Maybe they were pointing because your ass sweat formed an image of the Virgin Mary on the fabric of your gym pants. (We're overdue for a miracle here in Portland.)
Maybe your ass sweat made them so hot they had to bow out to blow off some steam, if you know what I mean *wink, wink*. Which, technically, is still a great way to burn off some calories and can be an effective workout if done properly.
Why ass sweat? I work out too and enjoy scaring (scarring?) the mirror gazers when they see me walk in to the weight area drenched. But if I only had a sweat stain around my ass I would start to question why my perspiration follicles unleashed in that area only.
Please wait...
and remember to be decent to everyone all of the time.
--Jim McDougal to Bill Clinton,
Arkansas Mischief: The Birth of a National Scandal