What makes you happy ?

At the gym one guy has stood out for a few weeks now. He reminds me of a certain pudgy Bostonian because he too has the same lank hair. What I first noticed was not that he was like a Green Card-wannabe but that he wasn’t wearing gloves, but straps. Most blokes there wear gloves because our hands get sweaty - there’s no other reason, But this guy swaggered around with straps dangling instead. Today though he started in the gym as I did and I happened to get on the x-trainer which meant I could see him with the wall mirror. And was an idiot he really is.

Sits on bench, picks up 2 14kg weights, raises and lowers them 10 times then gets up for a swagger around the gym - the long way - a lap if you will. He repeated this again and again. The weights were not significant, he didn’t break into a sweat and he didn’t use the straps once. There is no reason for him to need that much rest between those weights, there is no need to wear straps and given he is using his arms, why do all the walking - which I’d expect from leg work.

Grade A idiot. I can’t actually think of another poser there that I’ve seen (though one guy is irritating - he collects everything he needs in one corner. That’s barbells, dumbells, mat, 3 different handles and won’t let anyone touch them until he’s finished “Yeah mate, not done yet mate, won’t be long mate”) so Mr Lanky Straps takes the award for being such a complete tosser.