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18 Thoughts We Have At The Gym

Do you even lift bro?

Gillen Briede
Sep 26, 2016
Louisiana State University
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18 Thoughts We Have At The Gym
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I have a love/hate relationship with working out. I love the way I look and feel after a good workout but I hate going to the gym. All my friends can attest that I’m apart of #couchsquad and whenever I come back from the gym it’s met with a chorus of “Wait, you didn’t really go to the gym, did you?” Even though I love the results of the gym, I can never bring myself to make time and go. As I start my new health journey to hopefully one day become #fitnessgoals, I’ve been actively going to the gym and trying to eat healthier. Here are some thoughts that run through my (and probably yours too, tbh) head as I work out:

1. OK, we’re doing this. Here we go.

2. Why does everyone here look so ripped?

3. Am I that weak?

4. I do look like a string bean come to think of it…

5. The only stairs machine that’s open is between two people who look like they know what they’re doing please kill me now.

6. *10 minutes into the stairs machine* if I step off this my legs will turn to jelly and I will fall down and die.

7. Stairs are a no go. Let’s try this weird arm thing.

8. Wow, this isn’t bad at all.

9. Ripped guy lifting weights is laughing.

10. I now realize that is because I didn’t set this thing to any weights.

11. I am a gym failure.

12. To the track it is.

13. HOW DO PEOPLE RUN SO FAR FOR SO LONG?

14. DO YOU HAVE LUNGS OF STEEL?

15. Maybe the fitness life isn’t for me.

16. If I get through one more lap I’m gonna #treatyoself to some pizza.

17. Welp, that marks my fitness for the week.

18. Time for food.

Don’t get me wrong; the gym is a great place. There are so many options for people in various stages of their fitness journeys, and the gym is just a great place to relax and get your mind off the stress that is school. Staying active and staying fit is an important part of anyone’s life, and college is so great because it offers so many different opportunities to stay in shape (even though the dining hall food can sneak up on you). With a free gym membership to your university's gym that includes different fitness classes, you can’t go wrong.

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