I head to the gym yesterday evening to run on the treadmill.  It's really busy.  At 7:30pm  the temp was still in the 90's so no one wanted to run outside, I guess.    I find an empty machine, sign up and hop on.

My thighs are a little  thick ( this is why I'm at the gym) so as I'm running, my shorts ride up a bit.  I reach down to adjust them and manage to misstep causing me to fall flat on my back!   There I am staring at the ceiling feeling the tread just spinning away under me.  After a few seconds, the tread catches my full weight causing me to go shooting off the treadmill, like a bullet, across the gym!   Talk about embarrassing!!!!  I AM a bit lighter though,  as  I am now missing some of the skin on my elbows!

I picked myself up, got back on and finished my run.  As I left I made sure to avoid eye contact with ANYONE.  

I think I'll have to find a new gym!  ;)

Jeannie

BTW... It's okay if you laughed! ;D

Never do any exercise that doesn't take you somewhere.

LOL!   Good advice!  

I'm glad it was ok to laugh...........cause I did.   Sorry. ;D

Well - I guess it could've been worse.  

:D

Glad you have a sense of humor, at least you're excercising and that's good!

8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Thanks for the warning Jeannie.  I'll continue to avoid all exercise machines....LOL.....(glad you are ok)

Beth

Thanks, Beth!     My pride is the only thing that really got injured.

Jeannie

I broke up almost as much as you broke up.

Glad you made it kid.

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I'm glad it didn't rip the shorts off your torso and THEN shoot you across the gym.

Now THAT would have been embarrassing. . . . . ;)

Mosaicwench wrote on Jun 19^th, 2009 at 9:05pm:

I'm glad it didn't rip the shorts off your torso and THEN shoot you across the gym. Now THAT would have been embarrassing. . . . . ;)

Proving that it can always be worse!

This is the reason I don't go to a gym.  I'd humiliate myself each time I walked through the door.

Oh Jeannie... That sounds awful but quite funny!!

On the plus side, it would have raised your heartrate a little bit more than the norm and maybe burned an extra few calories as opposed to just running on the machine.  ;D

Ok, let me get this straight ... you fell and went shooting off the end of a treadmill in a crowded gym and

NOT ONE PERSON CAME OVER TO SEE IF YOU WERE OK?????
Am I missing something?

Yes, I'd find another Gym...

-Dennis-

One very nice gentleman came over to see if I was alright.   The woman on the treadmill next to me moved!  I think I scared her!

I was actually glad that more people didn't come over it.... It would have embarrassed me even more, I think.  I was a bit surprised that none of the staff came to check on me.


Jeannie

Jeannie, you shouldn't do such dangerous activity!! ;)