Health Clubs – The Great Hook-Up Spot?

Health Clubs:

The Great Hook-Up Spot?

by Dani Stone

The health club has long been a place where people meet and scope the various physiques on parade.  Across the country, singles are also greeting and hooking up for romance, fun, or whatever they can agree upon, as they work out in designer lycra outfits searching the place with eager eyes.

After Ed’s divorce, he joined the health club with the specific purpose of getting his biceps in shape and finding the woman of his dreams.“I meet all kinds of women at the club because I find that women are more relaxed and less apprehensive about a guy talking to them, as he sweats on a nearby machine.  I’ve been going for eight months now and I’ve dated two or three women I met there.  But I haven’t met one yet with any real potential.  I find that too many are looking for a fancy flash in a guy and someone to mold into what they want him to be.  “You can’t sweat at the health club in skin-tight biker shorts with a weightlifter’s chest and go outside and get into a Volkswagen that’s five years old.  If you do, you’ll end up riding alone.”

Marla met Tom when he helped her adjust the weights on an arm-bending machine.  They clicked immediately.  Tom:  “She was friendly and I was immediately attracted to the way she smiled at everybody in the weight room…men and women.” Marla:  “He was so cute and I was flattered when he asked me out.  There were dozens of women there, who looked much better than me.”  Tom: “Yeah, but she had the sass I look for in a woman, and it was clear she liked herself and I was attracted to that.”  Marla drives a bus and Tom drives a bread truck.  “There also was no pressure to date.  She treated me like she met a new friend, not a potential husband and I wanted more,” says Tom. They married seven months after they met.

OTHER SWEATY SUCCESS STORIES

Shirley met Jake in the pool…Kim met Hank on the track…Darlene met John when they argued over whose turn it was to use the weight machine…Steve met Liz on the bike machines…Joe met Sheila when she bumped into him as she was leaving the track.

“The health club is a great low key place to meet men and women,” says Joni.  “And if you see someone you like and miss ’em, you can always meet again on another night.  It’s also easier to skip past someone who may have latched onto you and you’re not interested.  Here, you have a major agenda and it’s clear.  No one wants to appear to distract you from that.  If someone is talking to you and you’re not interested, you move to another machine or head for the pool.  No one is insulted because after all, it’s the main reason you’re there.”