the gym

The gym is where many people try to cover up their insecurities, but by doing so they emphasize them even more! We I got into the gym, I become a much calmer person, I don't like to really talk with anyone, and I just want to workout and leave. Everyone is so quiet and serious like their muscles are the most important issue in their lives. It's funny that people are less serious when it comes to classes and academia than in the gym. I think it is hilarious when you see really timid guys who obviously don't work out very much, so they aren't as directed and don't know what to do or even what they want to do (sometimes that's me), but good for them going at it. Then there are the guys whose whole sense of worth comes from how much they can lift ... they are the guys you see everyday in the gym that check themselves out, where cut-off shirts, and bring their protein powder to the gym because, let's face it, it is too much of a hassle to drink it before or after your workout! duh! Then once a week or so, I run into that guy who wants everyone to know that he is a doctor, so without fail he wears his scrubs. It's not the same guy every time, but it's the same role - almost the same identity. It is really interesting to see who wins the right of way and who yields. The bigger guys are used to the rest of us to ceding the way to them, but sometimes I am not paying attention or I just don't want to yield the way, and it throws a wrench in their whole workout caste system ... shakes them up a bit.