Carrot-Top Mouthpiece Flexer

Myself and my workout partners, Jenni & Travis (Nicole very soon), have added weight lifting to our workout program. There is a 24hr workout place really close to our house so it works out great. Working out there is a lot different than when I used to lift at Bertch. There, hardly anyone used the weight room so you usually had it to yourself and the people that did were my friends and all guys my age. The stereo was always cranked and massive amounts of weights were lifted. Not by me, there were some big dudes there. It could be very intimidating if you didn't know them. This 24hr place is for everyone. There are lots of older couples and middle aged people trying to get in shape or stay in shape. The reason I explain this is because that serene environment for all ages has been destroyed by the Carrot-Top Mouthpiece Flexer.

You only have one chance to make a first impression. "The Flexer" made quite the impression. I would have to say he's for sure in high school, maybe 16 or 17. He comes walking in with his gym bag and all his lifting gear. He starts out by making sure to get out all of his supplement powders so everyone can see them and then puts them back in his big ass bag. Now, some people lift with gloves, belts, or wrist straps if the weight is really heavy. Something I have never seen in a weight room is a mouthpiece. I don't know why you would need one. There isn't a weight in that gym that is going to hit you. It isn't a "full contact" sport, but that didn't stop The Flexer from wearing one. So he steps up with his mouthpiece, gloves, and wrist straps and begins his workout with dead lifts. I forgot to mention he brought his crew with him. Three kids that just basically watched him lift and dinked around on the weights themselves, none of them as serious as The Flexer. I don't think any of them had even lifted weights before. Anyway, so as The Flexer is doing his deadlifts, he starts grunting really loud. Again, I can understand why he was grunting, but this is not the place to do this. I can't imagine what Granny on the bicycle was thinking watching this kid go to town. Another tip for you lifters out there: The mirrors in the weight room are there so you can watch yourself lift to make sure you are using proper form. That's it. They are not there to check yourself out and especially not there to flex and pose in front of. Of course that is what The Flexer does. That's why he's named that. He was constantly checking himself out and busting out Arnold poses. It was absolutely disgusting and hilarious at the same time. Travis, Jenni, and I were in shock with what we were witnessing. Absolutely amazing. The cockiness and arrogance of this kid. He is in pretty good shape, but that doesn't give him a lift ticket to act like a jackass. I don't know why he doesn't lift at his local high school. Maybe he got kicked out for being an idiot. Or more realistically, he probably got laughed at or beat up for being such a punk. We have been working out multiple times while The Flexer is there and he does his routine every time. Next time he is in the mirror admiring his traps and delts, I think I may step up and have a pose off with him just to see what happens. He may need that mouthpiece after all.