Almost lost it in the gym today...

[MkADcision]

good on you, op...
funny the way life humbles you sometimes..

[WIscuba]

Posting so I can come back to it

[snub115]

phuck you op got something in my eye

[cooolway]

I know I dun goofed is when I start crying about body building. pls go, *******. srs. Cry about the miracles of life, how your body works, how many stars are in the sky, not some ****gy time gym moment.

[monopolylift]

I know I dun goofed is when I start crying about body building. pls go, *******. srs. Cry about the miracles of life, how your body works, how many stars are in the sky, not some ****gy time gym moment.

douche/10

Touching story OP. There are a few disabled people who still workout at my local Y and I always get inspired seeing them almost every time I go.

[Mr.NoPrint]

you told him it was 4 feet away? wouldnt he need visual cues to understand the concept of a foot?

[HotSpur3]

Had a similar experience OP. Couple weeks ago I had just finished up DL's and was crossing the gym to get to the water fountain and noticed a guy with only one arm doing some cable exercises. had a strong build too.

has stuck with me for a while. very inspiring and motivational

[wwy]

no homo

[MyAmbitionz]

cliffs?

[Ratfish]

lol thought OP was gonna misc out on the guy and start yelling and i was about to neg

(no smithers)

[vocathalete]

you told him it was 4 feet away? wouldnt he need visual cues to understand the concept of a foot?

lol maybe I should've been more considerate, but I thought it was similar to 3-4 ish steps...

[vocathalete]

I know I dun goofed is when I start crying about body building. pls go, *******. srs. Cry about the miracles of life, how your body works, how many stars are in the sky, not some ****gy time gym moment.

Thanks. I'll remember that next time.

[Mountaindude]

Somewhat related. The town I live in has a bunch of pianos outside for anyone to use during the warm months. I was walking through campus one day and heard a guy playing beautiful music on one of them with a crowd of about 10 watching. After 5 minutes or so of watching him he finished a song and the crowd, by then about 20, applauded him and he thanked all of us and continued on. I lost it at that point. I don't know why. But it was a great moment.

[stevenwestwood]

raped op. you're a good guy srs, i helped a blind fella get down the stairs at the university train station, it was so hard to watch him bumbling around in the snow

almost cried on the way up the stairs

[derekwalter]

I'm legally blind but can actually see pretty well (in my opinion). Main thing is I can't drive but yeah I am very grateful to have the eyesight I do.

Edit: I'm also one of the bigger natty dudes at my gym lulz

How would you know?


Ha!! Just kidding brah! Gjdm. You're an inspiration to the rest of us no excuse fcuks!

[ThreeNipples]

respect ya op

[inforlawlz]

gjdm! very nice of you, shows you have a big heart. not just because you helped him but because it made you reflect on how lucky some of us are with all 5 senses. being able to see beautiful things for example.


your story reminded me off this one time me and my gf went for a jog at night and as we were passing by this shopping center I saw and elderly man trying to figure out how to work a small jack (the one you crank for hours for the car to come off the groung 1") to swap out a flat tire. I put on the spare for him and he was so greatful. felt so good to be able to help him.

[ironpump22]

Seriously. This blind guy, who was about late 20's, good looking, and decent build, was working out in the gym. He was more or less wandering around the gym doing things here and there. He made his way over to the giant rack of EZ curl bars and he was trying each one to see how heavy they were. He picked up the 120 lb (obviously without knowing which one it was) and struggled for a second. So I walked over to him to see if I could help him find one.
He said, "I'm looking for like a 40 or 50 lb bar."
So I said, "Well, here's the 40" he reached out and grabbed the wrong one. I had to lead his wrist to the right one. He tried that one and could pick it up but struggled. He and he shook his head.
"I haven't lifted in a while. Maybe the 30 lb bar?" So I had to lead him around to the other side and help him find the other bar. I handed it to him. Then he began to struggle because he had the EZ curl bar in both hands about to do a bicep curl and his walking stick (the one for blind people, not the elderly) was under his arm. I asked if I could help him, but he just kinda stumbled over his words in slight embarassment. I told him that there was a bench about 4 feet in front of him so he could put his stuff down if he needed to. Without a word he walked up a bit and got on all fours and put his stick close to the bench so that it wouldn't get in anyone else's way. He got back to his feet and found the bar that he left on the floor and started doing his curls. I stood about 2 spots over doing shoulder work and kept an eye on him just in case he needed help.

I did one set of shoulders, set my weights down, wrote down the amount of sets I did, watched the clock for my 30 second break and started again. I couldn't even finish the set. I was so upset. I almost started to cry. I wiped my face with my towel so it could look like I was wiping the sweat to hide my face. I know he wasn't asking for sympathy, but he sure got it. People complain all the time about their "excuses" as to why they don't work out. People moan and groan about why they can't do this and can't do that. I take so much for granted and he helped me see that. I was really moved by the whole thing...

