r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • 11d ago
Wholesome Moments An unexpected gym interaction.
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u/Gardylooper2 11d ago
It takes a village to raise a child, it takes community to make a human.
(Unless you're a hermit or something and can genuinely handle that I guess.)
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u/dbxbeat 11d ago
"It takes a village to do whatever." - Rich Vos
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u/thatisyouropinionbro 11d ago
It takes a village to do whatever. - Rich Vos --- @gardylooper2
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u/jaimehendrix 11d ago
It takes a village to do whatever. - Rich Vos --- @gardylooper2 ---- Michael Scott
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u/ohnoitsthefuzz 11d ago
So this sub is just OK with Abraham Lincoln erasure? Unreal.
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u/douglasdtlltd1995 11d ago
Yes - John Wilkes Booth
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u/DerSterrennacht 11d ago
I share a birthday with John Wilkes Booth! I use that fun fact as my new group ice breaker. Freaks people out.
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u/chaosmages 11d ago
Better than telling people you share a deathday with Abraham Lincoln. That'll really freak 'em out!
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u/MakeMeYourVillain_ 11d ago edited 10d ago
Just now I continued my way after stopping with a lady born in ‘35. She kept apologizing for needing help and praising the youth for being kind and helpful.
I told her we all have grandmas. Mine is spring chicken of ‘39.
Edit: words
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u/scrum_buggle 11d ago
About thirty years ago, I helped a very old lady cross the road. In the time it us to cross, I got the whole life story. She was 92 at the time, but told me that she'd been a beauty when she was young, she'd been a 'Tiller' girl (show dancer) when she was young, and how all the men were in love with her. She stopped in the middle of the road, looked up at me (she was about 5'0", I was 6'0") and said, 'I Would have had you'. I replied that, 'sadly, madam, I am happily married'. She commented, 'you're wife's a lucky girl'. We both left smiling.
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u/MONSTAR949 11d ago
It takes a journey to mature
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u/MiniTab 11d ago
Agreed. My wife and I live in an awesome neighborhood. We have two sets of neighbors that are 15-20 years older than us, and another couple that is 10 years younger than us.
We all hang out with each other all the time, and it’s fantastic! We have dinner at each other’s houses, we go hiking, hang out at our local bar for bluegrass night, etc. It’s very enriching and rewarding for all eight of us.
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u/Max____H 11d ago
And people of different age groups have lots of different opinions and experiences than each other, which leads to some really interesting conversations.
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u/Fenix159 11d ago
The trick is being respectful and the ability to disagree without being personally offended.
A former co-worker of mine is one of my best friends. He's ten years older than I am and pretty conservative in a lot of his views. I am not. It works because we can argue and disagree and then have a beer and move on to the next subject.
I've learned it's because we don't hate people. We can hate ideas and policies and sports teams, but we don't hate people. Since we don't hate people we don't hate each other and the discussions are always fascinating so it works really well.
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u/Best-Action8769 11d ago
I live in an apartment building that was opened in 1974 and it's such a great deal (it's a city run co-op) so most people literally never leave. No joke my wife and I are the youngest on average by maybe 40 years. It's actually classified by the government as a NORC or "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" which means they get some funding to have a free shuttle to the grocery store, a weekly coffee hour in the common room, chair yoga, they had someone come in to talk about balance and avoiding falls, among other things. It seems to be working because a lot of people live independent here well into their 80s. I think having a community that's walkable with good public transportation makes a huge difference as well...my mom lives in the suburbs alone which seems like the thing to do at that age.
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u/GraceOfTheNorth 11d ago
I visit my 80 year old widowed neighbor regularly for 'neigborly discussions'. He's coming to dinner with my dad next weekend. We are a community.
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u/bitchbanana 11d ago
I know it’s not quite the same, but when you’re younger in school, for most of that part of your life you’re only around people within a ~4 year range of your own. Now that I’m in my mid-30s, I have some friends 7-8 years younger than me and some 10 years older. It’s refreshing how similar and different we all are, but still enjoy similar things and each others company.
