What are your stories about times you were most humbled in the gym?

[hawkmoon]

Do you guys train at my gym ? we have a guy like 88-90 has testicular cancer and is a freakin marathon runner and has been since he was like 70 because he got bored after retiring sailing around the world as a world class welder working on oil ships and rigs. Some of these old fuckers are just tough as nails..

Some people are tough and some people have a core of diamond.

 

[specter]

Some people are tough and some people have a core of diamond.

Fuckin hell man, i was talkin to him one day and his thought of mind was "if i slow down and stop, ill die" and i actually think he is on to something.

 

[PissedPajamas]

I get humbled every time I see my friend on 1/4th of the gear and GH but twice as big as me. We both train similarly and I might be a little stronger. Genetics is a bitch bro

 

[Mufasa123]

Watching Paul Demayo squat next to me.

Made me feel like we were different species

Quadzilla. Crazy. Mega calves too.

 

[traininsane11]

I get humbled every time I see my friend on 1/4th of the gear and GH but twice as big as me. We both train similarly and I might be a little stronger. Genetics is a bitch bro

relatable buttttt I’ve close to halved my gear and definitely didn’t lose any size if anything probably grew and my friends upped their dosages and don’t appear much bigger and now we’re closer to the same amount so it’s not quite so upsetting

 

[Kreatine66]

Have a couple of Powerlifting females I train w/ when I do go into commercial gym.
Both are close to 40 yrs old (ages 37 and 41), 132 lb. class, natural (lifetime). Both pull 405 in contest, bench 250, SQ close to their DL numbers. (385 -400 lbs SQ).

They embarrass most broccoli-headed flexers, posers and texters on a daily basis.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

I used to train at a chain gym where they didn’t give a damn about their members nor did the members give a damn about the gym

Towards the end of me being there after years of being like the only guy who put his weights back I stopped as a final FU to everyone

Found out after I’d left there was a guy (or girl) who for months was taking shits in the showers and fucking the drains up cause they hated the place

Now that’s revenge it humbled my puny attempt

What's most disturbing about your post is that evidently there were people who still used the showers even after knowing someone was taking a shit in them.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

some people indeed.


truly, now i don't even engage with women in the gym - or at all - unless they approach me with a simple question. or to say hello

they guzzled a gallon of miralax, and jumped into the dating pool, so im keeping my head down and my eyes on my goals and hobbies only.


already had 4 false accusations lobbied against me - 3 inconvenient ones, and one serious one


so much for 'not bearing false witness against thy neighbor'

but that's a different topic for a different time

The only women I speak to in the gym are fat ones. But that's rare. I know guys don't speak to them really anyway. I figure it makes them feel good. Not because I'm some stud myself. I just know attractive women get their asses kissed 24/7. They don't need my attention/validation. They've got plenty already.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

- Training legs with a 5'6" IFBB pro in the 90s. Fucking dude could squat like a piston.

- Guy I see everyday in the gym who is an amputee (one leg knee down). Right or wrong I do think of him when getting deep into leg day. "I bet that guy wishes he could feel this searing burn"

- Younger guy (mid 20s?) who is mentally challenged and shows up all the time. He does tend to sing with his headphones on. I have had other regulars say to me "I wish that guy would shut up"....I had some choice words for those people shitting on the guy

Oh fuck I would flip a lid. My response would be really ugly. Good for you man. Most people would just laugh while thinking it was wrong and not say shit. Somebody did a good job raising you.