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post 1705127621 08-16-2024, 05:44 PM
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Old guys at the gym always talking about how much they used to lift

Sad chit. They see you mogging on the bench press and then feel the need to tell you how they used to be semi-pro in some sport and used to bench 450 but now they can't cause their shoulders or elbows or whatever. How often does this happen to you? Seems like it happens to me once a week.
post 1705127661 08-16-2024, 05:47 PM
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kind of like when i watch a history documentary and it's from 20+ years ago, and realizing all the old people interviewed are now dead and it's a matter of time before it's us. Rip
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post 1705127721 08-16-2024, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted By steeler505⏩
kind of like when i watch a history documentary and it's from 20+ years ago, and realizing all the old people interviewed are now dead and it's a matter of time before it's us. Rip
Yeah it's pretty similar to a history documentary in the way that both are complete lies.
post 1705127811 08-16-2024, 05:52 PM
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A while back I was talking to an older dude at the gym about the strongest dude at the gym who could bench 500 lbs. The older dude was like 'if I didn't have any kids to take care of and wasn't afraid of injury I'd be able to get to a 500 lbs. bench too'. Wanted to bertstare and walk away but didn't want to hurt the old guy's feelings lol
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post 1705127821 08-16-2024, 05:54 PM
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post 1705127861 08-16-2024, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted By 1hardgainer⏩
A while back I was talking to an older dude at the gym about the strongest dude at the gym who could bench 500 lbs. The older dude was like 'if I didn't have any kids to take care of and wasn't afraid of injury I'd be able to get to a 500 lbs. bench too'. Wanted to bertstare and walk away but didn't want to hurt the old guy's feelings lol
They're so delusional. All of them are basically uncle rico from napolean dynamite.

edit: super wizard lol
post 1705128081 08-16-2024, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
They're so delusional. All of them are basically uncle rico from napolean dynamite.

edit: super wizard lol
Lmao , talk about timing
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post 1705128131 08-16-2024, 06:04 PM
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Yeah, I remember back in my heyday benching 365 lbs. Those were the good old days before my shoulder and elbow pains caught up to me.
post 1705128181 08-16-2024, 06:06 PM
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post 1705128251 08-16-2024, 06:08 PM
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Nobody ever approaches me in the gym (srs)

If people are coming up to you and talking about their hey-day, you probably come across as approachable/likeable
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post 1705128701 08-16-2024, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted By MajorTendonitis⏩
Lmao , talk about timing
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Originally Posted By SaviorSelfJT⏩
Nobody ever approaches me in the gym (srs)

If people are coming up to you and talking about their hey-day, you probably come across as approachable/likeable
I don't think I do. I have a caveman looking brow ridge that makes me look angry all the time. There was a dude benching next to me the other day that went across the gym several times to ask people to spot him but never asked me.
post 1705130261 08-16-2024, 07:10 PM
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We are the old guys at the gym now
post 1705130481 08-16-2024, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted By TryingMen⏩
We are the old guys at the gym now
Not me. At my old gym there was this 19 year old powerlifter kid I'd talk to when I'd see him. He'd always talk about how he had tendonitis and chit. And I'd mogg the fuk out of all of his lifts while drinking almost every day.
post 1705130611 08-16-2024, 07:17 PM
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Don't hate...you'll be doing the same when you're an oldcel
post 1705130701 08-16-2024, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted By Einsatzgruppen⏩
Don't hate...you'll be doing the same when you're an oldcel
My goal is to not be that guy
post 1705130841 08-16-2024, 07:24 PM
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How old are "old guys" at your gym? Asking for a friend
post 1705130921 08-16-2024, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted By TheParish⏩
How old are "old guys" at your gym? Asking for a friend
This particular guy today said he was 55. Some of the older guys are cool. Most of them actually.
post 1705131001 08-16-2024, 07:29 PM
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They look and me and decide I'm not the person to have that conversation with. If they are stupid enough to do so anyway, they get shut down so hard that it's comical.
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post 1705131841 08-16-2024, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Yeah it's pretty similar to a history documentary in the way that both are complete lies.
lmao
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post 1705131971 08-16-2024, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Sad chit. They see you mogging on the bench press and then feel the need to tell you how they used to be semi-pro in some sport and used to bench 450 but now they can't cause their shoulders or elbows or whatever. How often does this happen to you? Seems like it happens to me once a week.
You're lucky in that being an alcoholic, a juicer, and a schizophrenic, you probably won't make it to old age. You'll never have to suffer the shame of not being able to lift as much as you used to.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
post 1705132121 08-16-2024, 08:14 PM
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Wait until you run into one of them in the locker room op.
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post 1705132311 08-16-2024, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
You're lucky in that being an alcoholic, a juicer, and a schizophrenic, you probably won't make it to old age. You'll never have to suffer the shame of not being able to lift as much as you used to.
Not schizophrenic
post 1705132331 08-16-2024, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Not schizophrenic
I apologize, I meant depressive bipolar.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
post 1705132411 08-16-2024, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
I apologize, I meant depressive bipolar.
Nah not that either
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post 1705132981 08-16-2024, 08:45 PM
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Because I'm fugly
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Feel at a certain age..maybe 55 people should just stay away from free weights & stick to the machines. They often just end up hurting themselves & as eludes in the OP, they shouldn’t be trying to keep up at a young mans ability.
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Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Not me. At my old gym there was this 19 year old powerlifter kid I'd talk to when I'd see him. He'd always talk about how he had tendonitis and chit. And I'd mogg the fuk out of all of his lifts while drinking almost every day.
And there you have your back in the day story, that you will one day randomly share with younger lifters.
post 1705133211 08-16-2024, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted By Paul
Feel at a certain age..maybe 55 people should just stay away from free weights & stick to the machines. They often just end up hurting themselves & as eludes in the OP, they shouldn’t be trying to keep up at a young mans ability.
I agree and it's fine but they should just leave the glory stories in the past. No cares if you used to bench 4 plates or lift the heaviest dumbells in the gym. It's always some fat old guy too. If you figured out how to lift when you were young why didn't you figure out how to diet?
Originally Posted By JuanLee⏩
And there you have your back in the day story, that you will one day randomly share with younger lifters.
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