My Gym Humor

My Gym And Newbie Bodybuilder Humor

Oddly enough, in my gym or any other fitness gym, you can find some amusing entertainment. From time to time, the wannabe bodybuilders are going to try to become the gym hero and outlift their buddies. Until just short of serious injury, that budding hero in my gym performs a weightlifting exercise in a manner that is so funny you have to stop and watch.

If you spend enough time in the gym, you will see some funny things. Well, if you have my sense of humor anyway. Some people never seem to find anything funny happening in their gym, so I thought I would share a couple of the funnier things I’ve seen, while teaching some useful information at the same time.

A couple of years ago I was taking a breather after a couple of hard sets of calf raises. Right in front of me were a couple of young guys who hadn’t even started to shave yet. They were just normal kids in the gym, not news worthy at all.

Then I saw one of them grab a set of 35kg dumbbells  and shuffle over to the decline bench. This got my attention.  35kg is a good weight for older, stronger guys to be using. These two were just a pair of skinny kids.  Maybe these guys were freaks? Maybe they just didn’t look anything special. All these thoughts ran through my head.

Then as on guy got on the bench, the other helped him with the weights. He readied himself and began to move the weights upwards. Or should I say, they both moved the weights upwards. And then it happened. He managed to move the weights up a few inches away from a full extension, then both dumbbells came crashing down onto his face.

Here is a non-medical side note: Although there is always a place and need for humor, let’s save it for after the workout. Be safe and try not to be the object of yet another humorous or serious event in my fitness gym. Before trying an exercise beyond your capabilitity, consider whether you want to be viewed as another dumbbell in the gym.

So the great mystery had been solved. These guys weren’t freaks. They weren’t a super strong pair of kids at all. They were just a pair of dumbasses.  Which brings me to my point for this article. Know your limits. It’s easy to think you are superman and use heavy weights, but it’s not going to help you much.

To get the most out of your workouts, you need to be pushing yourself, but there is a big difference between pushing just beyond yourself and pushing way beyond yourself. One is a key to muscle growth, the other will just result in laughter. Up to you which one you choose.

So next time you are ready to choose how much weight to use on an exercise, think back to this article. Make sure it’s heavy enough to be a challenge, but light enough to not make you look like an idiot and potentially hurt yourself. The guy’s in my story were lucky enough to get out with only bruised egos, but I know of other people who have seriously hurt themselves by being stupid.

Humor and safety in the gym are typically not two topics discussed at the same time. However, if you are not careful, it is possible that the serious bodybuilders will find great humor in the wannabe bodybuilder when performing fitness and bodybuilding exercises incorrectly.

The Musclehead is a natural bodybuilder and the author of the brutally honest and revealing book "The Muscleheads Guide to a Godlike Physique". For more hard hitting information on how to get the body of your dreams, visit TheMusclehead.com