Fitness Singles

A while ago a reader emailed in and asked if I'd tried the dating site FitnessSingles.com.  I wrote back and said that no, I haven't checked it out, but I would register and then review it -- all in the name of research!  (This was like 3 months ago, and I'm only just writing about it now.)  Of course, me going on a fitness site is a bit of a laugh in itself.  I mean, yes I do bootcamp classes a few times a week, but I am far from 'fit'.  (Between us, I think I need to lose like 50 pounds.  But I can still rock a cocktail dress!)

So I made a profile, just to check out the site.  Unlike most sites, this one will ask you for your exact height and weight -- thankfully there's a "rather not say" option in the drop-down menu.  On a fitness site though, that's pretty much code for "I'm fat but I don't want you to know how fat."  I also had to indicate 3 sports or activities that I participate in, and my proficiency level for each.  I picked skiing, golf, and aerobics -- I couldn't figure out if bootcamp should count as 'aerobics' or 'weight lifting', but after a quick search of the women's profiles, women who indicated 'weight lifting' as their activity kind of looked like the East German swim team, so I went with 'aerobics'.  The rest of the profile questions were completely ordinary, and I wrote the same blurb I write on all sites:  "I work in IT, I like dogs, blah blah blah."  At this point I could write a dating profile in my sleep.

So three months later, it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that I'm not exactly popular on this site.  I'm just not what these guys are looking for, and I totally get that.  I think if you want to be a success on this dating site, you have to post a picture of yourself in tight, yoga clothes.  Or a bikini.  It's basically a dating site for hot athletes, is what I'm saying.  You'll see a lot of guys like this:

Not exactly hard on the eyes, right?  Unfortunately none of these men emailed me.  Here's who did:

Yeah, this site isn't for me.  I can't attract anyone younger than 50.  (And/or, closeted gays?  Anyone else getting that vibe from bachelors 1 and 4?  Maybe it's just me.)

Anyway, I'm just glad I didn't have to pay to browse this site.  You do have to be a paying member to read the emails you get though.  So if you're a hot, fitness maven, I'd love your review!  Has anyone out there joined FitnessSingles.com?