A Gym Expierence

I have an interesting story about a conversation I had last night with a fellow gym member. But let me give you a little back ground first.

I started at this gym about 9 months ago; I was doing a customized Turbulence Program which I got Here

The past few months I strayed from that program so that I could focus on my power lifting goals. The new program I have been on basically gets me to do squats 3-4 times a week.

SO now the conversation. I was just finishing off my last set of dead lifts on my leg day. And another one of the gym regulars set his stuff down beside the rack I was using to claim that he was next in line…

“How’s it going?” he says..
“Oh just fine…are you doing dead lifts too?”

As we were talking about whether he was doing dead lifts enough, he mentioned to me that almost every time he is in here he says me doing legs. At which point I told him that I was doing a power-lifting program, and was trying to increase my strength.

He then told me, “your working out like a woman”
“What?”
“Your working out like a woman!”
“Did you just say what I think you said?”

Now before you all go and think that I am going to smash a dumb bell on this guy, I was actually surprised someone said this to me, and wanted to know his logic behind it, so I put on my best smile… “How so?” I said

He went on to tell me how women are the ones you see here all the time working legs everyday, and guy just work upper body.

Then I finally replied, “know many women that can squat 405?’

It wasn’t a bad confrontation at all, but it amazes me how judgmental people can be in the gym. This man was in fact larger than I, and I have spotted him before, but that comment came out of left field….does he judge me at every exercise I do? Does he know something I don’t? I doubt it…where I have gained amazing strength and size in the time I have been there, he has been the exact same.

I don’t care how big, strong, small, or fast you are; you need to check your ego at the door. Especially if you’re at a big franchise like I am and you have a hard time getting around people.

So in conclusion, don’t; be a jackass at the gym, and respect other around. And please for the love of god put your weights back! If I wanted to clean up after kids I would have had a few!