Steve cursed as he pulled into the carpark. Due to traffic he was late for fitness training at his local canoe club. Luckily, he'd changed before setting out, so was able to dash down the path to the club, cool air caressing his bare legs and arm, causing him to shiver and think the vest top and shorts was a bad idea.
Dashing up the stairs, he tried the handle to the room, and found it locked. Confused, he peered through the glass window, seeing the lights off and no-one in. Confused, he got his phone out to message on the group chat, but before he had chance, he saw there was a message already on there.
"Training cancelled, sorry for late notice!" it read.
"Shit"" he cursed out load, realising he'd rushed for nothing. Picking his bag up, he turned to head back to his car.
"Trouble?" a voice from behind him asked.
Steve turned to see one of the rowers leaning up against the door of their training room, all kitted out with rowing machines and weights. Compared to the canoeing club, the rowers were much better kited out for indoor training session.
Sharing the boathouse with the rowers had its issues. Both clubs were down on similar days, and whilst the canoe club was small, the rowing club seemed to have an endless supply of members. Mostly the two groups worked around each other, almost ignoring the presence of the other, apart from one section.
The junior section, or U23s as they were officially known, were made up mainly of students at the local university, were harder to ignore. Whenever they had an indoor session, being in the boathouse was like stepping into a club, loud pop music blaring out at a level that is could be heard from the carpark. Hordes of rowers, especially the boys would be shouting at each other, roaring encouragement at each other as they did their workouts.
The worst part, especially for Steve was that they did this in a semi undressed state. Most of the boys would do their work outs topless, and wherever you looked, there would be a naked torso on show, gleaming with sweat from their workout. For Steve it was like walking into a candy shop, all these well-built young men flaunting their toned bodies, and he had to stop himself from staring all the time.
It was one of these young men that had addressed Steve. True to form, he was standing there topless, wearing just a pair of shorts, and Steve's eyes were unconsciously drawn downwards, taking in the firm body, abs clearly defined beneath the smooth skin. With an effort he forced them back up to look into the guys face.
"Nah, just training cancelled and I didn't know no biggy." Steve replied, heading to the stairs.
"Come join us if you want?" the lad said, stepping aside from the door, "we've plenty of spare rowing machines."
Steve looked over his bare muscular shoulder, trying to ignore the strong muscular outline of his arms, and saw that there were indeed spare rowing machines. In fact, it seemed there was only one other person in the room, which was probably why he hadn't even realised the rowers were there.
"Why not," he thought, following the guy into the room, dropping his bag by the wall.
"Got an extra person for our training session Matt," the first rower said to the other who was limbering up by one of the machines. "Adopted a canoer, need to show him what a real workout is like!"
Steve smiled at the friendly rivalry tone in the guy's voice, and introduced himself to the other guy.
"Hi, I'm Steve."
"Matt," the other guy responded, "and this is Craig" he motioned at the first rower.
"So where are the rest of you?" Steve asked, as he joined them in some loosening exercises.
"It's winter, and off season, so most of the lads drop off. Usually there are more of us than this, but guess we're the dedicated ones." Craig answered.
They continued stretching for a few minutes, giving Steve to carefully checkout the two young men. Both were topless, allowing Steve to marvel at their bodies. Matt was the taller of the two, nearly a head taller than Craig, and, possibly because this height, had a wirier appearance. Like Craig there was little fat on him, but unlike Craig he had a fine covering of blonde hair covering his chest, matching the tousled mop on his head.
Craig was more stockily built, his arms, shoulders and chest more powerfully built than Matt, and Steve could just imagine those strong arms propelling the craft over the water.
Both were wearing their university rowing shorts, tight Lycra shorts which did little to hide the bulges at the front, and highlighted the curves of their ass at the back. Both had powerful toned legs, and again Steve noticed that whilst Matt's legs were covered in hair, Craig's were again smooth and hairless.
After a few minutes the two guys broke from stretching and headed to the machines. They quickly showed Steve how to set it up, and explained their planned work out.
"We go for 25 minutes, give or take. Don't try and keep up with us, just go at your own pace," Matt said as he headed to his own machine.
Steve started carefully, getting used to the unfamiliar machine, as the other two almost immediately powered away, their reps much quicker than his own. Slowly, he found his own rhythm, and his own pace increased.
10 minutes in and he could already feel fatigued, sweat was running off him in buckets, and his legs were feeling like jelly. The only thing keeping him going was the urge to not look weak in front of the younger men.
The way the machines were set out, in a staggered pattern, meant that both Matt and Craig were in front of him, one on either side. This allowed him to watch them as they exercised with just a small turn of the head. Currently he was watching Matt, himself covered in sweat from exertion, as he rowed, watching as the muscles in his shoulders and back bunched and moved in time to the stroke, how the powerful legs thrust against the footplate to propel him backwards.
Unbidden, a different kind of thrusting entered Steve's mind, and as he watched, his mind played out a fantasy, how those powerful thrusts could be used in a different, more satisfying way. So lost in his daydream, he didn't notice Craig finish his workout, and spot where his attention was. It was only when he walked over to Steve and stood over him, face flushed and body shimmering from sweat that Steve snapped out of it and looked up.
"Looks like you have an admirer Matt." Craig said as Steve guiltily averted his gaze.
"No, I wasn't..." Steve stammered, annoyed he had been caught.
"We know full what you were doing..." Craig sneered, still standing over Steve, "...what you were thinking. Don't think we haven't noticed you checking us out since you came in.
Steve was mortified he had been so obvious, and was ready to apologise and make a run for it, and started to rise.
Craig didn't allow it, pushing him back down into the machine's seat.
"You're not going anywhere puff," he said, "you're a terrible rower, no stamina or technique at all. Maybe you've got other skills. Skills that will keep us quiet about you."