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Steve: That was a really nice response. Shows the guy's approach appealed to you to give him such a response.
Trust me, I'm not the guy kids want to be based on physical stature. That's for sure. Funnily enough tonight when I was training in the gym... I was taking in the scenery. My body seriously doesn't even match up or compete with a large number of the guys in my gym. It's amazing. I'd put a significant amount of money that I've worked harder than a lot of them and even more money that I have more knowledge on the subject than them, but they've been dealt the 'good hand.'
Of course some of them were saucers, which is beyond obvious.
But beyond those, there are just some guys who are naturally thick and muscular.
I don't often compare myself to others and this realization certainly didn't upset me, although it would be nice to pack on muscle easily. But it did make one thing clear. There is most definitely a genetically gifted group in most gyms. They can look great in spite of what the hell they do in there. Most train so retardedly it's amazing.
I'm one of the only guys in my gym who train in the squat rack. I don't just train in it, I live in it.
There's nobody who squats in my gym. Of the 3 guys who do, I wouldn't even call it squats. I'm the only guy who deadlifts. I do these with my shoes off and people look at me like I'm a freak, lol.
All in all, nobody trains like me in my gym.
But there are a ton of guys who watch the genetically gifted and mimic them. It's sad. They won't succeed in spite and they're too misinformed or ignorant to decipher what's appropriate and what's not.
Such an interesting dynamic, the gym.
