GYM RAT REPORT ON GYM FAIL NATION

If you self identify as a rat, a gym rat, then you’ve seen it, heard it, and done it:

Quirky people doing quirky things under pressure; call it quirky resistance training

Keep in mind, the gym rat habit is no laughing matter . . . oh yes it is. And once it sinks in you can’t stop laughing.

A hard looking man performed unusual stretches in the one hundred and eighty degree sauna heat like he was used to it, like he did it all the time.

(He did.)

Someone asked about his exercise and diet regime, because from the looks of him, he had one.

He took the time to explain his life philosophy, his ethnicity, and how those two things tied his life together.

That, and eating three pounds of chicken a day. Baked, not fried.

Right away I started thinking about the time I bought a barrel of KFC and broke it down in piles of meat, bones, and whatever it is that coats the chicken. You know, the good stuff.

It could take three barrels to make three pounds of chicken meat, but I don’t think they were talking about drive-thru chicken. The powerful person looked like a free-roaming, organic, chicken man.

He’d never order three pizzas.

Gym Rat Gym Crush

When a woman is in terrific shape, but it’s not enough? That’s when they fall into tallest building problem.

Either spend the time to make the tallest building, or tear every building down until your’s is all that’s left.

“That girl’s strong, but she talks too much. She could look so much better if she lifted instead of standing around,” she said.

“If you can’t do pull-ups, you can’t be strong. You know that. You do pull-ups. You said you did twenty yesterday, but you started on sixteen,” she said.

“Why not look color coordinated and matching? It doesn’t take much to try. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one, and I like it,” she said.

Proper Gym Form Help

Doing one version of a triceps extension features facing a weight stack with a high pulley and a bar hanging down.

If you don’t do it right, your gym rat pal may want to help. For them, helping with triceps extensions means standing behind you, their sweaty arms around you, their hands on the pulldown bar.

Is it helpful? Are they helpful? Yes. Now you won’t injure yourself.

And it’s motivational; they are motivational. Imagine how much better your squat form would be with their help.

And that’s why it’s good to go in early on leg day, or any day they’re not in the gym.

If you need help with form, leave a comment and I’ll forward it.