HERE'S WHAT'S IRRITATING ME

 What I am mostly irritated about is the clothes.  Not all of the clothes, but the workout clothes!  Girls nowadays have so many cool, comfortable, and fashionable things to choose from before even thinking about heading out to the gym.  This was just not the case years ago, and it is not fair.

Remember the 80’s?  Back then, the workout style was leg warmers.  LEG WARMERS PEOPLE!!  The idea that someone would work out actually wearing a sweater on each leg makes no sense, and yet, that is exactly what we were stuck with.   But worse than that – leg warmers only look good on tall thin people.  So for the rest of us, putting on a pair of leg warmers was essentially saying to the world, “Look at my legs, I've added an inch all around in a bright color!”   

The nineties brought us the sports bra (which was invented in 1977, but we all know how long something takes to get from invention to your local Target store).  That was helpful, but I was still stuck with t-shirts and whatever crappy pair of shorts I didn’t want to actually wear that day.

But in the past 10 to 15 years, the world of “active wear” has exploded, and this, yes this is why I am irritated.  I’m not irritated because the active wear is so colorful and fun and cute, I’m irritated because I am now approaching 50, and  keep wondering if I should be shopping from the same catalogues as the girls half my age.  

My two favorite catalogues, Athleta and Title Nine, arrive at least every other week in my mailbox.  I spend hours combing through the pages with my laptop nearby in case I find the perfect yoga top or stretch Capri for my next workout.    

These girls are serious about working out and serious about having fun.  I can’t help but buy the stuff because I too want to finish 625 crunches and then grab my surf board and head for the beach.  


I want to hold a tricky upside down yoga pose and then hit the local juice bar.  I want to do all of those things but nowadays getting a four mile run in at my dangerously slow pace is as good as it gets.  Is it wrong for me to be sporting this awesome workout clothing at my age??  To be fair, I don't ever show my midriff.   

The next generation will have something else they feel miffed about.  Probably an over the counter liposuction machine that retails for $12.99.  They will all be mad they spent hours at the gym looking great when their younger set is just sucking the fat off their bodies on a weekly basis.

For now I am going to stick with my favorites, add to my wardrobe when I can, and imagine myself rock climbing in the latest skort, at least until I'm 60:)