The Gym: A Reality Show

I really believe that my gym could be on a reality show. Or any gym for that matter. The characters that you meet at such a place.

For instance there is this one guy at my gym who has to grunt every single time he lifts weights. His grunting is so loud and animated, that I'm waiting for him to either fart or drop a load in his shorts. And he doesn't just grunt once or twice, it's constant and from the gut--so Tarzan would be proud. Today, he did something quite remarkable. I have no idea, what part of his body he was exercising, but he got down on the floor, laid on his back and started twisting, spinning his legs and going left and right. At best he was a white boy trying to break dance, at worse and goodness forgive me if this is true, he was having a seizure. The woman on the stair master beside me was beside herself laughing.

This guy then (and I kid you not) came up to the women and said something to the effect of his stamina being good for several things. I guess he didn't see her laughing at him. My conclusion was he thought she was checking him out. She replied without missing a beat, "if your bedroom face is the same as your weight lifting face--it's not a good thing". He smiled, winked and backed off into a corner.

I think there should be a policy. Gyms should interview their potential members, there has to be some sort of process to weed out members. I wish I had a camera so I could show you exactly what I saw.