Work Anecdotes :
An Exchange :
12/19/19 ~915am
We’re in the customers living room, packing up a box of ridiculous dimensions, which ended up weighing about 170lbs. The coworker is suggesting I attempt to carry it myself…
Coworker : “You ever go on YouTube and watch mover fails? You see shit explo”
I cut him off.
Me : “No. (forcefully stated) And for the same reason I never watch gym fails.”
The customer (fit chick, about my age) laughs at the exchange, turning a little red faced in spite of her tan. I’d guess she doesn’t watch gym fails either.
Pistol Squats :
12/19/19 ~1215pm
The forklift was putting empty crates in a trailer. I was finishing the job by hand, pushing them into place manually which I’ve alluded to before…with them occasionally loaded past a literal ton.
“It seemed like a job for J” – the managers words.
(I have done it before. Crates inside trailers both in and out of the trailer, with pallet jack or without are one of the places where my size and gym strength shines at this job.)
Between crates, while waiting for the next, I goofed around attempting pistol squats.
With my left leg I got two singles.
I’d never done one before, mobility and/or balance always being an issue. Today I had the balance left legged, though I was in work boots and not barefoot. Right side was an issue of flexibility.
Cool, I’ve gained another one limb exercise/party trick. Add it to the one arm pushups, and I’m working on one arm pullups with the assisted dip/chin machine.
I mentioned it to a coworker.
“Since I got paid today to pistol squat that may make me a professional athlete”.
The same coworker told me he’d no longer bother telling me when an item is heavy, as it all weighs, and I quote “J light”.
He was surprised that I could do the pistol.
Surprise at what I do physically is something I come across a lot lately. The forklift last week a prime example. Everyone viewed that one as a big deal, one wished he had it on camera, and even the coworker driving it that yelled for me to push…was joking…yet I did it…by hand…by myself.
Gym Anecdote : The Hardest Man In The Gym
12/19/19 PF ~315pm
I thought nothing of him at first.
He was of normal height, fairly lean, a little more muscular than I’d call athletic. Probably mid-40s, doing well for his age, and honestly a bit broey wearing a yeti coolers shirt.
He was already seated at the lat pulldown, when I used the pushdown across from him and the cable flys next to him.
Then he stood, moving away with those short hand held crutches, and lame paralyzed legs.
Dude had a good upper body…on top of paralyzed legs.
No excuses.
Persistence & Tenacity