What bugs you most when you work
out at the gym?
Lots of distractions and
annoyances can interrupt our workouts. Too-chatty gym rats are a prime example,
especially when we don’t even know them. Nosy folks on neighboring machines are
another, as they peek repeatedly at our consoles to view our speeds or
distances. Stuff like that can bug us.
But have you ever encountered an
actual bug at the gym?
Eek. I just did.
I was cranking along on the
elliptical machine and minding my own business. I picked up my gym-issued
towel, which was draped over the control panel. I wiped my face and then nearly
fell off the contraption -- after I noticed there was a big bug on the towel. There
he was, clinging to the terrycloth in stark black and white.
I shook the towel, and he fell to
the floor. He scurried away and ducked under a rowing machine nearby.
Was it a cockroach or a beetle?
I was NOT about to stop my
workout to climb down for a closer look. All I know is that it was big and
shiny and altogether unexpected.
But I would bet the gym is due
for an exterminator visit.
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Adapted from public domain artwork
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