Oops.
I’ve been taking a lot of classes at the gym lately to help with the cardio minutes (so that I can smoke bull-dogz in our cardio contest! hehehe!), and I’ve really been enjoying the spinning classes. 
It’s a fun way to make 60 minutes pass by in a flash, and forces me to work in intervals instead of my usual steady state sessions. But damn, sitting on that seat makes for a sore tush. 
At the end of today’s class, there were a few women standing by their bikes, discussing how wearing biking shorts alleviates a bit of the discomfort, and I asked one of them where she got the bike shorts she had on…
… and it turned out that she was not wearing any bike shorts.
She was really offended at my assumption. Yes, yes, ass, u, me. 
Oops.
She hissed out, "I’m NOT wearing biking shorts. This", while gesturing towards her butt, "is EXACTLY why I’m GOING to these classes!". She sent me a glare that had me wishing I could blend into the walls, and she and her friend sent me one last withering glance before they left.
LOL. I felt SUPER horrible. But LMAO!! Why do I say the dumbest things to people?
May 16, 2008 at 3:14 pm
LOL, too funny. I had made the mistake of asking a woman when she was due and ohh boy (oops - never did that again, lol). Have you tried the eliptical trainer? I do intervals (sprint x 1 min, jog x 1min - then I increase the sprint to 2 min). This keeps my heart rate up and is a good cardio workout. Have a great weekend and thanks for the story.
May 16, 2008 at 3:20 pm
You can get bike shorts at any sporting goods store JJ or any good bike store. Mine are all designed for mountain biking so they are lose the kind of have that spandex going on in the inside. Good luck and if they were talking about Bike Shorts I would have assumed the same thing too.
Big James
May 16, 2008 at 4:20 pm
LMAO! Technically you only asked because they were talking about it. Not because you thought that extra padding she carried was from the shorts.
I get my shorts from the local bike shops. They do help but I’ve learned from mountain biking that eventually your butt just gets used to it and it stops hurting.
You should probably take a rest and not do cardio anymore.
I’m only suggesting this as a dear close friend and nothing more.
:)
May 16, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Well, I was going to say some cheesy male line like "well if your rear is sore, I will volunteer to massage it", but that’s not me, unless you are considering it
. Just kidding, no seriously!
Maybe you should hook that lady and umbrella man up. Two birds killed with one stone.
Keep up the hard work, and I am still waiting for the next JJ recipe!
May 16, 2008 at 9:47 pm
My, someone’s a little sensitive, and that would not be YOU! It seemed an innocent enough question. Silly people!
May 16, 2008 at 10:08 pm
LOL, they were probably just jealous of your young shapely body, but for real, if I was talking about wearing bike shorts well gosh, I would probably have them on. and if someone thought I had them on when I didn’t, well, maybe I should get my flabby butt back on the bike.
May 16, 2008 at 11:47 pm
LOL Guess she should have worn a bigger pair of shorts
May 17, 2008 at 1:04 am
Am I wrong in asking….if you are….okay, I will get hated for this….FAT, then you shouldn’t be wearing shorts that are made for people that arent….fat! ROFL!! Your story had me cracking up. It is not your fault at all and I am not being hard on the lady because she obviously does understand she has a big butt complex but I am ass, u, me ing you are not the first person to have asked her that question! LOL…That makes it even better! You should have taken a picture of her and posted it! Moral of the story….fat people wear bigger clothes…..skinny people wear smaller clothes. It seems so simple to me!
May 17, 2008 at 7:20 am
LMAO Well you know, that IS the best padding
KIDDING!!!! Any sporting goods store should carry them, and they do totally help.
May 17, 2008 at 7:27 am
Accusing people of wearing biker shorts when they in fact are not: Awkward!! Funny, but awkward….
May 17, 2008 at 9:58 am
OMG…that is SO funny JJ!
I think it was a completely honest mistake given they were talking about them like they worked! roflmao
Not your fault they are obviously VERY insecure about their booties!
Bike shorts are awesome! I used them when I used to mtn bike race!! A total life/ass savor!!
May 17, 2008 at 10:22 am
too funny!!!!! It was an honest mistake, people are to easily pissed off anymore.
O’well chock it up to experience, we all have had those embarrasing moments. I know I have had to pull my foot out of my mouth more then once.
May 17, 2008 at 11:47 am
LOL!!
I wouldn’t use bike shorts, as I find the padding to be, umm, cumbersome, in a spinning class. I like to use tri-shorts (google: Desoto Sports). They have less padding and feel a little less like you’re wearing a diaper.
May 19, 2008 at 8:09 pm
People ask me when I’m due to give birth all the time. I’m certainly not pregnant and I’m only half female (not the fun half). You should see the looks on people’s faces when I tell them I’m not expecting. It’s a mix of revulsion, indigestion, and a hint of trying to withhold from laughing in my stupid face. I don’t know what’s doing with that.
May 20, 2008 at 9:31 am
LMAO…… okay she had a big Ass…. she built it …she should own it…lmao To funny! I hope to become a bike seat in a womans gym…in my next life…lmao Keep on Keepin!
Real Men Have Mass!
May 20, 2008 at 2:28 pm
LMAO - sadness!!! Next time just grab it first to make sure they’re bike shorts or not j/k
May 21, 2008 at 4:05 am
Geeeeeeezzzzzz sometimes people are sooooo sensitive. Sounds like she needs to get over herself!
May 22, 2008 at 9:18 am
You should’ve said "Are you sure you’re not wearing bike shorts? Because it looks like you’re wearing bike shorts. Do you have som extra padding down there? "
May 23, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Heck, I didn’t know "bike shorts" existed. Call me a cave man, oblivious, or both.
I have, however, asked a woman when she was due. Unfortunately - from an embarrassment perspective for me - she had already given birth to her child. D’OH!
:(
May 27, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I do not know how I missed this one. I was having a crappy day too then came here to look at blogs and this one cracked me up.