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No one--not even a fitness-magazine editor--is immune to finding herself in humiliating workout situations. Read on, and perhaps you won't feel like slinking out of the room the next time you pass gas in yoga class.--Ellen Ullman

"I was out running when a man started trying to get my attention. I ignored him until he yelled, 'There's a rip in your shorts!' I had a split down the seam and wasn't wearing any underwear."--Lisa F., Valhalla, N.Y.

"My period started just before step class, so I put wadded-up toilet paper in the lining of my shorts. About 20 minutes later, I looked down and saw that my makeshift pad had fallen out!"--Alyse H., Philadelphia

"As an outdoor runner, I loathe exercise machines. But after a week of nonstop rain, I decided to brave the treadmill. Not knowing the first thing about how to turn it on, I punched in a bunch of numbers, stepped on, and the treadmill took off like a bolt out of the blue, throwing me off the back like a bucking bronco."--Carole J., senior editor, Shape, Los Angeles

"My black thong panties were in my hockey bag for after my game, but they got stuck to my hockey pants and stayed there until I went out on the ice. The ref picked them up, thinking they were a piece of black hockey tape, but then realized what they were and brought them over to the bench and dropped them off in front of me."--Cyndi K., Los Angeles

"I was inline skating when a guy came out of nowhere and stepped in front of me to cross the street. I grabbed him so I wouldn't fall.

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