The Naked Truth About My Gym’s Locker Room
You know the thing about taking a shower at my gym is that, you have to put up with curtains instead of doors. After hearing stories about gay men lurking in gym locker rooms and stuff, I can’t help but take some precautions also lah. Since the curtains can be opened by anyone at anytime, I usually do a splash ‘n dash just to get out of there as soon as possible.
Also, I always face inside and rarely outside. Maybe it’s because that’s where the soap and shampoo are. Or maybe it’s that silly fear of someone popping me a surprise visit while I’m busy lathering. I don’t know. And because I have my back facing the curtain, it tends to stick to my wet butt cheeks when I move around in the tiny shower cubicle (hate it when it happens!).
You would think that the cubicles have hooks for you to hang your towels, etc. You’re wrong. There are no hooks - just a shower head extended long enough so you can hang your towel there. Normally, I bring in my undies in also lah. Now, since I have more than one item hanging on the same horizontal bar (which is the extension that leads to the shower head), removing any one of them is a delicate task. I wouldn’t want to drop any of them onto the wet floor.
Back in the locker area, it’s the usual sight of men checking themselves out in the mirrors. The mirrors there, I tell you, are a crowd favorite. We savor the ‘results’ of the day’s workout by looking into the mirrors. Actually, these results are usually less obvious the next morning because the muscles have relaxed. To get a more ‘permanent’ shape would of course require a consistent workout regime and an appropriate diet.
Sometimes, if I’m unlucky (or lucky, whatever makes you happy), I bump into someone who doesn’t mind displaying his ‘tools’ for all to see. I have to be very honest with you - I find looking at another male’s anatomy very disgusting. On a brighter note, it shows I’m totally straight. So, such sightings are not welcomed. My friends tell me it’s more rampant in some other gyms in KL, luckily I’m not a member there.
P/s: I’ve about two more months before I renew my membership. I wonder if I should…
28 Jul 2007 narrowband
it’s where “competition” takes place..haha
What gym is that?
If you live near Menara Axis, I think you should go to the Fitness First there. I’m a member and I had never encountered any ‘problems’ you faced. The locker room is pretty spacious and the shower cubicles are built with DOORS and there are TWO HOOKS at the door for you to use.
p.s. I am STRAIGHT. Glad that you are too. Seriously, I don’t know how many times I should say it but in this post, I figure I should make things STRAIGHTLY clear.
“Back in the locker area, it’s the usual sight of men checking themselves out in the mirrors.”
so now i know where i can find lotsa vain guys. xD
wah liao… your shower cubicle sounds really small!
*imagines narrowband’s “cheek” melekat on the curtain*
O.O
LOL!
:p
LOL!! Wonder if you can adjust to these scenarios in overseas… :P
Trust me, there are some girls at the gym (in the one where I used to go to) who also have no qualms about walking about naked in the locker/shower area!! Haha! Luckily the gym I used to go to had doors to their shower rooms. Haven’t had a chance to go to the newer ones around town nowadays, coz I use the gym facilities in the apartment building where I live. So save some money there, lor!
I am absolutely paranoid if there are no doors to the shower cubicles. Heh. And that’s in an all female environment.
And yeah, I hate it when they don’t provide hooks for you to hang your stuff while you shower. It’s just common-sense to do so, don’t you think?
actually a bit ok also lo. even in bukit jalil swimming pool, the doors barely close.. the water trickles everywhere, you just have to walk around half naked or fully nude sometimes. i think.
WAHHHH so much detail in the shower room. The shower room so small until your butt kena the curtain shower? :P
Seriously I hate shower room with curtain. No privacy.
i can certainly testify those things you raised.
I like it when u share private moments with post like this, it’s kinda turny on to read.. hahaha.. woppsss.. got a lil’ carried away..
On another note, imagine having transparent curtains. Hmm.. wouldn’t tat be fun??!
Why do you need a curtain when it’s transparent?
Ky - Ya compare who’s arms and chest are bigger. Heh!
Jimmy - Oh, I go to - ditapis oleh lembaga penapisan Narrowband.org -. The place is a lil cramped to install doors lah. If put doors I think cannot walk dy. And if put hooks I think they worry somebody’s gonna get hurt real bad.
Pinksterz - You can enter male locker/changing rooms meh? Heheh…
Angel - Ya lor quite small oni. Washing anything lower hor, need to bend over dy. That’s when the a$$ cheeks meet the curtains and form embarrassing bulges outside :p Oops, getting a lil too descriptive here now no? Kekek…
Day-dreamer - Hmm, nemind. I don’t have to :p
Bkworm - Wahh it’s heaven in there, huh! LOL! Yeah, can save alot of $$ by going to the apartment gym. But no ‘interesting sights’ lor… hahah!
Rinnah - I think your paranoia would take you home to shower instead. If it’s a short drive home, then I think that’s perfectly ok. In fact, I’m also lazy to shower immediately after working out. Just change into a new shirt and then I ciao already.
They purposely extend the shower head long enough so you can hang your stuff there wan actually. But it’s in a form of a horizontal bar only lar; no hooks.
Jasmyin - Wah so poor wan ah the place? National aquatic center wor, no? And, aiyo, can use towels mar :p
Che-cheh - Got privacy lar. Just tutup the curtain rapi-rapi lor. But I also seldom shower at the gym unless I’m going out. Otherwise, my house is just a couple of minutes drive away. Alot of work also if wanna bathe - gotta take off shoes lar, change this change that lar, yadda yadda :p
Zewt - I’m sure you can. I thought about your gym entry while I was writing this.
Jian - Damn. Thankfully I don’t write about these kind of things often, otherwise I might just attract the wrong category of readers. You better go subscribe to some g*y blog or something!
Transparent curtains in a same-sex environment? You and your twisted fantasies… -_-”
Ky - I can’t think of a reason more practical than shielding the dry area/floor from getting wet. Like transparent glass doors used in most hotels.
curtains ? walau …. hahaha. last time when i joined, they had this glass door which can’t be seen through. even with that also i tension. if curtains means …. -_-”
Oooo… silhouette style… Haha. Curtains right, if you don’t think too much about it, it’s safe one. It’s quite obvious someone’s using that cubicle.