dancing' as a sport, so I thought: why not bring something new to the market?" de Man said. What's the matter with sweat? And maybe strategically placed oxygen bottles. I go to the gym and I spend more time catching my breath than I do exercising. He said the response had been overwhelming, "both positive and negative." I'd guess the positive is made up primarily of people who've never seen fairly random selections of adults nekkid. Yes, gents, there are occasional comely young maidens, but if you stare at them too hard they're not gonna show up on Naked Sunday. Yes, ladies, there are body builders to be found at the gym. They're a definite minority. The Dutch Federation of Naturists, with 70,000 members, was curious to see if Fitworld's plan would work, spokesman Bernd Huiser said. "We recently conducted a large survey among our members, and most prefer to exercise with their clothes on," he said. "The most popular activities (for nudists) are things you do outdoors, like walking on the beach, or swimming in a lake, or maybe gardening." Kinda lets out the gym, dunnit? De Man said the first question Fitworld customers were asking was whether it would be sanitary. Nude exercisers would be required to put towels down on weight machines and to use disposable seat covers while riding bikes, he said. All machines would be cleaned and disinfected afterward. "We clean them every day anyway," he said. Don't go leaving skidmarks on my weight bench, dammit! He said there was no need to advertise, as Fitworld has been deluged by interview requests from Dutch newspapers and TV stations. One person calling himself Kees who visited the club's Web site wrote: "What a ridiculous idea, what kind of nutjob comes up with a plan like naked exercise?" The Greeks and the Romans used to do it all the time. Prob'ly it'll cause a nice surge in business at first, with a leveling off later. This time next year they'll need another gimmick. Another, calling himself Ron the Nudist, said: "Hi people who can't appreciate naked exercising ... Just because you are ashamed of your naked bodies doesn't mean naked isn't nice." Naked, like most things, is neutral. If you're ugly with your clothes on you'll be ugly with 'em off. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Should be Naked Friday, then. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-02-03 13:38 |
| #9 Preceeded by burka Saturday? **boggle** A little cognitive dissonance here? |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-02-03 11:51 |
| #8 as an avid weightlifter and cyclist I may point out that most of the exercises that I do cannot, and should not ever, under no circomstances, no, absolutely not, no way jose, be done in the nude , because at some point some very important dangly bits, that I am very attached to both phisically and mentally WILL get in the way , Murphy's law will insure that that point comes at the exact moment I make a full extension with a 120 kg barbell. And that my friends will suck bigtime. |
| Posted by: Lurker 2007-02-03 11:05 |
| #7 Itn too late Mike. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-03 09:14 |
| #6 This thread does not need pics... |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-02-03 08:42 |
| #5 Don't look, Ethel! |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-02-03 08:01 |
| #4 Surprise: for decades, many YMCAs held nude swimming events once a week. I am aware that these go back to the 'forties. We were too naive then to perceive the homosexual agenda in that sort of thing. |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-02-03 04:35 |
| #3 Just returning to our roots. Gymnasium means "nude room" I heard once. And the dictionary seems to bear that out! |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-02-03 03:01 |
| #2 O'REILLY [paraphrased] > "Here in America, SECULAR PROGRESSIVES = SP's + LeftLiberalist ideo is exploding all over the place nationally. Nuthin wrong with it until one reads what they are actually are promoting or want to take place in America". All together now, wid feeling, WOT > ABOUT RADICAL ISLAM, AND [D *** ng IT] ONLY RADICAL ISLAM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-03 00:36 |
| #1 And many look better with their clothes on. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-03 00:34 |