I'm a cyclist, former road racer and I hammer my Litespeed or my Yeti almost daily from the first day of daylight savings time until the last and then ride sporadically throughout the "dark months." Yeah I'm not riding around on my bikes naked even though I'd like to.

But when the weather turns cold and the days are short, it's time to take the bulk (no pun intended) of my workouts indoors. I'm lucky because I have a home gym but I'm not real fond of working the weights. It's freaking boring. About the only way to spice it up is to do my indoor workouts nude.

It's a chance to enjoy the freedom and comfort of being naked and getting something productive done at the same time. Nothing dysfunctional about that. In a way, the opportunity to lose the clothes and then hit the weights almost makes me look forward to the workout.

Wouldn't it be great if the infrastructure existed for those who don't have home gyms and want to do their exercise the way the ancient Greek athletes did; in the nude? I really hate working out at public gyms or health clubs. You have to listen to someone else's choice of music (usually dance pop or shrieking lowest common denominator metal) or suffer through daytime trash TV in the cardio room and there always seems to be some anal retentive body culturist camped on the machine I need to do a few sets on. But, I'm telling you, if gyms and health clubs were clothing optional, I'd be be more inclined deal with those other things.

One thing I've noticed about hard core nudists especially in the US is that generally they're, to say it kindly, not the fittest people on the world. I could use other adjectives, but that would be rude. If it was easier for people to work out nude, maybe more nudists wouldn't work out more often.

Just a thought.