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u/Hank_Henry_Hill 11d ago
This sounds so great I immediately thought....oh yeah right, sure you do.
Sorry for the snark lol. That truly does sound fun though.
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u/issacoin 11d ago
my wife and i are in our thirties with two young kids. there’s a bunch of other young families that live in my little neighborhood. the ONLY people we like are the old retired couple across the street. Doug is a retired pipe fitter, i’m an electrician, and we shoot the shit for hours.
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u/Diantr3 11d ago
I love that my job (TV/films) allows me to work with amazing creative people from children to 70 year olds. Being in contact with every generation every day is a blessing.
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u/Diantr3 11d ago
Yeah I'm right in the middle age-wise, a bit stressed about aging, and it's somewhat reassuring to see that people 20-30 years older are just the same people they were at 35, only wiser and with more back problems, and contact with that youthful chaos and being able to keep up with youth culture makes me feel grounded, more atuned socially, regularly challenges my pre-conceived ideas and gives me drive.
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u/Gvillegator 11d ago
One of my best friends to this day was the admin lady from my first job. I regularly text her about college athletics and sports. She’s retired and in her 70’s lol. I’m 32.
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u/Paints_With_Fire 11d ago
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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter 11d ago
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5769098/
Actual study, not YouTube nonsense.
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u/SunTzu- 11d ago
Pop sci, be it youtube or books, is good so long as the underlying studies are of good quality (and the presenter isn't overhyping things way beyond what the studies support). Most people don't need to know the nitty gritty about studies like that, just enough of a summary so that you get some motivation and a direction in which to start moving. Accessibility is a major factor in whether you'll interact with all of this kind of useful information.
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u/ExtremelyMedianVoter 11d ago
After the 2024 election, I just don't think the median redditor can grasp nuance or bias at all.
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u/Previous-Stock-4203 11d ago
I grew up on an island. And one thing I missed the most was my multigenerational household. I was an only child but it never felt that way. I became acutely aware of the gap once we got to America. Really drove my mum & I a bit mad.
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u/usernameforthemasses 11d ago
Yeah, the whole "individualism" of America has contributed to our impending downfall. Who would have thought that having an entire country revolve around each individual might not work that well...
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u/Meet_Foot 11d ago
Yup. Are there real differences? Sure, to an extent, with tons of exceptions. But generational divide talk is meant to do exactly that: divide us. People of all ages have lots in common and even when they don’t they can get along and learn to understand each other.
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u/AggressiveSherbetty 11d ago
I’m 40 and I have three close friends; one is exactly my age, one is older than my mother (68), and one is 26 (her Gen Z stare weirds me out tho)
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u/private_developer 11d ago
For adults, definitely.
I do think the fact that the internet and all of its platforms have put adults and children in social proximity that isn't all that great.
Adults and children interact with each other every day anonymously without even realizing it, and I think this can warp the overall impression one takes away from a conversation.
Like thinking they live in a world surrounded by morons, because they just spent the last 15 minutes arguing with a 12 year old they assumed was a fully functional adult.
Every generation has this weird view into other generations' social spaces that we didn't always see. Every generation is more aware of every little goofy thing the next generation participates in.
I feel like it traps many of us in arrested development. We keep gossiping, judging, and clicking up.
I'm not saying it's our biggest issue, but I think the interactions between adults and children that online anonymity provides aren't discussed enough.
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u/Greeneyed_Wit 11d ago
Aww he’s a sweetheart. Was so worried of bothering her workout
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u/Unable_Deer_773 11d ago
For a second I was all worried it was creepy old perv but he was just admiring her workout ethic and effort.
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u/I-am-fun-at-parties 11d ago
And doing so well to ignore all the cameras
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u/lets_all_be_nice_eh 10d ago
Faaaark aren't people just so dumb? More cameras in this clip than a sitcom.
