TheBodyguard’s BodyBlog

In my haste to leave the house today I walked off and forgot my to pack my gym shorts, upon realizing my mistake I decided to stop by the mall and just buy a new pair so I wouldnt have to run back home then go back out to the gym.

I stopped at Sports Authority first and began a quest which seemed like Jason’s hunt for the magical Golden Fleece. It has become readily apparent to me that things have drasticly changed in the conception of what gym shorts or even just shorts in general are supposed to look like, I remember when most gym shorts and shorts in general came about mid thigh occasionaly maybe a few inches above the knee but they were unmistakably shorts now it appears everything from kinda sorta knickers, bloomers, basketball uniform bottoms, boxing trunks, clam diggers etc are the rage.

I swear I literally traveled to a half dozen differant stores trying in vain to find a pair of classic gym shorts and had one inane conversation with a salesperson after another.

I even had one try to tell me well "if a gentleman was particularly tall these wouldnt be so bad" (Yeah but we’re not all Shaq!) listen I don’t wanna look like one of the Beastie Boys or like I’m lookin for the lakers try outs I wanna pair of basic non restrictive gym shorts that dont hang below my knees or that is made of satin!

Finally I kinda found a workable pair at Target for $5.99 while I just may never wear them again they worked for today and at least I didn’t trip over them.

OK maybe I’m ranting a bit and maybe I put myself in that position by forgetting my shorts in the first place and maybe bigger is better in some instances but nothing will convince me of that when it comes to shorts!