Yesterday

Yesterday I went to the gym after work.  As I was back on one of the stations at the cable machine I was next to an older couple.  The man was quite overweight, had permanently red cheeks and was obviously laboring badly just to move from machine to machine.  His wife wasn’t working out, she was sort of supervising, encouraging, although she certainly looked like she could benefit from exercise as well.  She stood behind him as he exercised, at one time she was rubbing his shoulders, it was sweet.

 Well I immediately noticed he had no idea how to use the equipment.  After seeing him struggling I told them if they had any questions on how to use stuff feel free to ask me.  He was happy to hear my offer and immediately asked me how the station that is used for overhead triceps extensions worked.  After I explained it he said “Woah, I don’t think I am ready for that yet, it is my first time here!”  I told him if it was his first time he didn’t want to overdo it.  He told me how he was trying to shape up, he said he could hardly get around anymore which was apparent from my observations earlier.  He asked me how much I weighed, I told him about 190.  He chuckled and said “I weigh 294”  His wife said “Oh you shouldn’t tell him that!”  I just laughed.  She asked me how tall I was, six foot six or seven?  I told her I was only 6’3″ or 4.  She laughed and said “Oh well, he will be there in a year!”  I told him that at least he was there doing something about it.  He laughed and agreed.  A few minutes later I corrected him on how to use the bicep curl machine.  They both thanked me enthusiastically.  After that, I got tied up in a conversation with a guy I know from JFZ gym so I lost track of how my new old buddy was doing.