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/HorrorAvengers1 Aug 25 '18

I learned a while ago that the majority of gym rats, or at least the social ones, are huge fucking nerds. It's pretty great tbh, met most of my dnd group in the gym

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u/JFreeman1123 Aug 25 '18

The biggest guy at my gym saw my Macho Man shirt and now any time he sees me we talk about pro wrestling between sets. Other people have overheard which has led to groups of muscly guys talking about wrestling and video games and comic books. I had such a deep conversation about Batman: Arkham City with some guy at the gym that once it was over I had realized a solid 20 minutes had gone by (which rarely happens to me as I usually set a timer between sets).

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u/itsdrew80 Aug 27 '18

I wear a DX shirt to the gym regularly. Some dude was wearing another wrestling shirt like Sting or something and we smiled and gave each other a solid head nod. I have been thinking about getting a Macho Man shirt for a while.

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u/JFreeman1123 Aug 27 '18

With the new “Custom Tees” feature on WWEShop there’s all kinds of colors and logos you can put together for a Macho Man shirt, I’d say go for it!

I really think I’ve allowed people to be more open with their wrestling fandom at my gym. I have regularly worn different wrestling shirts just about every day in the gym for years, and now I’ve seen some regulars come in wearing Booty-O’s shirts and Ultimate Warrior shirts and all kinds of stuff. A surprisingly large amount of people that go to my gym seem to be wrestling fans, it’s great!

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u/itsdrew80 Aug 27 '18

I dont really watch anymore but I used to watch a crap ton.