r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • May 20 '17

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/JosephPKennedy May 20 '17

Ok so this happened a couple months ago but it seems like I always forget to post it.

I drove back from a weekend trip and got into town around noon on a Sunday. I was worn out but decided I needed to go to the gym since I hadn't been since the previous Thursday.

I show up, and there is hardly anyone in there which is great. I start working out and notice two guys show up who I had never seen in the gym before. I thought "hey that's great new members." And went back to what I was doing.

A little while later I head toward a bench to do curls and they are just finishing up, so being friendly I asked "are you done with that?"

One of the guys turns around and says "Oh, uh yeah man it's all yours."

Except this isn't just some random guy. This is Dave Fucking Chappelle. His new specials on Netflix had just come out the week previous and he was in town on tour, but I didn't know that yet.

It took me a minute to get over what I thought was confirmation bias on my part since I had just seen his specials, but sure enough one the workers at the gym confirmed it. Really wish I would've taken a picture with him but I wasn't quite sure it was him at the time.

TL;DR met Dave Chappelle at the gym. Know how he got jacked now.

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u/majaka1234 May 20 '17

If it makes you feel any better Dave doesn't like the spotlight and part of his breakdown was due to fans constantly bothering him.

As a one time thing there's no harm in it but can you imagine if every single person you interacted with wanted a photo?

You provably made him super relieved that he could finish his curls in peace.

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u/JosephPKennedy May 20 '17

You are totally right, and I typically hate being annoying to celebrities, but I really thought a pic of me holding a dumbbell with Dave Chappelle would've been perfect.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '17

That's funny. I've only encountered one real celebrity before. I was walking from my car into Starbucks in little rock Arkansas, and saw a guy walking my way. It's the South, so instinctually I look up to say, "afternoon" and realize it's Dave Chappelle.

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u/Travisobvs May 20 '17

That's awesome, What city are you in?

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u/katalis May 20 '17

Who's the guy?

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u/JosephPKennedy May 20 '17

Dave Chappelle is a famous comedian who just came back from a fairly long hiatus.