The men and the location in this story are based very loosely upon real life, but the scenario is entirely the product of my horny imagination...
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Part 1
I always like to get down the gym and work out when I'm away on holiday or on business. Keep the fitness habit going. The exercise feels good - and it's a chance to get me some nice eye candy. Men in workout gear - and more particularly out of workout gear - really get me off.
If the hotel doesn't have facilities then I check online to see if there's a gym nearby offering day memberships, though for this particular business trip I didn't need to. Was in this city at least once a year, knew a joint where I could hit the weights and then hit the showers.
The night it happened, I couldn't fit my workout in until late. I normally prefer to work out during peak hours - more guys around means more guys to check out - but the afternoon strategy meeting seriously dragged out, and ended up turning into a few drinks down the pub. I excused myself from beers and stuck to the soft drinks, then got out about half-nine, eager to get in some training and work up a good sweat after being sat on my arse all day.
Arrived at the gym just before ten, it was very quiet. The young lad on the desk checked if I wanted to pay my day membership - they'd be locking up for the night at half-eleven - but this was OK. Reckoned I could get in a quick run on the treadmill and some weight training before getting a quick shower and going back to the hotel to hit the sack. I handed over the cash and headed for the gents locker room.
I dumped my bags on one of the benches and started stripping off. I'd been suited and booted all day and it felt good to shed all the gear. I kicked off my shoes, then put my suit away in the bag I'd brought for it and hung it up as tidily as I could manage in one of the empty lockers. The tie, socks, shirt and boxer briefs then came off in short order, and I was naked.
Now, I'm no Adonis but I'm not in bad shape for a guy pushing 40 - getting a little chunky around the middle perhaps, but nice and broad across the shoulders and with a decent amount of muscle to boot - and I'm certainly not shy about getting undressed. Always good to get naked and feel confident with other men. Except that it was so late that the locker room was deserted - but such is life! I took my time getting a drink out of my bag anyway, and then pulled on gym gear: classic Bike mesh jock, blue running vest, grey marl shorts, socks and trainers. I stuffed my discarded clothes into my kit bag - I'd packed some clean gear to wear for the trip back to the hotel, so I wouldn't have to climb back into that bloody suit again tonight - and locked everything up safe.
The place was nearly empty by the time I'd finished my cardio and was taking a breather before doing a bit of weight training. There's been a young woman on the treadmill next to me, but she'd disappeared so I expected she'd gone to get cleaned up and head home. This just left a tall lad working out on one of the rowing machines, and a slightly older, but very fit looking, bloke with salt and pepper hair on the reception desk - I'd not seen him before but I assumed he was duty manager and/or a fitness coach, and was holding the fort so the youngster who I'd been talking to earlier could go home for the night. It was getting pretty late to be working out, truth be told, but I was feeling energetic after the enforced inactivity of the day and by no means ready to stop. I went over to the lat pull machine and started my first set. 15 reps on a pretty hefty weight setting, I managed to keep my form but it was tough work towards the end.
"Good control mate - could see that was hurting." I turned around. Rowing Lad was behind me, still a little out of breath and sweating hard from his exertions - but not in a state. He had clearly been working hard but it was equally apparent that he was used to it. "Don't think I've seen you around here before, you new to these parts?"
"Cheers pal, do my best not to disgrace myself. I'm just visiting, down here on business, taking the chance to keep up with the training whilst I'm away. Hard to keep up the habit if you break it. That's why I'm in here so bloody late though, meeting seriously over-ran. Well, actually we ended up in the pub, but I stuck to the soft drinks. Wanted to get away as soon as was decent and get down here."
Rowing Lad broke into a broad grin, "Admirable restraint, looks like you're a man who's good at being in control. Shame you aren't sticking around, I play down the local rugby club and we're always looking for new recruits. Oh sorry mate, don't let me put you off your training."
I got a grip on the bar and completed my second set, really feeling the strain in my back and the grips on the bar digging into my fingers as I counted through ten and onto fifteen. Fucking hard work. I flexed my aching fingers a couple of times after releasing the bar, then grabbed my water bottle to take a breather for a minute.
"You got some more sets to do mate?" Rowing Lad asked from behind me.
"Just the one left to go, then I'll be done." I said, before turning to talk to him. He'd taken his top off, revealing an athletic torso. His sweaty navy blue vest was now stuffed into the waistband of his white shorts. My mouth went slightly dry, though I managed not to disgrace myself by staring, or stumbling over my words. Much. "Ummmm... I should only be a couple of minutes, or we could always alternate? Sorry, you should've told me you needed it."
