Everybody knows that the gym is a madhouse in January. The memes are already flying around. The January-gym phenomenon is an excellent perspective lab.
There’s this guy at the squat rack with the string tank top:
“Dude, WTF! Just get out of my way! Take your sorry ass over to the treadmill! Pretend it’s mid-February and disappear!”
There’s this guy using his entire body to curl a set of 50 lb dumbbells:
“Oh my gosh, I sure hope I’m not as obvious as I feel. Do I look like I know what I’m doing? Are people staring at me? Do I look weak? Do people still do curls?”
There’s this guy standing next to the Cybex leg curl machine:
“How do I use this thing? Do I have it right? Oh, please don’t let the trainer see me. Are the guys at the squat rack laughing at me?”
There’s this guy walking around with fancy training pants and the gym’s logo on his golf shirt:
“Oh, not again. What is this idiot doing at the leg curl machine? Jeez, I guess I gotta go over and help him. Yo, bro, my name’s Chet, let me help you here…”
There’s this guy sitting in the back office signing the checks:
“This is great! I sure do love January! How do I keep this momentum?”
Remember, whoever you are, in whatever situation, your perspective is valid yet personal. When you look around, rarely will anybody else see it the same way.
