gym fitness man

They are neither the "self-discipline synonyms" boasted in marketing accounts, nor the "narcissistic muscular men" ridiculed in short video clips. More than 90% of them are ordinary people who have their own small goals and compete with themselves in the iron pile.

If you often go to Shangjian's strength area, you must have seen many typical examples: high school students wearing washed white school uniforms and throwing their schoolbags in the equipment corner. After doing a set of two-piece exercises, they secretly lift their sleeves in the mirror. When they catch someone looking at them from the corner of their eyes, they quickly put their sleeves down, and their faces turn red from holding in their emotions.； There are also programmers who come every day carrying computer bags with company logos on them. They practice for 40 minutes and are sure to leave. They never take photos or use protein powder. They say that drinking the pork rib soup stewed by their wife when they go home is better than anything else to replenish protein. The purpose of training is to cure the lumbar protrusion caused by sitting for a long time.

What everyone complains about the most is "occupying equipment and playing with mobile phones". I have even seen the two sides quarreling about this matter until they blushed and their necks were thick. Those who are dissatisfied think that it is a pretense to practice and rest for ten minutes between sets to gain position. Those who complain have a point: You know what the heck, you need to rest for 3 to 5 minutes between sets of heavy deadlifts. If the heart rate cannot be lowered, it will easily lead to waist protrusion. The last time I met a powerlifting guy who had been practicing for seven or eight years, he sat on the floor between sets and watched videos of his daughter's kindergarten performance. He smiled with a smile on his face. When the countdown came, he threw his phone next to him. He lifted 180kg directly with a smear of magnesium powder. His movements were more standard than anyone else. After the exercise, he took the initiative to wipe the equipment clean and handed the guy waiting next to him a tissue to wipe sweat. He had no airs at all.

There are also different methods in the fitness circle. Those who are into bodybuilding complain that the lines of the powerlifting blocks are not good-looking, and those who practice powerlifting complain that the "dead muscles" of bodybuilding cannot lift heavy weights. There are also guys who came from street fitness and will show you a one-arm pull-up when they are excited. It is common to complain to each other, but if someone reaches exhaustion and the bar gets stuck, no matter what the training is, they will rush to help immediately. Last time I squatted 120kg and got stuck. A good, fit guy next to me who was posing for a video of preparing for a competition rushed over to support the bar without even bothering to put down his phone. In the end, he pulled me to change the angle of my toes for ten minutes, saying that I would be useless if I continued to practice buckling in my knees. There was no look at each other like what is said on the Internet.

Of course, this does not mean that they are all good people. There are those who stare at the mirror for half an hour after practicing with 15kg dumbbells, and roll their eyes when others use the mirror to practice standing shoulder presses. There are also those who purposely give blind instructions to show off when they see a newbie making a mistake. However, such people are disliked no matter which circle they are in. Everyone in the gym also complains behind their backs, which does not represent the majority at all.

I used to know a 35-year-old brother who weighed 180 pounds and had moderate fatty liver disease. He snored at night so much that his wife slept in a separate room. He was also found to have high blood sugar, so he decided to start practicing. I go to the gym to practice for an hour at six o'clock every morning before going to work. After three months of carbon control, I walked around the Mixue Ice City downstairs. Now my body fat has dropped to 16, my fatty liver is gone, and my snoring is gone. He said that except for posting a check-in on Moments to show the coach during training, he usually never told others that he was working out. Last year, a colleague at the annual meeting asked him if he secretly had liposuction.

To be honest, there is no threshold for fitness. Some of the people who come here want to look better in suits, some want to climb the fifth floor without gasping for breath, and some come here to lift irons to vent their anger because of work. After taking off their fitness clothes, they are ordinary people who have to pick up their children from school, change their weekly reports, and make excuses for their smiles. To put it bluntly, iron lifting is just a common hobby. It is no different from others who like fishing or playing mahjong. How come there are so many labels attached to people.