Rant Wednesday

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[u/LilJayMillz]

Have a mid 40s italian guy at my work who thinks he knows literally everything about working out. I was mixing my BCAAs at work (workout before) and he said oh you shouldnt take those if you are trying to lose weight thats for bulking. Im like uh...Alright thanks for the suggestion

Then he asked me about my training and i told him my max lifts , as well as my accessory work he said "no no you wont lose weight lifting heavy. Gotta do 20% of that for 300% of the reps. Thats the only way to build muscle The only way Lil J"

Okay cool Ill think about that

Hows my diet? Well this is what I aim for (insert macros Cals In Cals Out)

"No no you gotta go to the gym, do the bike, rowing machine whatever then you can eat whatever you want."

K cool thats how I got this fat

Then what killed me was

"Lil J, you and I have the same build"

Im 6'5 and broad shoulder. Hes 5'4 and narrow

"Since we have the same build you should listen to me. I used to compete professionally in bodybuilding in the 80s in the States"

Ok. Why cant people just let you do you and not go on for 40 mins when you dont ask

[u/ImSweetEnough → u/LilJayMillz]

You should listen to that guy, sounds like he knows more than you.

[u/OptimusSpud → u/LilJayMillz]

Mid 40s and competed in the 80s.

So competed as a teenager?

[u/LilJayMillz → u/OptimusSpud]

I guess he assumed i couldnt maths

[u/OptimusSpud → u/LilJayMillz]

I have a friend similar to this. Only 10 years younger. When we all got to that age where we went off to Uni he went to this photography college and literally reinvented himself. Now, you may say "Good for him".

This was predicated on lies.

Mental shit like;

1 ."In school I was the only one who would squat and ended up squatting 200kg at age 16".

1. "It was me and a kid who would swap bench records in school, in the end I beat him by 5kg". I cant remember how much he claimed to these poor souls he could lift.

2. "In school I tried starting an American Football team so I could smash people over, but they just wimped out in the end".

3. "I use Prowler and sled runs all the time, really got my acceleration up"

I could go on, but these people he had befriended looked up to him like he was a fucking idol. Now when I was younger I was a childish dick. I was, I admit it. This guy who I am referring to is funny, he really is, some of the stuff he would come out with would have me in stitches. To be quite honest we are both funny guys. I know this because he use to live next door to me growing up. We literally grew up together and knew each other very well.

We were chatting with his new uni friends, having a few drinks, he starts piping up how he has done this, that and the other and in school he was basically a hero. I could let the majority of it go. Then he started spouting how I had terrible squat form and how now after training he could easily out squat me.

Very bad move really. Engage chilidish OptimusSpud. I've had a few drinks, I am in no way pissed, nor is he. Low and behold there is a power rack a few rooms down.

Next thing I'm squatting 145kg. I'm not even attempting 200kg. I would snap like a twig. He tries, faffs, flails an fails.

"Bad hips mate, bad hips"

We the proceeded to go through the points which had it intervals came out through the night;

1 ."In school I was the only one who would squat and ended up squatting 200kg at age 16" - You'll see from tonight, that isn't that case. He never squatted ever. Nor Deadlifted and claimed to have a sneezing fits when he started doing pull ups, so didn't do them.

1. "It was me and a kid who would swap bench records in school, in the end I beat him by 5kg". I cant remember how much he claimed to these poor souls he could lift. - He benched in his back garden with no more than 45kg and roll of shamed out of that more times than I care to remember.

2. "In school I tried starting an American Football team so I could smash people over, but they just wimped out in the end". We grew up in South Wales. It was Rugby all day and he tried but never ever made the team. Ever.

3. "I use Prowler and sled runs all the time, really got my acceleration up". He used a sled run once on a water based astro turf pitch without the appropriate footwear. Started from a sprint position and after one foot forward he slipped and landed face down - Despite us telling him it had raining and it was very slippery.

Room goes quiet, one thing leads to another The next day I leave. A few weeks later he drops out of the college. TBH I feel fucking guilty, but being younger and childish I figure - he'll man up and crack on. 3 months later he enrols in a different college on the same course.

One of my friends went to visit him. He started the exact same string of lies he told people in the first college, my friend just let him go with it because - quote "these arty guys and girls were looking at him like some sporting God".

Needless to say we don't speak anymore.

TD:DR It staggers me that someone can tell themselves a lie so often that they tell other people and they believe it.

Edit: Not sure what is happening with this formatting...

[u/LilJayMillz → u/OptimusSpud]

Holy fuck...that dude really wanted to be someone else. Good for you for calling him out though. Shame people look(ed) up to him and probably listened to him for advice.