*would ask "does this make my butt look big?" and hope the answer is YES!
*holds the steering wheel with a hook grip.
*would be offended when asked "how much do you bench?"
*thinks doing over 5 reps is doing cardio.
*seriously loathes "cardio."
*does a squat when trying on clothes just to make sure they really fit right.
*uses the Valsalva maneuver when moving furniture.
*hears questions about if they have to compete in a bikini (because people still don't know what we do).
*makes fun of people who do the lifts in rapid succession as "conditioning work."
*would be offended at being called skinny or thin.
*thinks you can train only with the snatch, clean and jerk, and squat and be awesome at everything.
*thinks an hour in the gym is a short workout.
*has holes on the thighs of their workout pants.
*has clavicle calcification bumps.
*can repeatedly squat hundreds of pounds, ass to ground, and refuse to jog across a parking lot.
*uses pedicure products on their hands.
What else have you other weightlifters noticed that makes us all a little wacky?
*comments on the quality of potential suitors' or passersby's rear ends by articulating the depth to which said individual squats in relation to parallel.
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I might've hook gripped the steering wheel when I drove down to Colma on Tuesday. I didn't realize what I was doing at first, and then I started laughing at myself. See what you've done to me?!? ;)
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