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+1 I'll never forget the man who made the time to take me into a real gym, for the first time, when I was 15, & patiently go through a workout with me. Pass it onRobbie wrote: Just some food for thought-
In my opinion it was a sad day for the training community last night. I was at the chest section doing my thing by myself and observed a skinny kid walking aroung the gym looking at all the equipment clearly without a clue where to start or what to do.
I saw him suck up all his courage and approached a trio of fairly built guys doing curls at an old lady pace and talking more shit than training. The kid asked them very politely if they could give him some advise on a exersize or two, but the only advise he got was ridicule and mockery over his sshort stature and skinny build. One of them told him the only way he would grow was to eat his dick. The kid took their abuse, but I think he was just frozen in his tracks.
Well, he turned around with his head down, towel in hand heading towards the exit and I could not help myself and intercepted him and told him they were dicks and and are too in love with the mirrors to help him anyway. I told him to stick around and I let him do a few light weight sets with me and showed him the importance of form and posture and the idea behind mind muscle connection. I'll teach the kid what I know "If" he comes back today, sticks around and commits.
Now, I've been at 95kg with fairly little fat, but currently I'm only a 80kg man with hard work ahead of me. The trio of fucktards aimed their ridicule towards me aswell at that time as I now helped their victim, but I approached them and asked them if they were training their mouths or their muscles. Obviously ego's were flaired up, but quickly died down again. I might be a lot smaller at the moment, but I've been around the block a few times and can handle myself just fine.
When I started out training I was 22 years old, 1.8m tall and weighed 60kg so basically I had the build of a broomstick. I was fortunate enough to be guided and schooled by the "real big guys" and I developed a real love for training and growing. They had nothing to gain from giving me the tools of the trade, but I have the utmost respect for those four gentlemen to this day and I'll always remember the the mantra they had, "As you think, so you become" and "JUST ONE MORE"
My point?,
If your need an ego boost, theres no need to be a dick to someone starting out and wating to travel the road you're on. Your memory will be short lived and soon forgotten and all that will remain is a reminder of what not to become.
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Jono77 wrote: We all need help sometimes even if we've been in the gym for years..last year I couldn't get the leg press back up with 530kg on (I've done it before but had a bad day) and luckily two other guys came running to take the plates off so I could push it back up. Were all there to improve ourselves and push our own limits. I really hope the young guy is okay, did he come back Robbie?
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