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So I met a new 'that guy' in the weight room today. Anybody who has spent any time at a gym has seen any number of different characters working out. For example:

http://www.expatexchange.com/lib.cfm?articleID=1591

Today I ran into one that I've never encountered before. For lack of a better term, we're going to call him jeeeeeeeeeesus.

Queue all the lukie-working-out-jokes, but I took a long time off and really got back into lifting seriously over the summer. I've been lifting a lot, eating a lot, etc. I've gotten a lot bigger/stronger.

So anyway, friday is arms day, and I get done done doing a superset of something.. some type of curl followed by skullcrushers. This guy says something like, 'hey, that's a nice workout plan you've got there'. I say thank you, he introduces himself as Nick, I say my name is Eric, and I start my next set. Curls, then in my set of skullcrushers (where I'm toward the end of my set and clearly working hard and struggling), he starts asking if I've gotten my spiritual workout in.

So I put the weight down and just kind of laugh it off.. not today haha, or something. Then he starts talking about jeeeeeeeeesus and quoting all sorts of wacko passages from the bible. I politely thank him for the advice and encouragement and go on with my workout.

Of course, he starts following me (I'm clearly not interested at this point and have walked away from him at least twice, letting him know as politely as possible I'm not interested in his B.S.). Eventually he gets the point and says loudly as I'm walking away, "you better call before your right ventricle collapses". What a fucking douchebag.

So I go on with my workout and someone else comes up to me and says that guy does that to people all the time. Like just pretends to workout and goes up to people and talks about god. Later on I'm doing some calf raises, which just so happens to be by the fitness desk where there's a ~15 year old kid working. Of course, jeeeeeeeeesus starts having him read a fucking bible. I can't make this shit up, seriously.

brag: someone implicitly told me I use steroids even though I never have, so I must be getting a little bigger

beat: new gym character to add to the list

variance: this stupid post