Stupid bitches at Aerobics

The answer is pretty simple really...society is stupid. Oh there are are plenty of people out there with smarts, but the others dumb it down and nothing can be done to stop it.

Like with my gym: I am not allowed to work out in bare feet, or even flip flops (though I wouldn't want to do that anyway because if there's one time I do think flips can be dangerous it's when you're squatting with 75 or more extra pounds on your shoulders) and the reasons they give are 1.) safety and 2.) hygiene.

1.) I patiently tried to explain to the gym management that as an institution that has heavy weights and moving machinery, they are already assuming full liability for every gym member. I can injure myself in countless ways just walking up and down next to others working out. And the likelihood of me dropping a weight on my bare foot is no greater, in my estimation, than the barbell crushing my chest during a bench press if I push myself too hard, or my hand slips. I argued that I would actually be safer in my bare feet, because in addition to the same amount of traction, I would be able to flex my foot and apply my toes for their intended purpose. Have you ever struggled with your balance when trying to maneuver a heavy set of free weights? I can lift much more efficiently when my toes can grip the ground as they are designed to...

2.) And this goes to address the same point as the original poster stated: my feet are kept clean and disease free. The same is not true of sneakers. and they can't really argue with that. But then they claim that I will sweat and get the floor "gross" and offend other members. Well, these are the same members who have no compunction about using the weights and machines, getting all sweaty, and then NOT wiping the equipment down when they are done as they are required to do in the member agreement. It's so bad now that I actually bring my own bottle of cleaner to wipe the equipment down before and after I use it.

So what's worse, bare foot sweat which is no different than the sweat other people routinely leave all over the equipment...or the grimy, God-only-knows-what-is-really-on-them sneaker bottoms everyone else is wearing.

Wait a minute, that actually is a good argument for me NOT to go barefoot in the gym...the floor is probably covered in crap that everyone else tracks in on the bottoms of their disgusting 3 year old trainers...

 

fuck aerobics and the stupid jerks it attracts. take bellydancing instead, every class i've been to is taught barefoot, and everyone learning is usually barefoot (with exceptions of some needing supportive dance shoes). yes i have found my niche! try it, you may just get hooked.

 

Wow. I'm so thoroughly fuckin' sickened and disgusted by the way those fuckin' shitheads treated you, I can't think of anything else to say.

Well, I thought of one thing: I'd go out for vengeance if I were you. I mean really fuck with 'em.

-Jeffrey

 

Jeffrey,
I'm interested in what you do in cases like this. For me it mostly involves stores, and I usually, but not always, win. Does anything like this ever happen to you? I've noticed your passion on this subject for several years, and some of us could use some of that passion right now. If you care to share.

Seriously, what do you do, if or when you're confronted with some of this shit? I really need to know. I'm an attentive student! Maybe you're one of the few that lives in an area where bareness isn't noticed or picked on. Believe me, where I live, it's as good as it gets, for Maine anyway. But there's still trouble aplenty here too. Let us know how you handle this.

To the original poster, I only can say, even if you lose this battle on being barefoot at the facility, you've still got them on how (INCREDIBLY HORRIBLY) they treated you. There's no excuse to treat paying customers, or anyone else that way, unless you were caught robbing the place or something---sheesh, unbelievable. I hope you strike back at this, somehow. For yourself, and for all of us too.

 

*LOL*!! What a great idea! I should try belly dancing! I'm sure everyone will enjoy my fuzzy puckered middrift. heehee

 

OK for guys, too?

 

depending on where you live, yea they teach co-eh classes. i was kind of just going with my usual obsessive bd plugging habit! carry on