"Don't worry, I can wait a little longer. Could probably still use a little more recovery time after the row, especially doing an exercise like this. You carry on."
"Cheers pal. I know exactly where you're coming from, still sweating like a pig from running."
I took my time downing some more water from my bottle, giving my brain the chance to process what was happening. I'd not had a proper look at him, but I certainly had a tall, well-built, half-naked man stood behind me, taking his time watching me work out. This was starting to feel a bit cruisy, but it was very public and perhaps I was reading this guy's friendliness the wrong way. I did spot out of the corner of my eye that the bloke on the desk was looking in our direction, but then he got his head back down into some paperwork. I was surprised that he'd not bawled out Rowing Lad for pulling his top off, but I guess it was late evening and there were no women left in the place, so he probably wasn't too bothered.
I grabbed the bar on the pulldown again, resolving to get the pain out of the way quickly and move on. The 15 reps were torture from halfway in but I got the job done, albeit with a couple of pretty strong curses under my breath towards the end. I hauled my arse out of the seat, got up and turned round. Rowing Lad was waiting. I copped a good eyeful of him. He was definitely taller, about 6'3 or 6'4 against my six feet. Not sure about age, late twenties perhaps? Black hair, crew cut, heavy five o'clock shadow. Sweat rolling down his brow, over an impressively broad and hairy chest. Not a gorilla but well-muscled. Fucking hot, basically.
Felt the first stirrings in my jock. Mustn't bone up. Must NOT bone up. Swig of water. Deep breath.
"All yours pal." Walked off to use the leg press and left him to it.
It didn't much help. Turned out that the leg press was a great perving location. There was a full height mirror nearby, affording me an excellent view of Rowing Lad going through his lat sets. The definition in his shoulders was good, and I figured he must take care of himself and spend quite a lot of time down this place. And then my eyes went down towards his shorts, which had dropped down the small of his back to expose a Bike waistband. The leg tapes were also visible the clinging white material, which was semi-transparent where pulled tight against his backside. Fuck, I love a man in a jockstrap.
Getting a semi now. Must stop looking.
I gave up after two sets on the leg press and went to do some bicep curls in the free weight area. It was about 30 seconds after I grabbed a dumbbell and got sat down to do my isolations that Rowing Lad turned up and sat down next to me. Was this guy just being friendly or hitting on me? I really wasn't sure anymore, but I was going to play it cautiously. I'd had a couple of really hot hookups with gym lads before, but I'd also misread the signals, sometimes with nasty results. He picked up a weight about three or four sizes above the one I had chosen, and sat down to do the same exercise.
"I don't know about you, mate," he began, a little breathlessly, "but I think I've bitten off a little more than I can chew tonight. I don't usually work out late in the evenings either, but I've doubled up on my shifts at work the last few nights and didn't want to keep on missing out on my training. Perhaps I should've just gone home and gone to bed early instead? Fuck me, I'm aching all over tonight - and I ain't even halfway through my usual weight training."
"The same myself fella," I said, trying not to sound nervous whilst forming mental images of this guy stripped down to his jock, "probably stupid of me to have done it but I reckon it's less painful in the long run, keeping up the routine rather than breaking the habit and then having to drag myself back. It's be easy to do, being as I'm away on business up and down the country on a regular basis, and I'm unfit enough as it is."
"You're not doing so bad mate - I wouldn't have tried to sign you up for rugby otherwise."
I gave out a tired laugh. "Don't take the piss fella, can you imagine me on the pitch up against the likes of you? I'd be snapped like a dead twig."
"No reason why you can't go into the second or third XV though mate, get you fitter, bulked up. It's all still good muddy fun! You should think about getting involved with your local club when you get home, if you have one nearby. Where you from?"
Myself and Rowing Lad got talking, mainly about each others' work and about rugby, inbetween increasingly widely spaced sets of bicep curls. It was still quite hot and thirsty work, and I took my cue from him and pulled off my own sweaty running vest. Felt good to cool down a little. Actually, it also felt good just to sit down and talk to him. You normally just walk around a gym minding your own business - well, that and casting a discreet eye over the talent - so it made a change to get to know someone. We actually got onto names - now I could think of him as Jonathan rather than Rowing Guy. Lost complete track of the time.
"Gents." A man's voice interrupted us mid-discussion of the relative merits of the New Zealand and South African back lines, "Excuse me but it's half past eleven, we're closing now."
"Shit, sorry Jeff, lost track of the time," replied my new friend Jonathan, "me and Mark here just need to go and collect our gear, we'll be out of your way in a few minutes."
"No sweat Jonno, I'll be stuck going through these membership records til at least midnight. You two go and get yourselves cleaned up, I can lock up after you later."
