The Most Disturbing Thing I Ever Heard at the Gym

Why does this hurt your eyes?

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For the past year, I’ve been mostly going to the same gym at roughly the same time every day. It’s a first for me, and what’s even newer is that I’m now on first-name terms with other gym-goers.

The group of about 10 to 20 people that always show up all know each other’s faces, and I’m beginning to feel comfortable with talking to others in between my sets. It makes my workouts a little more fun and the weight section feel much less intimidating.

And the best thing is that the men who see me every day know I don’t need help getting my plates on a barbell, so they don’t bother me with unnecessary and performative chivalry. I mean, I wouldn’t be lifting them if I couldn't handle them, right?

Speaking to people you don’t really know does provide for some interesting situations, when people confess to things you would rather not know about them.

Well, This Is Disturbing

One of the people I talk to the most is a man in his mid-forties. He’s really nice and polite, and always checks up on me, telling me he’s missed me if I go to another gym for a couple of days. After I got my Covid vaccine and wasn’t feeling okay to work out for several days, he was worried about me.