Can you imagine hammering out a set of bench presses – totally naked?

All horrific images of dastardly injuries aside…ouch weight plates…I can think of many reasons why I wouldn't want to expose certain areas at the gym…but this is coming from a girl who actually goes to the gym to work out!

Well it seems Patrick de Man, the owner of Fitworld in Holland; thinks I should loosen up a bit…maybe throw some caution to the wind…that and my sports bra!

It’s true, Fitworld has decided to institute the first “Naked Sunday Workout”, where clients are welcome to come and sweat their stuff in the buck.

Many words come to mind for me – namely ewwwwwwwwww, ouch and that’s gotta hurt!

Don’t get me wrong. I have absolutely no problem with the naked human form, and my distaste this isn’t coming from any deep-seeded childhood trauma. It’s just the idea of using a machine after someone has planted their butt crack on it…ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Double ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

To keep the premisis hygenic de Man has decided to institute the following “Naked Sunday” gym rules:

All machines shall be kept sanitary at all times – That means staff with pressure washers I assume.

All naked participants are required to lay down a towel or to use a disposable seat cover on the machines – This takes the question “can I work in with you?” to a whole new level!

I wish de Man all the luck in the world with his new venture; however I can't imagine many serious weight lifters who would be comfortable running 5 km on the treadmill or doing jump squats without a sports bra...imagine the inertia affect on that.

Can you?

I mean it’s purely a matter of comfort for me.