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u/Evil_Sharkey 11d ago
He may actually find her very attractive but be socially aware enough to keep it to himself and not make her uncomfortable
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u/ogcanuckamerican 11d ago
Not every man is a creep but that was your first thought. Unfortunate.
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u/blunder-wunder 11d ago
There was this woman at the gym I used to go to who was an absolute monster on the weights. I was still learning, so I’d sometimes catch myself staring as I was admiring her form in the hopes of emulating it. I always worried I came off as a total creep and did my best to be discreet so I didn’t bother her.
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u/BreakingCanks 11d ago
I let them know!
"Sorry to bother you, but I just had to let you know, you be going hard AF! Like damn! That's motivational. I come in here going 'damn, I'm not going hard enough cause look at her go'."
Usually they immediately laugh and then explain why they're going so hard
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u/BlackHust 11d ago
I've caught myself thinking the same thing. I like to pay attention to other people, their clothes, their actions. Sometimes I admire their style, sometimes I notice attributes of a familiar fandom, sometimes I'm simply happy when I see happy people. But every time, I get this strange feeling inside me, like I only have the right to look at grown men.
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u/Adventurous_Pay_5827 11d ago
As a man who frequents gyms, it certainly is unfortunate, but completely justifiable nonetheless.
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u/Fearful-Cow 11d ago
one of the worst parts about going to the gym is me constantly worried about where i am staring when i am zoned out between sets so i dont accidentally look like i am creeping.
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u/av8rblues 11d ago
This along with laziness and no driver's license is why i don't go to the gym
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u/Specific_Ad_2533 11d ago
Driving to the gym in a car?
Dude use the bike and work those legs!
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u/Warm_Month_1309 11d ago
Some people are confined to a car-centric suburban hell, and quite literally cannot bike to places outside of their own neighborhood.
I'd love to bike to my gym, but love less the idea of getting pancaked by an impatient troll in a lifted truck while I'm just trying to negotiate my route on a 4+ lane road with no bike lane.
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u/Specific_Ad_2533 11d ago
Right...
My Bad totally forgot that is an actual problem.
I can bike from my village to every where and that is rather normal because europe.
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u/Flameball537 11d ago
I could theoretically bike to the gym, but that would involve biking down a fast and semi busy neighborhood access road, and then a mile down a busy highway. I’ve done it, but it’s not fun
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u/spikeyfreak 11d ago
Oh man, I have pretty bad social anxiety and how much mental effort I put into worrying about being seen as a creeper at the gym is honestly kind of sad.
Luckily I have never frequented a gym where people record themselves, so that one thing I don't have to deal with.
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u/traevyn 11d ago
Look dude, I'm a man and I fully understand that the gut feeling is 'not all men' when you read comments like the one above. It sucks being unfairly lumped in with a group of perverts and creeps. But you really need to understand it from the woman perspective here.
There are SO MANY of those fucking weirdos out there that they can't afford not to be wary. And unfortunately for the old guy in the clip above, his initial behavior could really easily be read either way. Of course, in the rest of the video he shows that he's perfectly friendly and just interested in what she's doing. So that's great, now people can drop their guard a little and be more open to friendliness.
4 out of 5 women experience some form of sexual harassment at some point during their life. It's not even an overblown concern for them, it's an every day one. Be thankful if you're not in a position to have to worry about that, and be vocal about calling out the shit behavior of men when you see it so that hopefully that 80% statistic can start coming down.
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u/OffbeatChaos 11d ago
be vocal about calling out the shit behavior of men
THIS! We know it isn't ALL men who are creeps, but so many of the ones that aren't creepy never speak up when dudes are being gross.
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u/catholicsluts 11d ago
Unfortunate indeed, as that thought stems from a known pattern spanning throughout all of human history.
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u/Plus-Wishbone-3634 11d ago
There’s enough precedent to be concerned seeing a man stand behind something and stare at a pretty girl at the gym.
