Other various gym news,
There will be no boxing this weekend as me and my coach can't find 2 hours free at the same time this weekend, may double up next weekend.
One of the truly "big" dudes at the gym decided to talk to me the other day. This guy was a former regional level bodybuilder and powerlifting into the early 90s. He's 10 years older than me and pulled around 800 when he was serious at a 240lb ish bodyweight. He still benches 4+ plates with ease. I only mention this because he never talks to me although we're in their at the same time alot.
It was the other day when I was doing dead/racks. I had gotten up to the 4 plates and was on my second single, after he looked at me and said "that looked easy". He went on to due some good natured mouthing about how he couldn't do it now and so forth. In the end he said he was still good for over 5 plates from the ground and he didn't see anything wrong with my form, having seen me off and on. He asked me why I was lifting like I was and what my goals were.
It was strange as in all the time I've been in the gym with this guy and although I may not appear approachable by any means he had never really talked to me much less actually joked around. We spent the next 30 minutes or so going back and forth.