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I went to the gym today to run a few miles, as I do a few times a week in the winter. Between miles, I sometimes hop on a row machine for a few minutes just to change muscle groups.
While I was rowing, a man was on a bike next to me. I don’t know him, but I’ve been seeing him come in like once every six months. So a resolutioner who didn't survive the first three weeks. Bad on him. Now, there’s no way to beat around it, this is a fat man, well into rotund pigman territory from a medical standpoint. But he’s on this bike just fucking failing it. Probably .2-.3 miles an hour, for a good 35 minutes by the time I sit down to row, which is more than I can do at the moment.
And wouldn’t you know, some fucking Sexy Senior Citizen just has to walk by and say something shitty about his weight to me. He’s got earbuds in, but the look on his face tells me he heard.
Now, I’ve been going to the gym regularly for four and a half years, and at my gym, you almost never hear shit like this. And there’s a good reason for that, it’s rude, cruel, and entirely counter-productive.
So I got up from my machine and told him, “Wait right there.” Then I went and grabbed two 600lb dumbells off the free weight rack and handed them to him.
“What are these for?” The Sexy Senior Citizen asked.
“For you, while you ride a bike for…” I glanced at his display, “35 minutes.”
“What? I can’t ride a bike with that much extra weight,” he said.
“Really? Because he can. So until you’re as tough as he is, maybe keep your mouth shut,” I said.
Because I’m sorry, but that shit isn’t going to fly around me. I have my issues with the body positivity movement and its tactic acceptance of unhealthy lifestyles, but this is someone who has made a commitment to changing his circumstances and is putting in the REALLY hard work necessary.
The dead last thing anyone in his situation needs, or deserves, is some little attractive eldery asshole who can’t relate to what he’s going through making snide remarks while he’s actively engaging in making a positive change. He has earned encouragement from other people making the same strides. And if that’s too hard, then the least he deserves is his silence.
End gym rant.
