This morning at like 5:30 at the gym, this douchebag I always see there was talking to an older gentleman. Trying to impress a girl like 20 yrs younger than him, douche says “how about you lift the weight I do and I’ll do the weight you lift?” The old guy explained that the asshole is 80 lbs heavier than him and asshole replied, “you could weigh as much as me if you ate a bunch of Twinkies. Body by hostess here.” And as I looked up, our eyes locked. I’m only like 20 lbs overweight. Not entirely sure if he was talking about me, but of course I said nothing and let it ruin my entire workout.
Here I am, chalk white, long beard down to my chest and body by hostess. The emasculation just never ends.
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When I was working out regularly I just bought free weights to do so in my basement, also lots of outdoor stuff (for cardio).
I hate going to gyms, because I’m insecure and self conscious about pretty much everything I do. Don’t let some meat head bother you, the comment may not have even been directed toward you, but insecurities can make one paranoid.
Yeah man thanks. I DID used to have my own equipment and loved working out on my own. However a recent move has forced me to wake up at 5 am and head to the local gym. I hate gyms too. I hate the forced contact with people.
Don’t worry about it. Only insecure people compare their body type to others *right in front of them*. I mean, yeah, we all do it sometimes, but those of us who are POLITE don’t try to make somebody feel shitty when they don’t deserve it. So that’s on them, not you.
When a guy acts like an asshole for no good reason, and knows it, he’s being the opposite of a “strong man” in my eyes (which is what I would call “the masculine ideal”). A strong man who’s confident about himself doesn’t try to make other people feel bad to make himself feel better. I’ve had people make derogatory comments about my body type when THEY were overweight, and I wasn’t, so that says way more about them than it does about me.
So just let it go. Don’t dwell on it, and focus on improving yourself for *YOU,* not for anyone else.
Thank you. Yeah that would explain a lot. I always see him comparing my lifts to his.
“I always see him comparing my lifts to his.”
Looks like douchebag feels threatened by you and that’s what makes him more of a douchebag. Well guess what, you have something he doesn’t have. PAIN. Fucking suicidal pain. You’re in a perfect position to channel that pain into benching 225… or 315 or wherever you’re at. So go buy yourself some uber sexy workout duds, march back in there blasting some German techno shit and pump those weights in front of him, while he cries like a sissy and you grab the girl and propose to her right in the middle of the gym and she accepts. DO IT!
Dude , three13; I can tell you’re someone who has lifted before. If you’re talking about raw bench, guess what? My pudgy ass actually lifts more than him at 405. Hah you already know the game bro.
Well, obviously, not the brightest bulb in the room, this guy. I had a boss like this one day he wanted to arm wrestle with me. I said “No need, you’d win” but insisted, and insisted and insisted. So I said oh well, alright.. arm wrestle, he wins. Then he takes a victory lap and says he won.. I was like wtf.. there was another employee there the whole time, he even said to the boss “but he called the shot before it happened!?”.
Some people need to prove their own worth with the vilest methods. Says a lot with how much insecure that guy really is. Power (or the illusion of it) make people believe they can get away with shitty attitude. If he was confident, he would have challenged someone his level anyway.
One friend of mine take these shitty comments as someone who tries to blend in, be in a group, however shitty it sounded. He usually replies back by giving some compliment to the person. He is really successful socially, understandably.
Don’t let that kind of numbnuts put you off your journey, especially a healthy one. Try to change how you interpret these comments using a different perspective. One thing for sure, these kind of people won’t change, but you can.
Cheers.
Wow man, well said. Whatever has you down low enough to consider ending it all, I hope you conquer it.
Sorry, man. That sucks. But some people insist on being @$#&*/’s when they have the opportunity.