5/5/23
There are now two youngsters working at the moving company.
One’s average height, average weight, the other is a tad taller than his buddy, and skinnier.
The customer (I’d actually had him as a gym teacher in both middle and high school – the first time I’ve known the customer having done this off and on for years) bought a couple pizzas, told us “don’t let it get cold”, which saw most of our ridiculously over manpowered crew have a slice or two.
16 big slices from two larges plus a real tiny pizza for 12-14 people all in all in the house ya can only have one, a couple two.
I had two.
I believe the first youngster had two.
You know I’m me, 290ish, “not fat”.
In fact I was hitting some pullups, note : not chin ups, in the doorway bar after work as something said in a Wes Watson video amped me up.
Immediately I went to the doorway bar, got an ugly 7 reps first set, ugly 6 reps second set vs an ugly 10 reps on a proper height bar.
“We were amped just to have the ability to do pullups on lockdown, yeah we had to bend our knees – they were designed as towel rack, but we could do pullups!” – paraphrase
That clicked for me.
And back the the work anecdote ;
I don’t know entirely what they said, I without thinking remarked off hand in passing “two years to 250”.
The two went “what”.
I paused, turned to them ; “two years to 250lbs. whatever you’re at now – if you really wanted to, you could force feed to 250. In. Two. Years.”
They faced each other, arguing amongst themselves a moment as to the possibility of the skinnier (and weaker – he may not cut it at this job, coaxing him to curl an empty bar on his first day was a struggle for him) of the two having the possibility to get that heavy.
“Maybe I could get that big” he thought aloud smiling facing me oblivious for a moment to the other – the asshole “alpha” of the pair for a moment unable to verbally cut the daydream off, and tear his friend down.
I probably just opened the kid’s eyes to the possibility that he, skinny, around average height, full of nervous energy, could in fact get jacked.
He saw possibility. You saw it in both the eyes and smile on that acne and scratch covered teenage face.
Possibly planted the seed for both of them.
Just an offhand comment.
Realistic? 250? More like 200.
But whatever. Planted a seed (albeit unintentionally).
Think big. Be awesome.
Persistence & Tenacity