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To be continued...
*****
Part 1
I always like to get down the gym and work out when I'm away on holiday or on business. Keep the fitness habit going. The exercise feels good - and it's a chance to get me some nice eye candy. Men in workout gear - and more particularly out of workout gear - really get me off.
If the hotel doesn't have facilities then I check online to see if there's a gym nearby offering day memberships, though for this particular business trip I didn't need to. Was in this city at least once a year, knew a joint where I could hit the weights and then hit the showers.
The night it happened, I couldn't fit my workout in until late. I normally prefer to work out during peak hours - more guys around means more guys to check out - but the afternoon strategy meeting seriously dragged out, and ended up turning into a few drinks down the pub. I excused myself from beers and stuck to the soft drinks, then got out about half-nine, eager to get in some training and work up a good sweat after being sat on my arse all day.
Arrived at the gym just before ten, it was very quiet. The young lad on the desk checked if I wanted to pay my day membership - they'd be locking up for the night at half-eleven - but this was OK. Reckoned I could get in a quick run on the treadmill and some weight training before getting a quick shower and going back to the hotel to hit the sack. I handed over the cash and headed for the gents locker room.
I dumped my bags on one of the benches and started stripping off. I'd been suited and booted all day and it felt good to shed all the gear. I kicked off my shoes, then put my suit away in the bag I'd brought for it and hung it up as tidily as I could manage in one of the empty lockers. The tie, socks, shirt and boxer briefs then came off in short order, and I was naked.
Now, I'm no Adonis but I'm not in bad shape for a guy pushing 40 - getting a little chunky around the middle perhaps, but nice and broad across the shoulders and with a decent amount of muscle to boot - and I'm certainly not shy about getting undressed. Always good to get naked and feel confident with other men. Except that it was so late that the locker room was deserted - but such is life! I took my time getting a drink out of my bag anyway, and then pulled on gym gear: classic Bike mesh jock, blue running vest, grey marl shorts, socks and trainers. I stuffed my discarded clothes into my kit bag - I'd packed some clean gear to wear for the trip back to the hotel, so I wouldn't have to climb back into that bloody suit again tonight - and locked everything up safe.
The place was nearly empty by the time I'd finished my cardio and was taking a breather before doing a bit of weight training. There's been a young woman on the treadmill next to me, but she'd disappeared so I expected she'd gone to get cleaned up and head home. This just left a tall lad working out on one of the rowing machines, and a slightly older, but very fit looking, bloke with salt and pepper hair on the reception desk - I'd not seen him before but I assumed he was duty manager and/or a fitness coach, and was holding the fort so the youngster who I'd been talking to earlier could go home for the night. It was getting pretty late to be working out, truth be told, but I was feeling energetic after the enforced inactivity of the day and by no means ready to stop. I went over to the lat pull machine and started my first set. 15 reps on a pretty hefty weight setting, I managed to keep my form but it was tough work towards the end.
"Good control mate - could see that was hurting." I turned around. Rowing Lad was behind me, still a little out of breath and sweating hard from his exertions - but not in a state. He had clearly been working hard but it was equally apparent that he was used to it. "Don't think I've seen you around here before, you new to these parts?"
"Cheers pal, do my best not to disgrace myself. I'm just visiting, down here on business, taking the chance to keep up with the training whilst I'm away. Hard to keep up the habit if you break it. That's why I'm in here so bloody late though, meeting seriously over-ran. Well, actually we ended up in the pub, but I stuck to the soft drinks. Wanted to get away as soon as was decent and get down here."
Rowing Lad broke into a broad grin, "Admirable restraint, looks like you're a man who's good at being in control. Shame you aren't sticking around, I play down the local rugby club and we're always looking for new recruits. Oh sorry mate, don't let me put you off your training."
I got a grip on the bar and completed my second set, really feeling the strain in my back and the grips on the bar digging into my fingers as I counted through ten and onto fifteen. Fucking hard work. I flexed my aching fingers a couple of times after releasing the bar, then grabbed my water bottle to take a breather for a minute.
"You got some more sets to do mate?" Rowing Lad asked from behind me.
"Just the one left to go, then I'll be done." I said, before turning to talk to him. He'd taken his top off, revealing an athletic torso. His sweaty navy blue vest was now stuffed into the waistband of his white shorts. My mouth went slightly dry, though I managed not to disgrace myself by staring, or stumbling over my words. Much. "Ummmm... I should only be a couple of minutes, or we could always alternate? Sorry, you should've told me you needed it."
"Don't worry, I can wait a little longer. Could probably still use a little more recovery time after the row, especially doing an exercise like this. You carry on."
