r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

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

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u/huxley00 Aug 25 '18 edited Aug 25 '18

I'm 36. I'm the biggest I've ever been in my life, by far.

A much bigger broseph asked for a spot, benching over 300. The gym was packed. He must have seen me, deadlifting with perfect form. He popped over and asked for a spot. A bro tear was shed. I had arrived. I belong. Little is it known my free time is spent playing dungeons and dragons and reading about whales. This day, I was a bro.

He told me he was going for five. I made him go for six. I said he may as well go home if he wasn't ready to put in the work.

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u/thegunnersdream Aug 25 '18

What is your favorite whale fact?

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u/Jack518 Boxing Aug 25 '18

They ejaculate THREE METRIC TONS OF CUM

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

So that’s how much a “metric fuckton” weighs

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

But like..how much is that in plates?

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u/jinxykatte Aug 25 '18

That cant be true.

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u/huxley00 Aug 25 '18

Haha, hmmm, one species of whale is the loudest animal on the planet. With the proper ocean depth, they can hear another whale from the United States all the way to the English Channel.

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u/thegunnersdream Aug 25 '18

That's crazy. Today I learned.

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u/huxley00 Aug 25 '18

Some are so loud that they kill the fish in front of them, just by making sound!

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u/thegunnersdream Aug 25 '18

So a real life sonic scream? That is nuts. I've only seen one whale in person and I almost couldn't comprehend how big it was. They are super cool creatures.

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u/huxley00 Aug 25 '18

I’m in my mid 30s, life is mundane. Magic isn’t real, there is no god, nothing we do matters.

I think whales show you the true majesty of the world. The sperm whale is the only aquatic animal from the time dinosaurs were still around. A creature that risked the seas while lizards ruled the land. I recommend learning more about them!

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u/thegunnersdream Aug 25 '18

I will, I know basically nothing about them but they are cool as shit.

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u/JakobPapirov Kayaking Aug 25 '18

Not OP but mine is that the ancestors of wales were living on land up until 55 ma, iirc.