There is fantasy and there is reality. Sometimes, of course, there are stark realities. Stark, in-your-face, stuff you don’t want to know about realities. Welcome to the locker room. There are many things one sees in the locker room that one would prefer not to see. That’s when you, or at least I, find the world of fantasy so inviting. I go to my “Happy Place”  and I am safe. Say you just finished a good workout - you preacher curled sixty pounds at 468 reps, did 9,000 chin-ups and on the decline bench pressed that bald guy who’s the size of a Volkswagen.  All-in-all, not such a bad day. But then you enter the locker room.  And you know that the world through that swinging door is a different place.  So for you, for your sanity and mine, please follow ...

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The place is hot and steamy, pulsing with the beat of blaring music and gyrating bodies. You see her working it across the crowded floor, and you have to meet her. A brilliant idea: you’ll buy her a drink. But wait a second - that only works in nightclubs, and you’re at a health club. So while you could send a 20 oz. Tropical Xtremo Gatorade her way, that probably won’t produce the intended result, no matter how important it is to replenish fluids during strenuous exercise. What do you do? Gyms notoriously attract eye-catching people. There’s no greater concentration of sinewy muscles and tight, skimpy clothing anywhere… except maybe the adult thriller section of your local Blockbuster Video. Let’s face it, even the most average-looking gym-goer is fit and healthy, or at least will be in a few months. But while fitness ...

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