"Cheers pal. I know exactly where you're coming from, still sweating like a pig from running."
I took my time downing some more water from my bottle, giving my brain the chance to process what was happening. I'd not had a proper look at him, but I certainly had a tall, well-built, half-naked man stood behind me, taking his time watching me work out. This was starting to feel a bit cruisy, but it was very public and perhaps I was reading this guy's friendliness the wrong way. I did spot out of the corner of my eye that the bloke on the desk was looking in our direction, but then he got his head back down into some paperwork. I was surprised that he'd not bawled out Rowing Lad for pulling his top off, but I guess it was late evening and there were no women left in the place, so he probably wasn't too bothered.
I grabbed the bar on the pulldown again, resolving to get the pain out of the way quickly and move on. The 15 reps were torture from halfway in but I got the job done, albeit with a couple of pretty strong curses under my breath towards the end. I hauled my arse out of the seat, got up and turned round. Rowing Lad was waiting. I copped a good eyeful of him. He was definitely taller, about 6'3 or 6'4 against my six feet. Not sure about age, late twenties perhaps? Black hair, crew cut, heavy five o'clock shadow. Sweat rolling down his brow, over an impressively broad and hairy chest. Not a gorilla but well-muscled. Fucking hot, basically.
Felt the first stirrings in my jock. Mustn't bone up. Must NOT bone up. Swig of water. Deep breath.
"All yours pal." Walked off to use the leg press and left him to it.
It didn't much help. Turned out that the leg press was a great perving location. There was a full height mirror nearby, affording me an excellent view of Rowing Lad going through his lat sets. The definition in his shoulders was good, and I figured he must take care of himself and spend quite a lot of time down this place. And then my eyes went down towards his shorts, which had dropped down the small of his back to expose a Bike waistband. The leg tapes were also visible the clinging white material, which was semi-transparent where pulled tight against his backside. Fuck, I love a man in a jockstrap.
Getting a semi now. Must stop looking.
I gave up after two sets on the leg press and went to do some bicep curls in the free weight area. It was about 30 seconds after I grabbed a dumbbell and got sat down to do my isolations that Rowing Lad turned up and sat down next to me. Was this guy just being friendly or hitting on me? I really wasn't sure anymore, but I was going to play it cautiously. I'd had a couple of really hot hookups with gym lads before, but I'd also misread the signals, sometimes with nasty results. He picked up a weight about three or four sizes above the one I had chosen, and sat down to do the same exercise.
"I don't know about you, mate," he began, a little breathlessly, "but I think I've bitten off a little more than I can chew tonight. I don't usually work out late in the evenings either, but I've doubled up on my shifts at work the last few nights and didn't want to keep on missing out on my training. Perhaps I should've just gone home and gone to bed early instead? Fuck me, I'm aching all over tonight - and I ain't even halfway through my usual weight training."
"The same myself fella," I said, trying not to sound nervous whilst forming mental images of this guy stripped down to his jock, "probably stupid of me to have done it but I reckon it's less painful in the long run, keeping up the routine rather than breaking the habit and then having to drag myself back. It's be easy to do, being as I'm away on business up and down the country on a regular basis, and I'm unfit enough as it is."
"You're not doing so bad mate - I wouldn't have tried to sign you up for rugby otherwise."
I gave out a tired laugh. "Don't take the piss fella, can you imagine me on the pitch up against the likes of you? I'd be snapped like a dead twig."
"No reason why you can't go into the second or third XV though mate, get you fitter, bulked up. It's all still good muddy fun! You should think about getting involved with your local club when you get home, if you have one nearby. Where you from?"
Myself and Rowing Lad got talking, mainly about each others' work and about rugby, inbetween increasingly widely spaced sets of bicep curls. It was still quite hot and thirsty work, and I took my cue from him and pulled off my own sweaty running vest. Felt good to cool down a little. Actually, it also felt good just to sit down and talk to him. You normally just walk around a gym minding your own business - well, that and casting a discreet eye over the talent - so it made a change to get to know someone. We actually got onto names - now I could think of him as Jonathan rather than Rowing Guy. Lost complete track of the time.
"Gents." A man's voice interrupted us mid-discussion of the relative merits of the New Zealand and South African back lines, "Excuse me but it's half past eleven, we're closing now."
"Shit, sorry Jeff, lost track of the time," replied my new friend Jonathan, "me and Mark here just need to go and collect our gear, we'll be out of your way in a few minutes."
"No sweat Jonno, I'll be stuck going through these membership records til at least midnight. You two go and get yourselves cleaned up, I can lock up after you later."
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To be continued...