[quote=“loppar, post:28, topic:258574, full:true”]
Quoted for awesomeness.
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Yes, it happened to me many times. I still like when it happens, but I don’t get as enthusiastic as I once did.
It happens less now, likely because I’m smaller now.
I remember with the first few years of lifting I had gotten to about 185lbs and i’m 5’11. No idea what my bodyfat % was, nothing impressive but I atleast had some visible muscle. I’d always get comments from co-workers about how they’d look like me if they were on steroids too. yada yada. Now at 230lbs and considerably stronger albeit still much fatter than ideal I get asked “Do you workout” fairly regularly. To be honest I feel like its a slap in the face, if they can’t tell by looking at me clearly i’m too fat and need to keep my diet in check more lol.
What I really find annoying though is when your someone who looks like you lift you hear from everyone that “they used to lift more than you”, “they used to be bigger than you” “they know someone who lifts/lifted more than you” etc. I have 2 guys I work with who make outrageous claims. One guy said he was 260lbs and he could bench 460lbs for reps and squat 800lbs for reps, yet he only has one picture of when he was huge and had 21" inch arms, although in the pic he showed me and claimed to be huge, i’d be amazed if he was over 200lbs, he’s currenlty sitting around 150lbs. Another co worker claims when he was 15 he was 185lbs and walked around at 3% bodyfat. His first time lifting he squatted 405lbs for ten reps, yet now 5 years later at 240lbs bodyweight this fish can barely lift the small 100lb units we build at work, sure they are akward but I can lift them easily and even at my strongest 405x10 was something I could only hit on good days and i weighed 230 at that time as well.
First off I train to improve myself and push myself not to compete with everyone else who i bump into on a random day or their g/f’s cousins brother who used to overhead press 700lbs with one arm while only weight 155. Its like first of all if your going to lie about shit, make your lies believable, i’ve been lifting ten years and have seen first hand what most people are capable of with some training, and I can have an educated guess that they weren’t one of those people who was shattering world records and just not notifying anyone. Second of all I realize that even at my best I wasn’t doing anything super impressive, but I worked my ass off for a decade to be able to do the things i’ve done and for them to just make pointless lies to make themselves you’ll tough is a slap in the face for the hard work i’ve done over the years.
Regardless though, i suppose its always worth a good laugh and as long as you check your ego you realize just how pathetic those people are that they even feel the need to tell you their nonsense.
Wow, what a rant. lol maybe i’m just a butt hurt pussy like the rest of the world haha. Oh well.
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I work with 2 guys like that. One was 4%BF at 240 year round when he played football, the other squated “5 something” before he quit working out 
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Got an ego bump Saturday. Eye doctor was checking on my eye and I got a clean bill of health. No infiltrates and the chemical burn was gone.
So since it was the contacts that contributed to the injury I tell her I’m not going to wear contacts for a month. Give the eyes a break. She says that’s a good plan. Then she suggests:
“When you do go back to wearing them, start out slow. Wear them 4 hours per day for the first week, then 8 the next week, 12 and so on. You’re buff, you workout. So it’s like with weights.”
It occured to me later that it was a trick, using flattery to get me to comply with her plan. Lol
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Worked though, didnt it? LOL
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My wife rarely gives compliments, she also knows if she compliments my physique that I will instantly be disarmed and she can do whatever she wants 
Her: You look really muscly today, hon!
Me: Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been working on…
Her: Can I get a manicure tomorrow?
Me: Oh, yeah, for sure! But I’ve been really hitting back hard the last couple weeks and…(I notice at this point she has left the room/area hahaha)
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During my yearly physical got asked the question “have you ever used anabolic steroids”
My reply was “no, but thank you for asking”
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My reply would have been, why do you ask? or Of course not, that’s illegal.
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I get something similar, probably look the same. I deal with people for years over the phone without ever meeting them. When we meet in person, they are generally shocked.
Recently, I heard two clients in the other room saying “He’s the biggest Jewish guy I’ve ever seen,” as if expecting me to be Woody Allen.
The response was (stage whisper) "Well, he’s Israeli.
The other guy replied very seriously, “Oh, that explains it.”
Not sure if that was a compliment or an insult. Or antisemitic. Or just nonsensical.
They were New Yorkers, too. Presumably they’ve seen the Hasids carrying briefcases of diamonds. They’re like a wall of inhuman linebackers, dressed in black with guns. Not to be trifled with.
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I’ve seen those guys. Had one that parked at the airport lot I worked at in college. Little rabbi looking fellow drove the car. 6’5" linebacker goomba looking motherfucker in an expensive suit with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist in the passenger seat of the perfectly detailed Mercedes.
They flew out every Sunday night (presumably to go buy more diamonds). Passenger seat guy with the briefcase never said a word to anyone… ever.
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Which airport? When did they usually return?
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It’s not the handcuff guy you worry about. He’s just a huge guy wearing body armor whose job it is to run away.
It’s the 10-12 guys you don’t see, plus the guys in the lead car and the chase car.
Back in the day, they used to find Nazis that got away and introduce them to power tools. For training purposes.
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Thanks for the tip! I saw Heat, Snatch and Reservoir Dogs and thought I was prepared for a heist.
Now I’m imagining a DB Cooper scenario!
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Any other tips for a successful jewel heist?
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Yeah, have a buyer. The problem with stealing diamonds is it’s a very close-knit group of people that deal in loose diamonds. Each diamond (of any worth) is unique and stored in a very comprehensive database that is easily searchable.
Bit like stealing a Picasso. It’s cool and all, but everyone would know it’s stolen.
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Interesting, but the stolen diamonds would be strictly for personal use. I have hoes on tap that need more bling.
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You need cheaper hoes.
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2 words: cubic zirconia
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Well, to stay on topic, any decent lifter can probably pull down every hoe in your typical Maine bar by wearing your nice crocs and an unstained shirt.
If you really want to reel them in, tell them they are either pretty or at least not ugly, then seal the deal by letting them know you have an entire bucket of fireball nips back at your place.
Stolen diamonds would do the trick too.
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