An amazing experience from one of my last trips to the gym before COVID shut down the world. I contemplated submitting this for the pandemic contest a while back, but it's not about what happen over the pandemic, more perhaps about activities that the pandemic prevented from proceeding. I still get so horny when I remember this...
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It was the end of February 2020, late on a Friday evening and I was pulling in to the Crunch parking lot for a workout. The weather was cold with plenty of snow on the ground, but I was only wearing my gym shorts and a hoodie over my workout t-shirt. I'd just dart in and out quickly through the parking lot and wouldn't have enough time to get cold. Plus, my new favorite part of my gym routine was a visit to the sauna at the end of the session. I'd begun to enjoy walking directly from the hot sauna out into the chill as I got back in my car. If the temperature was cold enough, as was the case tonight, steam would rise off me and I loved the contrasting hot/cold feeling against my skin.
I'd been frequenting the gym regularly since November and the results were starting to show. I definitely still had a "dad bod," though. In my mid-thirties, I'd gotten very serious about lifting and had built a ton of muscle. But I'd had a few injuries that kept me from working out regularly for the better part of two years. Now in my late 30s, I'd been working to get back in shape as I approached 40, though I had to use more machines and fewer free weights.
As I scanned my membership card and exchanged brief pleasantries with the attendant, I looked around the gym; it was nearly vacant. This was probably a combination of the very cold weather, the recent snowfall, and the fact that it was about ninety minutes until closing time. There were a few women on treadmills running, and one guy pushing a sled in the "training" area of the gym. After a quick visit to the locker room to drop off my hoodie and wallet, I popped my earbuds in, headed over to the machines, and began my full body routine. I noticed two guys who were the only other people in the "strength" section of the gym with me. They were using the free weights, obviously friendly, spotting each other and taking turns in one of the racks.
One of them was around my height, 5' 10", or maybe a bit shorterβ it was hard to tell without being closer. He was very lean. The other one was clearly bigger and taller than me. He'd obviously been working out regularly for several years and had a developed musculature. He wasn't overly built and obviously a natural lifter, with a clear V-shape to his body, delicious looking arms, and an olive complexion. The tank top he wore had loose arm holes that showed off the sides of his body and his pecs. The dark hair I could see sprouting out from his armpits as he lifted an impressive bench press of over 200 pounds made me bite my lip. He seemed quiet and mysteriousβ immediately attractive to me.
The shorter of the two was obviously more talkative. He was much more pale in complexion with shaggy, sandy brown hair. He was constantly laughing and joking, and while I hadn't put on music yet, I couldn't really make out what he was saying with my earbuds in. In contrast to the tight fitting workout shorts and tank top that his friend wore, proudly showing how much he worked on his body, this lean guy wore a long t-shirt and pair of loose shorts with white athletic socks that rose quite high on his calves. He was much more slender than his friend but obviously still knew what he was doing in the gym. Suddenly I realized I'd been staring in a daydream state when I noticed he was returning my gaze. He gave me one of those nods that guys use to acknowledge one another from a distance. I reciprocated.
I continued moving around with my machine routine, which took me farther from where they were. I'd decided based on the way they were interacting that they were straight friends and despite my initial lust, closed my mental fantasy on them. I was married, and although my husband was currently abroad working, I wasn't cruising. Just looking around at who was in the gym. Actually I was here to workout, I reminded myself.
The sauna popped back in my mind. My previous gym didn't have one but I'd learned quickly that I loved the warm heat and had been researching the benefits of sauna. I'd been building my stamina in it; tonight I was hoping to stay in for twenty minutes. I glanced at a clock on the wall. With my fifty minute workout plan and my late arrival at the gym, I couldn't afford to lollygag, so I cranked my music and got serious about my routine.
I finished up my workout and looked around the gym again. Except for the guy working the front desk, it seemed completely vacant now. I hadn't seen when the two guys had left and whether or not they'd gone to the locker room or just exited. I headed to the locker room and put my phone, shorts, and shirt into my locker, leaving on just my red boxer briefs. When I first joined the gym, I'd gone naked into the sauna, but eventually realized that most guys went in wearing their underwear for whatever reason. Some even popped in fully dressed to do some stretches at the beginning or end of their session. This seemed strange to me, but I decided I was looking a bit creepy to go in nude at this location. Only one old fellow who often shaved in there after a shower would enter naked. I'd heard guys make comments that they didn't appreciate itβ either his nudity or his shaving in the sauna. I approached the sauna door and took note of a towel sitting on one of the locker room benches. Perhaps the gym wasn't totally empty yet.
As I opened the door, I heard voices and recognized them as the two guys who'd been working out even before my eyes could adjust to the low light in the room. They were sitting side-by-side along the left wall on the top level of the sauna. I took a seat on the top level in the corner directly across from the door and catty corner from the two of them. This was my preferred seat: I could watch the clock as I tried for my 20 minute stay tonight while also sneaking glances at these guys from the corner without being too obvious.
I sat down and slowly eased my back against the wall, which felt as if it would burn my skin, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath. I could only touch my back on the wall for a second or two at a time as I slowly acclimated to the heat. My boxer briefs kept my butt from feeling that it would burn against the wooden seat. I continued to gradually increase how long my back was against the wall and peeked my eyes open at the two guys. They'd clammed up their conversation since I entered.
The larger guy was wearing light grey Hanes boxer briefs that concealed a sizable bulge. Although the light in the sauna was low, it was delightful to really appreciate his body. He wasn't leaned out and he had a ton of muscle. This is the kind of physique that I admire and wished I had myself, unlike my current gut and somewhat flabby pecs. I was slimming down though, back somewhere around 215, but I definitely had a way to go. I guessed that this guy shaved his pecs and torso and trimmed his leg and arm hair because he seemed the sort of guy who would be very hairy based on his armpits, but also the kind of person to want to show off his hard work on his body and would thus keep his body hair trimmed/shaved. His thick, wavy brown hair and perfect facial structure made him look like a model.
The smaller guy, seated to his left, my right as I looked at them, was glistening with sweat. His sandy straight hair, shaggy and just covering his ears was now stuck to his head from the sweat that was dripping off him. He didn't seem to have a single hair on his torso, except for a thick treasure trail that disappeared into a pair of thin, white boxers with a narrow red pinstripe. His physique was very lean and one could've easily drawn a human muscle chart from looking at him. Toned (and not in the sense that folks on Grindr use) would best describe his physique. He wasn't very built though; a striking contrast to his buff friend beside him. Every time he moved, his muscles rippled, clearly visible since he had practically no body fat. Suddenly he spoke.
"So that's our plan, Will," he said, resuming their conversation. Ok, so the tall guy's name was Will.
"Agreed," Will replied.
I closed my eyes and settled back against the wall now that my back would accept the hot surface and listened to them talk. It sounded like they had plans for world domination as they discussed some vague idea about international product distribution. The time difference in Germany came up in their conversation. Neither had their phone in the hot sauna to check. I happened to know because my husband was there working for another week before returning home.