Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Dear 1987:



I want you back.  Not the buck teeth and the home perm, but the bike shorts.  I know you are going to find this hard to believe, but in 2015, we don’t wear bike shorts to go biking anymore.  We wear them to TRAIN for things.  Scary things with names like Insanity, BODYATTACK, and Pure Torture.  (Just kidding on the Pure Torture.  Not really.)  

Recently, I had the pleasure of trying on a pair of Nike compression training shorts.  They rose about two inches above my pubic bone (which is about three inches below my muffin top, in case you are wondering).  I guess Nike designed them with belly dancing in mind?  And the inseam - well, let’s just say that a bikini wax would not be optional.  See in 2015, it's not enough to just pull on a pair of lycra/cotton bike shorts, the kind you’d find in 1987, shorts that gently SUPPORT AND COVER you from belly button to far upper knee.  No, in 2015 we have to drag our lazy butts to workout looking like escapees from the Playboy Mansion.  ‘Cause nothing’s more fun than down dog when you're staring at your bulbous mound of belly fat.  Ho ho ho. 

I didn’t buy the shorts, btw.