In the gym, you could be training alongside ex-cons, drug dealers, drywall hangers, bankers, business owners, CEOs, the unemployed, lawyers, politicians, lobbyists, prison guards, bouncers, collectors, thugs, porn stars, preachers, ministers, personal trainers, strength coaches, welders, factory workers, and pharmacists. They can be anyone and everyone. In the gym, the pursuit is the same.
I’ve trained with every one of these. Sometimes I’ve trained with them all simultaneously as part of the same powerlifting team. We all had different views and beliefs, but we were the same in the gym, training for the same goal—to become better. Without being conscious of it, we’d all conformed. We all wanted to be the best, regardless of the differences between us.
I’ve trained with people I’ve despised. I didn’t respect what they did for a living, or I disagreed with their beliefs. In the gym, however, I was the first to spot them or to give them advice that would make them better.
Inside the walls of the gym, it wasn’t about our differences, but our similarities. We all wanted to get better. We all love the iorn. All of our differences were left outside because they would only distract us from our shared purpose and goal.
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