I love football season. No, I don’t actually waste my weekends watching other men exercise while consuming empty carbohydrates in a semi-drunken state. The reason I like football season is because it has the same predictable effect on Glitter Gym traffic patterns.
When football season starts, people stop going to the gym. Grab the chips and [...]
For years I have dealt with all the stupidity at the Glitter Gym. I go to the gym, see something stupid, bottle my rage, have a good workout and then come home to write a new edition of the Tales From the Glitter Gym. It has worked well. I get a good workout and my [...]
This post is a follow up to Tales From the Glitter Fym - The Pickup.
In the last edition, I listed the three classes of guys that attempt to pick up women at the gym. I also explained how I’ve never seen a woman try a pick up a man at the gym. Women [...]
For a good background on this post read Tales From the Glitter Gym - Early Influences.
Any reader of the Tales From the Glitter Gym series will know that I have my fair share of gym pet peeves. Let me add another to the list: the pick up. It seems to be a common wisdom that [...]
New readers are encouraged to read Glitter and Rust before proceeding.
In order to understand my perspective on gyms I need to go back in time and explain my influences. I started free weight training in the hard-core gyms of Tampa Bay (1994-1998). The guys that lifted weights there wanted to be stronger. They weren’t there [...]
A sure sign you are in a Glitter Gym is when a 6′3 210 pound ectomorph has the best physique in the gym. An ectomorph should NEVER have the best physique in the free weight room. Basketball or volleyball court - sure. Not the weight room.
Usually when I see stupid things at the gym, I keep it to myself and then come home and post my observations here on MAS o Menos. Today I couldn’t stay silent. Even though it was only my 2nd day at this new gym and I’m there on a free pass, I had [...]
It’s been six months since I stepped foot into a Glitter Gym. Today I started at my new gym, which isn’t pure Glitter, but it certainly isn’t a Rust Gym. It’s an odd hybrid, which I’ll call an Independent Glitter. Before I kick off the stories from today, I realized that I [...]
Even though I no longer workout at a Glitter Gym, sometimes elements of glitter rear their head. On a recent trip to the gym I was doing sit-ups when I overheard an older couple arguing. The woman was reading a flier posted on the wall. Our gym is sponsoring a body-fat test [...]
My prison sentence with the Glitter Gym has finally ended. The last month was unbearable. Expect to see a final Tales From the Glitter Gym installment soon.
Yesterday I found a Rust gym. I didn’t even think they existed anymore. Now when I use the term rust, what I really mean is it [...]
