Cool gym story

[abolish the weak]

So this little dude that goes to one of the gyms here. He is like 13 or 14 yrs old now. About 3 yrs ago one of my co workers wives stopped by with her kid and her kids friend. Well the guy was asking me about bodybuilding and lifting weights, I mean kid was hammering me with questions. He then took a pic of my bicep with his camera phone. So about 2 1/2 yrs go by and I never see him, until one day at the gym. Hardly recognized him because he was so much taller. But the kid approached me and said "u remember this?" and his pic of my arm was still on his cell phone. (mind you it was a new and diff phone) So anyways, I talked to the kid about working out a little and told him to stick to pull ups and light weights until he's a little older. Another year goes by, well today I see the most jacked 14 yr old kid I've ever seen in the gym and it's this kid. He was working out with one of his buddies, I didnt say anything to him because they looked pretty busy. Again, hardly recognized him at first. I walked to the drinking fountain, and on my way back I walked behind the preacher curl they were using. I overheard him say to his buddy "That's the guy right there" I just smiled and did my next set. I thought it was pretty cool

 

[tkav1980]

think about this! you might have been the inspiration for the 2015 Mr. O. i remember the first time i was in a gym out of highschool and saw what i thought was a monster doing close grips with 315 and decided right there id be able to do that. now that i can i want more!

 

[abolish the weak]

think about this! you might have been the inspiration for the 2015 Mr. O. i remember the first time i was in a gym out of highschool and saw what i thought was a monster doing close grips with 315 and decided right there id be able to do that. now that i can i want more!

Yeah, I think there is always "that guy" in the gyms. I remember when I was a teenager and always wanting to look like this one cat in my gym. To my buddies and I, that dude looked larger than life

 

[Pekkerwood]

Over Thanksgiving I ran into the first guy to take me to a gym outside of lifting a little during Phys Ed at school. I think I was 13 or 14. He was fifteen but huge and had a car and a gym membership. I believe it was "Roman Health Spa" owned by John Allen back in the 70's.

The guy is about 6'2" 350 now with son who is pushing 400 and is "Heavyweight" champ for some small wrestling circuit.

Whether he did it as a joke or not, I could not even comb my hair the next day, but seeing the gym and people lifting stuck in my head and I've been lifting pretty much ever since. Point is I still remember the guy that got me started before even football training etc.

 

[fsm]

That is really cool!

 

[Ivanko]

That's great. I think we all have that guy who inspired us. When you start off you want to match their lifts, their size and do it with the character they did. To become that to someone else is a big deal.

 

[omerta]

Great

So this little dude that goes to one of the gyms here. He is like 13 or 14 yrs old now. About 3 yrs ago one of my co workers wives stopped by with her kid and her kids friend. Well the guy was asking me about bodybuilding and lifting weights, I mean kid was hammering me with questions. He then took a pic of my bicep with his camera phone. So about 2 1/2 yrs go by and I never see him, until one day at the gym. Hardly recognized him because he was so much taller. But the kid approached me and said "u remember this?" and his pic of my arm was still on his cell phone. (mind you it was a new and diff phone) So anyways, I talked to the kid about working out a little and told him to stick to pull ups and light weights until he's a little older. Another year goes by, well today I see the most jacked 14 yr old kid I've ever seen in the gym and it's this kid. He was working out with one of his buddies, I didnt say anything to him because they looked pretty busy. Again, hardly recognized him at first. I walked to the drinking fountain, and on my way back I walked behind the preacher curl they were using. I overheard him say to his buddy "That's the guy right there" I just smiled and did my next set. I thought it was pretty cool

That is awesome bro. Sometimes its easy to forget that hunger for muscle and motivation we all had to hit the gym hoping to someday be like "that guy." At some point over the years we became "that guy" to young lifters that saw us at the gym every day but probably never said a word to us. You never know what kind of effect you can have on someone if you set a positive example.

 

[richie34]

lol yep, "that guy" not just me then.

 

[thebrick]

Very cool story!

I liked that a lot. Thanks for sharing that.

See? You never know who you are making an impression with. Really, weren't we all inspired by someone at some point that made us go to the gym so we could look like that?

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

Yep, you set that kid on a new path and his body thanks you for it I'm sure. Too many fat kids in this world.

Same thing happened to me at my gym, when I walked by this woman she looked at her husband and said "that's the guy right there", and that's when I ran like hell!