Thoughts? Has this happened to any of y'all in the gym? I just wanted to work shoulders and legs and go home, but NO... Had to have a revelation at the same time...

There's a blind guy who has a walking stick and guide dog at my gym. He's just a little bit older then me and I see him there diligently doing everything. He's super quiet and just does his stuff. He never asks for help unless absolutely necessary and has learned how all of the weights feel.

I am deaf (have lost almost all my hearing and wear hearing aids), and often people at my gym don't talk to me because they see my hearing aids and think I am unable to have a normal conversation, which is simply not true as I am fully capable of speech and actually speak quite well.

I am humbled by the fact that a person with a disability doing the ordinary can seem extraordinary to people, but the fact is that many of us have accepted the cards life has given us and go out and about our lives as ordinary people would. I know when I strike up a conversation with people at the gym, they are genuinely surprised at my ability to speak--something that I consider to be very normal.

I am really glad you feel motivated by seeing him and his attempt to improve his fitness and not sorry for him. Sympathy is the last thing a person with a disability wants (most of us anyways). We want acceptance and understanding, but not pity for our problems. If I can motivate even one person to never give up, as you have been motivated by this blind guy I will consider myself to be a success.

Really neat story, never forget that there is always someone worse off then you OP

[chlamydibrah]

drank no less than 18 beers last night.

will be working out due to this post OP. thanks.

[zacharytucker]

you just left him there and went and cried in the bathroom... OP what if he fell into the weight rack and was crushed to death expecting you to spot him?



















not srs, sad story man.

[Pr0No0B]

fuarkk brb going to gym

[SomaliShred]

in my gym there is a blind man in his 40's

he works out on his own, knows the lay out of the gym inside out. and feels everything/counts the plates on machines by hand/fingers then records into a voice recorder how many sets/reps he did.

fkn amazing, fat people disgust me

[quixoticbro]

Had a similar feeling this summer. I used to start my workout at 5 a.m. every morning before work. There was an elder man that would always come in the gym a little after. One day I saw him struggling on the dumbbell bench press. I walked over and he told me he needed help. Grabbed the weights and gave him a hand to sit up. He thanked me and I asked him how old he was because I was always impressed at his efforts. He told me he was 87 and then began to tell me how he served in the military for 27 years. His wife left him while he was deployed and lifting was one thing in his life that constantly kept him happy. I couldn't believe an 87 year old man was still in the gym and even lifting weights, every day, at 5 a.m. I know so many fat/lazy people who are perfectly capable of keeping up with their health but choose not too.

dat feel though, feels good.

[robbie16]

op there is a blind guy in my gym in his 40,s gets on well with everyone and looks pretty good and solid for his age , great to see and huge respect for him !!

[drxmn]

Not on that level, but I had a guy with down syndrome work out around the same time I did when I used to lift at Gold's Gym. He and I were going for the same DBs, and I got there first, grabbed them, and all he said was, "rats." So I asked if he wanted them, and he kind of looked at me like it was some awesome gift. He did his shoulder presses and came over to me and set them at my feet (iirc).

I also volunteered at a Special Olympics bowling tournament, and a few of the guys are pretty damn good at bowling. One guy with the same condition kept getting frustrated that he couldn't get a strike, so I kept encouraging him and "coaching" him (dont know **** about bowling, but do know how to motivate athletes)...eventually he got like 5 in a row and the look of achievement on his face was extremely rewarding.

Again, not like the blind guy, but damn do those and similar experiences make me thankful for an able body and "normal" brain (normal as in no conditions, not trying to be derogatory, that's just the term). Even the guy at my work that has a mental and physical disability...today he told me he was hit by a car when he was 6, so thats why he can't remember numbers. That **** is heavy. I told him its okay, and hes doing a great job...didnt know what else to say about it.

[ArborGold]

damn. gave me new perspective.

[ChaseThisLight]

How does a blind person find anything in a gym? What if he wandered off the wrong way and fell into the pool? lol semi-srs

If you're not bluffing though OP, I'm impressed by that dude. Just don't see how he can possibly manage to weight lift on his own when he can't see.

[kanyetothee]

Didn't think blind people where allowed to use a gym without a supervisor.

fixed. and this. lol, but gjdm.

[vocathalete]

fixed. and this. lol, but gjdm.

He did have someone with him whenever he came in. It was an older lady. I think she was off doing her own thing for a while, but I saw them together when they came in and I saw them cycling next to each other when I left. So he wasn't completely alone the entire time.

[ChristianBBer]

Op,

I'm almost blind in my right eye. I also have Marfans syndrome so my life expectancy is no where that of a normal person.

Thats life bro, its the cards you're dealt with. I can't feel sorry for myself or let others feel sorry for me. I have what I have and I gotta move on.