GYM LIFE CHRONICLE pt 2

Me asking gym strongman: What workout program do you follow?

Strongman: Gives five minutes on how to cycle off and on steroids.

Me: Why do I ask anyone anything?

I’ve been going to the same place for years, to the point of shunning exercise in any other gym. I bench on one bench, pull plates on one cable machine, in a gym with tons of options.

My excuse is I like finding new things to do in familiar surroundings, of staking a claim and staying busy instead of finding a new place to rest. My deal is ‘active rest’ between hard lifts.

One of my goals is building better pecs, and I think I found the trick. I checked in with a proven lifter, asking what he thought of my pec-dec routine. His response was a thoroughly guided tour of his chest and every exercise for every muscle.

It was too weird to be too thankful for his answer. I complained to a regular who knows how to do a huge workout in the shortest time.

Me: I don’t know why I even talk to anyone.

Her: Maybe you shouldn’t.

One of my favorite guys moved away, not ‘away’ away, just too far for an everyday lift. He’s an inspiration and a devoted gym rat I miss, but luckily he still comes in to push iron and shoot baskets.

Me: It’s not the same without you here, man.

Him: I was in last week and went out with a group.

Me: Last week? A group?

Him: Yeah, they said I was the least weird guy in the gym.

Me: You’re the least weird? You’re weirded than me.

Him: But I don’t interrupt conversations and make it all about me.

Me: Who does that?

Him:

Me: You’re the weird one.

Him: That’s not the consensus.

Me: I miss having a weirdo around.

Him: (points to mirror.)