Enbarrassing gym moment

Usually it is someone else doing funny stuff at the gym that makes the blog pages, not today. Today was back/abs day. I did my 4 back exercises, set of 3 for each and moved back to the abs area. It was empty except for a little hispanic woman doing some exercises. I asked her if she was using the decline ab bench which she said she wasn’t with a smile. I had felt a bit gassy but nothing major. Well doing ab work amplifies any gas you may have in your system.

I was doing situps with the bench at the highest incline, straining more with each rep. She was on the bench right next to me doing what seemed to be endless crunches. At around rep 10 I could feel some pressure. I paused for a sec to regain my composure. I quickly evaluated and decided I should be able to make it through the last 5 reps without incident. Well as I contract for rep 11 a quick hitting loud blast comes out, I am mortified. I do a lightning quick analysis. It sort of coincided with a loud section of the music and it could have been possibly mistaken for the squeaking sound of my sweaty ankles against the foot pads. I figured the key to selling it was to just keep going, don’t laugh, don’t look at her. There was no odor so that was a plus. I ground out 5 more reps than I was planning to do just in the hopes that she would be done and I didn’t have to see her reaction. When I was done she was wiping down her bench and left the area. She had to hear it. I avoided making eye contact the rest of my time there. In my 15 years of gym attendance I never had that happen in front of a woman. Sigh…..