Funny gym story.

[TheOneAlone]

Did the same the thing another day. A high school kid was repping 375 like nothing. I threw a thumbs up, said great work and gave him a fist bump. This world needs more encouragement lol

 

[heavyhitter]

its ok, just part of the deal with CHF, in and out of the hospital every 3-4 months.

I finally got a boujee desk job...they want me to do restraint/verbal deescalation education for the medical floors. Basically teaching staff how to deal with crazy people.

I take it for granted, but I guess some don’t know how to take care of patients angrily talking to themselves and walking around naked. I guess that is a little intimidating to normal floor nurses lol

i spent a lot of time in the prison system working with severely mentally ill inmates and it’s definitely not for everyone

 

[heavyhitter]

I get asked some really personal questions about my tattoos in my decade + of sauna use at various gyms by complete total strangers. My best response to what does the _ _ _ Stand for? Finally I started saying "I earned it in prison" and you should see the look on people's face when I look them dead in the eye and tell them that. The funny thing is It's a joke I have never been to prison I just kinda look like it. Lmfao. Ill take the fist-bumping asian dude on the squat rack over the creepy spread eagle Asian dude in the sauna spraying eucalyptus, exfoliating and asking me about my tattoos 90% naked lol. Respect to all gods people but some individuals are bizarre in their timing

i get all the tattoo questions too as I’m pretty heavily covered. At 6’1” and around 240 usually people tend to assume it was either prison, biker gang, or military

 

[juggy38]

i get all the tattoo questions too as I’m pretty heavily covered. At 6’1” and around 240 usually people tend to assume it was either prison, biker gang, or military

Yes I get the what branch of service were you in?? And I have two full sleeves.

 

[Rot-Iron66]

I'm fully sleeved with skulls/reapers on both arms, I always get "great day to be out on the bike, aay".
Me: "Not sure, never owned one". ** shrug **

 

[Xtlabsfactory]

So yesterday I went to to gym, I was supposed to day off, but with finalizing my resignation of my job, female issues, and mom was intubated last Monday (she’s doing very well now!)

I wanted to crush myself. I was emotionally a wreck and anxious.

anyways, I started deadlifts, as that is the best way to crush a soul. Now, 48 hours prior, was a moderately hard leg day, high bar squats, RDLs, so yes, very poor fatigue management, but sometimes we just need to enjoy life and say fuck it.

Sooo. My gym is a “fitness gym” with a CrossFit jungle gym in the middle. There was an Asian guy, seemed like a power lifter. He was doing paused squat singles with 295lbs, pretty impressive for his size. I was directly across from him. I started with 6 reps, and slowly added weight and went to tripples. 315, 345, 375. When I got to 405, I was just angry at life. Said fuck it. AMRAP time.

so I tried to meet god, I think I got 8...in a dazed breathless confusion I stood up and turned around.

the Asian guy was right behind me, smiling and so fucking excited, offering knuckles, it was like it was Christmas. It reminded me of the old PL crew days where on max effoet days everyone would lose their shit in excitement for a guy hammering the throttle. It made my day.

crazy Asians lol. That doesn’t happen a lot anymore. Everyone fucking with their phones, selfies, videos for the instagram, loss of human connection.

just wanted to post a happy gym story. Y’all got any good ones? Most of the time I go to the gym and I question my faith in humanity lol

I have an image of this story in my mind and it sounds like a great moment.

Regards, Ethan

 

[MonkeyBoy]

I get asked some really personal questions about my tattoos in my decade + of sauna use at various gyms by complete total strangers. My best response to what does the _ _ _ Stand for? Finally I started saying "I earned it in prison" and you should see the look on people's face when I look them dead in the eye and tell them that. The funny thing is It's a joke I have never been to prison I just kinda look like it. Lmfao. Ill take the fist-bumping asian dude on the squat rack over the creepy spread eagle Asian dude in the sauna spraying eucalyptus, exfoliating and asking me about my tattoos 90% naked lol. Respect to all gods people but some individuals are bizarre in their timing

When anyone asks me about my Tatts, I just say "Well you know Tattoos are for sinners" and people don't know what to say

 

[Muay Thai]

When anyone asks me about my Tatts, I just say "Well you know Tattoos are for sinners" and people don't know what to say

gotta love the mindfucks lol

 

[Dave Perez]

I get asked some really personal questions about my tattoos in my decade + of sauna use at various gyms by complete total strangers. My best response to what does the _ _ _ Stand for? Finally I started saying "I earned it in prison" and you should see the look on people's face when I look them dead in the eye and tell them that. The funny thing is It's a joke I have never been to prison I just kinda look like it. Lmfao. Ill take the fist-bumping asian dude on the squat rack over the creepy spread eagle Asian dude in the sauna spraying eucalyptus, exfoliating and asking me about my tattoos 90% naked lol. Respect to all gods people but some individuals are bizarre in their timing

I think you will appreciate this story...40 years ago my sister ran with a motorcycle club in our city...her boyfriend was inked heavily...when in a bar someone would always ask about his tattoos...he would tell the guy that he had his name tattooed on his cock...the guy would always bet him no way...so he would whip out his cock and he had the words "his name" inked on it...he never lost the bet...

 

[graybass]

I always say I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints!!!!

BTW, I did Sumo dead's yesterday with 4 plates only they were 10's LOL! I'm just coming back from a torn quad tendon. 405 soon though!