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I don\u2019t really like to waste time at the gym.\u00a0 I just want to go in, do some cardio, do some lifting, sweat like a madman, shower, freshen up, and then leave.\u00a0 I\u2019m not there to socialize, gab about fitness, coach or be coached.\u00a0 If words with other people occurs, I prefer that they\u2019re minimal and as not time consuming as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, the ideal day at the gym has words spoken only as a quick greeting with the guy at the front who scans my fob, and maybe a hello and see you later with the unofficial gym mayor who\u2019s about the stature of Michael Clarke Duncan.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyway, on this particular day, a different employee that I didn\u2019t really recognize was manning the front desk.\u00a0 Seems inconsequential enough, but he puzzled me when he engaged me with a question:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat are you doing today, boss?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n First, I\u2019m surprised people still refer to strangers, or even their own peers, friends and acquaintances as shit like \u201cboss,\u201d or \u201cchief,\u201d or other stupid superfluous titles that are akin to a writer adding them to boost their word count (ironic!).<\/span><\/p>\n Second, I know full well what I\u2019m doing on each day I go to the gym, but when inquired by actual words, I kind of froze.\u00a0 \u201cMostly cardio<\/em>\u201d is what I responded with, because truth is, I was planning on getting on a stationary bicycle and continuing to pursue my goal of attempting to burn 1,000 calories in 60 minutes or less.<\/span><\/p>\n Anyway, when hearing the dreaded C-word, the employee quickly scoffed and said \u201cthat\u2019s lame.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Honestly?\u00a0 That kind of did offend me, as a physically active person.\u00a0 Frankly, there\u2019s more to fitness than building vanity muscles, and when the day is over, I\u2019m 100% confident I could outlast this guy in any particular physical endurance challenge, and it\u2019s all owed to the fact that I put a tremendous amount of effort into my cardio training.\u00a0 This employee by the way, looks like a wimpier looking Brandon Routh, with arms smaller than mine; and I\u2019ll be the first to admit that my muscles aren\u2019t anything\u00a0close<\/em>\u00a0to some of the Zangiefs and Abobos at my gym.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJust kidding. That\u2019s just not my thing<\/em>,\u201d he quickly added up on seeing the likely not very amused look on my face at his remark.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t say anything else and proceeded to change out to prepare for my workout.<\/span><\/p>\n The best part was when wimpy Brandon Routh decided to work out himself, he saw me in the free weights.\u00a0 While he was loading up his barbell for some 65 pound gorilla press, I\u2019m in his reflection squatting 235.\u00a0 I\u2019m not above playing the numbers game, but when someone calls one of my disciplines lame, I can justify trying to shame them.<\/span><\/p>\n As I said to him, \u201cmostly<\/em>\u00a0cardio.\u201d\u00a0 Meaning, there would be some other things I would be doing too, like lifting actual weights, as I\u2019m sure he was expecting to be 100% of my agenda prior to inquiring what I was planning on doing.<\/span><\/p>\n Personally, I honestly think that there aren\u2019t many people who work out as often or as hard as I do at my gym.\u00a0 There are people who do a little cardio, people who do a little weights, but out of the regular people I see, there aren\u2019t many that do as much of both as I do on a regular basis.<\/span><\/p>\n One thing\u2019s for sure, seldom do I see anyone really sweat.\u00a0 I\u2019m not trying to gross anyone out or anything, but I sweat like someone poured a bucket of water on me sometimes.\u00a0 Especially after a lengthy cardio session on the treadmill or bicycle, I sweat the fuck through shirts on a daily basis.\u00a0 A little gross, possibly, but frankly it\u2019s a tangible measure of just how much effort I\u2019ve exerted, and I take a great deal of pride in it sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n As for my eventual cardio, I achieved the goal I\u2019ve been aspiring for.\u00a0 It took 58:50, but I finally broke 1,000 in under 50 minutes.\u00a0 After the full 60, I was at 1020 calories burned.\u00a0 Average RPM of 98, with an average energy output of 287 watts.<\/span><\/p>\n It was honestly one of the more physically challenging things I feel that I\u2019ve done, and I\u2019m immensely proud to have finally succeeded in it.<\/span><\/p>\n And now my legs are shot.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don\u2019t really like to waste time at the gym.\u00a0 I just want to go in, do some cardio, do some lifting, sweat like a madman, shower, freshen up, and then leave.\u00a0 I\u2019m not there to socialize, gab about fitness, coach or be coached.\u00a0 If words with other people occurs, I prefer that they\u2019re minimal … Continue reading My gym is awesomenot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,109,15,52],"class_list":["post-39442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-fail","tag-gym","tag-og","tag-owned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39444,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39442\/revisions\/39444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}