I had just joined a new gym near our apartment. My wife of 2 years and I thought it would be a good idea to help relieve some stress I'd had at the office lately. Plus it couldn't hurt to trim down a bit.
At 31, I wasn't fat, but I certainly wasn't as trim as I had been 10 years prior. Growing up as a teenager and even into college I had always been very skinny. At 5'10'', I had generally stayed in the 145-155 range without any diet or exercise. I had developed some bad habits and now, years later with my metabolism slowing down, I was pushing 170. Some extra cushion was just developing around my waistline and for the first time in my life I was getting a bit flabby. My butt especially was putting on some unwanted weight.
I arrived for my first work out on a Tuesday night at 10 p.m. and the first thing I noticed was that the gym was pretty empty. I supposed it was just the late hour but there was only one or two other people there. I decided to start by rotating around the weight machines. After 30 minutes of pretty random dabbling, I thought I'd give the free weights a try. I had lifted a (very little) bit in college and so had some limited familiarity. I grabbed the 15 lb weights and started with some bicep curls, first left then right and repeat.
I wore a loose-fitting t-shirt but as I curled, I noticed my small biceps flexing a little bit and I thought - not bad. This feeling of confidence was short-lived, however. As I started in on my second set I noticed in my peripheral vision a large guy listening to music playing so loudly in his headphones that I could hear them. The static sound was annoying and I gave the guy a look. He was tall - probably about 6'2'' or 6'3'' and was wearing a loose-fitting black sweatshirt and grey sweatpants. Strangely, his hood was drooped low over his head and with the top-lighting all I could see was the tip of his nose.
At that moment, he started to do some bicep curls as well and I was startled to notice he was curling 75 lbs per arm! He was pumping out his curls quickly and efficiently, calmly breathing while he brought his arms up at the same time. This guy was a beast, I thought! I became self-conscious about my 15 lbs and so decided to switch at least to 25 lbs, thinking that was more respectable. However, even doing one arm at a time and cheating by leaning back, I could still only do 2-3 per arm.
Meanwhile the big guy next to me had switched to 85 lbs per hand! He hadn't slowed either. If anything, he had increased his pace. I dejectedly switched back to 15 and was about to start again when the hooded guy spoke.
"You know, you might try a bit of a lower weight and curling both arms at the same time." His voice sounded different than I expected. The pitch was higher and his voice had some rasp. He sounded like a fairly young guy.
I was taken aback, thinking it was pretty rude to give unsolicited advice to a stranger in the gym. Nonetheless, this guy was pretty big so it wasn't like I was going to tell him off. Instead I gave the guy a half-grin and shrugged, but threw in a slight eye roll as well to convey I didn't appreciate his butting in.
I thought about calling it a day there, but figured I'd do one more exercise. I decided on some squats. I grabbed the 10 lb disc and, on the other side of the free weight room as the hooded guy, started in on some squats, holding the disc steady at chest level.
As I started my second set the big guy walked over to drink some water from the fountain. As he walked by behind me, he paused and I heard him say (because his headphones were still blasting he probably didn't realize he was speaking audibly): "Not bad, needs work though." Again I was annoyed by this guy. What a dick. Rolling my eyes again, I decided to call it a day and I headed out and towards my apartment, figuring I'd rather shower and clean up at home than to risk running into this guy again.
When I got home my wife asked me how my workout was.
"It was fine," I said. "I'm just getting started. There was this one dick there though."
"What do you mean, a dick?" she asked.
"Just some big guy commenting on my workout without me asking him to"
"A big guy? How big?" she asked.
"Pretty big but don't go getting any ideas" I grinned and shoved her playfully. Carlie, my wife, had had a thing for muscular guys back when she was still dating. All of her prior boyfriends before me were beefcakes. We had been friends then and she would talk to me about her relationships with them, including the sex. Some of the guys had been okay in bed but some had really been crap. But she had told me at the time that she just couldn't get enough of their muscles, that she would just feel them and worship them and that was enough to get her off, even if the guy had a small dick or otherwise sucked in bed. When she had broken up with her last boyfriend, I waited for a couple months to respect her feelings. Then I finally admitted to her that I had had a huge crush on her for years and asked her out. I knew I was pushing my luck. Carlie was a babe with a toned, albeit slightly thick, body and good sized boobs.
She hesitated at first. She said I was one of her closest friends and she didn't want to ruin that. Plus, she said, grinning, I wasn't exactly her type. This didn't make me feel great about myself but I persisted and after a few weeks of trying she finally agreed to give it a shot. We ended up having a great date with good chemistry and we even ended it making out. I noticed while we were making out she started out by squeezing my biceps, lats, and even my butt. Soon though, she stopped (probably because she wasn't finding what she wanted). But the date ended well and we went on to build a great relationship full of love and trust. I felt really lucky to end up with her. She had gained some weight since then but was still out of my league. Our sex wasn't amazing, but it was good and I knew she was generally happy with me. We had a good marriage.
She laughed and hugged me, pretending to feel up my "muscles."
"What do I need some gym Dick for when I've got a muscle stud right here!" I laughed but also knew that part of the reason she encouraged me to go to the gym was that she was hoping I'd develop some muscles.
Either way, she kept feeling me up and we got so riled up that I tried to pick her up to carry her to the bedroom. I couldn't quite do it. I'd never been able to lift her, but I tried jokingly to romantically carry her to the bedroom every so often. She giggled but patted my arm. "Not right now stud, I've watching tv."
She went to bed to finish her show while I showered. When I entered the bedroom she was asleep. I watched some TV and fell asleep beside her.
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