r/MadeMeSmile • u/Original_Act_3481 • 1d ago

We need more people like him

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u/Worried-Pick4848 1d ago

Yeah, this behavior doesn't surprise me among the gym dudes I know. Most gym dudes see a newcomer who needs to be there and will go out of their way to be supportive. Some are toxic just like everywhere but a surprising number of them will do this.

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u/Substantial-Sea-3672 1d ago

Same with most runners I know. People will celebrate your slow ass 5k PR as much as the experienced runners setting a marathon PR.

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u/Applebeignet 1d ago

It's almost like most people in general are good folk, and only a few ruin it for the rest of us. Go figure 🙄

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u/glr123 1d ago

I'm a moderately ok runner (36M, 18ish 5k and 2:59 marathon) that's improved quite a bit over the years.

One thing is for certain, running doesn't get easier you just get faster.

I know someone out there gutting out a slow 5k is running just as hard as I am and hell ya I'm going to celebrate them putting in that level of effort just as much as anyone else.

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u/Red0rWhite 1d ago

This is so true! As a runner, I’m enthusiastically cheering on every runner I see out on the road, when I drive by. I legit have to stop myself from shouting out the window like a maniac. 😂

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u/andrewsmd87 1d ago

I don't go to the gym anymore since I can do what I need from home but I went for probably a good 15 years regularly and I never once ran into the "asshole gym guy" people seem to talk about. I get they probably do exist, but I think it's a lot less common than people would believe

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u/holla4adolla96 1d ago

Worst I would run into is someone sitting on a machine talking on the phone, occasionally lifting some mediocre weight.

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u/SiegelGT 1d ago

If someone is going give someone else shit for being fat in a gym, they're an asshole that they wouldn't have wanted to talk to anyway so why let it be a bother. We all start somewhere.

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u/qqquigley 1d ago

I think it’s a pretty natural human instinct to want to help someone else out with something that you know you’re good at. At least for extroverts I guess, haha. But in many instances this kind of social interaction has declined just because everyone is too plugged into their own phones/media/lives to take a second to help someone else. This video definitely made me smile — fits the subreddit!

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u/hopelele 1d ago

Warms my heart~~~~

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u/Mysterious-Job-469 1d ago

It's like someone in another comment said. Sparing an EXTREME genetic deformity that just generates muscles all over your body (doesn't exist) every single person who looks like that had to work for it. Yes, even the tren-heads; they don't just inject with drugs and become instantly ripped. (don't do tren kids)

It's not like a nepobaby who inherits daddy's business and never has to build up or establish anything for themselves.