I deliver newspapers, and stayed up late tonight rather than wake up early, so I went to pick them up from the news company’s garages, it was at a time that I’m normally not there.
The garage is in a sketchy area, and it’s the middle of the night, so expected to see some people coming from bars or whatever, but instead, as I pulled up, I got to see a dude who appeared to be in his early 20’s with a big-ass knife (hyphen used for clarity - it was not a big ass-knife) strapped to his belt, pretending to masturbate at the end of the parking lot. Dude was looking me straight in the eyes.
Went in the garage to grab my papers and another carrier who was there saw me looking at the dude, looked at him, and yelled “Meet your new friend!” I believe I was the new friend. Then the other carrier left, I left, and the masturbater (sp?) just watched me leave.
I’ve had more sexually threatening experiences as a paperboy from the age of 12 than from any other part of my life. Good times. @SkyzykS - you delivered papers, right?
EDIT: I’m wasn’t sure where else to post this, so even though it’s not training related, I just went with this thread.
Flame free: I am scared to post off-topic like confessions in this thread.
But nutrition related confession: because protein bars cost like 3 dollars apiece in this absurd country, I just eat a sugary waffle thing before I workout. I think it has negative protein.
Confession - I am struggling. I’ve written before I have a type of low level bipolar and in the last few weeks I’ve hit a period of Hypo-mania. Ie a “small” upward swing in my mood and energy levels.
I’ve over trained and caused a small injury. And I’ve over eaten and caused 4kg of weight gain I could ill afford.
I did, but it was in a catholic neighborhood in the early 80’s, so none of this strikes me as odd.
Really though, there were some goofy people along my routes but nothing like that. A surprising number of people will hide from a 10 year old when they owe him money, One actual “Get off of my lawn!” guy, and an affluent local attorney who actually got a kick out of letting his German shepherd loose on me. And a couple of grumpy bastards that wanted their news paper at a particular time, not realizing they were like the 50th or 120th house of a 150 house route. So they would not just refuse to tip, but would tell me every week Why they didn’t.
So I was dealing with a lot of dicks, just not in a literal sense.
To clarify - since I keep getting tagged about this - I was not the one who called him out and had maybe 2 or 3 posts in his log about it, mostly where I asked open-ended questions. Just wanted to put that out there that I’m not patrolling here asking anyone for proof of anything (and my shoe post was obviously a joke).
But I’m sure we can cut this topic short for now, hah. I agree that a mob mentality about this type of thing can drive off perfectly decent people in a shitty way.
I confess that, if the house I’m looking at today pans out, which it should, I’m going to have a very hard time deciding if I want to set up the gym in the basement or the garage.
Definitely is, but the lure of high ceilings and open air is pretty tough to shake.
Edit: For about 8 months of the year it’s winter here, so the open air comes with a caveat haha. I can deal with pushing through in the heat much easier than getting started in the cold, so the basement will likely win out.
Just keep an axle or something in the garage on top of some makeshift stands for overhead pressing, cause yeah, it’d piss me off to not be able to press overhead.
I’ll still be able to overhead press in the basement, just will need to continue the game of plate tetris I’ve been playing for the past few years with the floor joists.
If it does work out, I could see myself getting some kind of cheap stands to leave in the garage for the nicer months.
There’s another small lot on the property that my GF said I could use to build myself a barn gym a la @Alpha’s Neversate. It’s quite the offer, but I think I’d rather use the space for a screen house and fire pit for hanging with friends.
Nobody truly gets the “squeeze the glutes” cue without something to squeeze against.
Also almost everyone gets the mechanics of “hips through” wrong without someone’s hands on their waist to make sure the pelvis is in the right place. Then someone needs to help guide the hips to ensure they move properly. If your hands are on someone’s waist, then you must use your hips.
Finally, yoga pants are very high risk clothes for females with low bodyfat. So you gotta get in there to spot with squats, even with an empty bar.
So get your facts straight. I learnt all this is a prison gym where shit is real, so educate yourself before spreading your ignorant “opinions”