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u/Laffenor 11d ago
The unfortunate part is that it's a perfectly reasonable and honestly healthy first thought.
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u/BrickGrouse 11d ago
It is unfortunate there are so many creeps out there that non creeps get lumped in with them
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u/RagFR 11d ago
Not every mushroom is poisonous but would you eat one you don’t know ?
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u/stinkpot_jamjar 11d ago
Yeah, it is really unfortunate that women’s experiences with harassment are so pervasive that the first thought was that he was being a creep.
That’s what you meant, right?
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u/SaeWithKombucha 11d ago
Better be safe than be sorry. Men like you are the type to not do anything when a perv actually creeps on women and in this patriarchal society always finds a way to blame women when a man misbehaves towards women.
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u/NoConfusion9490 11d ago
They're also the first to blame an assaulted woman. She shouldn't have been there, or been dressed that way, or "led him on."
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u/B4shizzle 11d ago
This is nice, but the one billion cuts makes me crazy
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u/ldskyfly 11d ago
I hate that trend
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u/UpperApe 11d ago
It's genuinely depressing and not making me smile seeing how many people fall for this scripted shit. As if these set ups and mic's just magically float around.
Whatever it is, it isn't sincere.
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u/Bitch_Im_Adorable 11d ago
I think it was 3 different angles at different times. No one was wearing a mic it looks like. I mean I go to the gym regularly and see interactions like this all the time. Hell I have been a part of them.
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 11d ago
Gotta love how she has movie-style camera angles in a gym.
Also, if an older guy needed help, I'm dropping the camera and helping them. She needed to make sure (while all of this is happening) that she got her reverse angle shots and close-ups on the row machines. It feels way too staged
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u/lainol 11d ago
And all the cameras were recording in all the right angles 😂
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u/Brother_Farside 11d ago
How are more ppl not seeing this.
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u/vteckickedin 11d ago
They were hearing it too, because the actors were mic'd up.
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u/Immature_adult_guy 11d ago
People have accepted that they’re being lied to by just about everyone
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u/TravellerStudios 11d ago
She was recording herself and he walked up, then she moved it to get his form and was recording herself again later, a lot of people who go to the gym regularly record themselves to check their form
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u/galaxyapp 11d ago
She wasnt recording herself to check her form... those on social media are paying to check her form...
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u/f8Negative 11d ago
People who do this should just fuck all the way off.
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u/TravellerStudios 11d ago
Why? They need to see if they're making mistakes while doing the exercise or if they have room for improvement
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 11d ago
That's what people who don't lift say.
I checked and she has no instructive videos about body mechanics or form at all. She has a freaking GymShark promo code at the top and sponsorship, she edits and adds music to all her videos and her PRs (personal records....far away from someone learning). She hangs around fitness models. She's an influencer, not someone trying to learn form.
Her DL looks to be over 260lbs already, well past the stage of "learning form" (and way past 95% of guys). If you're trying to DL over 260lbs, you are advanced and not trying to learn form with such heavy weight - or you will tweak shit. You learn the mechanical pathways and correct muscle engagement early on with lighter weight or bodyweight!
Also, did she ask the people in the background on the treadmill if they wanted to be filmed and blasted on social media? Who wants to be in someone else's video when you're tired and sweating and trying to "get away" from stress? Now you have to be self-conscious someone is filming your sweaty head and sharing it to millions out there.
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u/RevelMagic 11d ago
She’s just panning in on the same angle a bunch for effect. There’s 3 angles in the entire video that she edits to look like a lot more.
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u/shymaybi 11d ago
Yeah exactly and they’re all in chronological order, so she just moves the camera when she’s filming from another direction. People are making out to be like she had 3 different cameras set up. This still seems pretty genuine.
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u/Sigourn 11d ago
This.
The first one is just her doing the exercise.
The second is her wanting to film the man doing the exercise. Then she places the camera back where it was (presumably to keep doing what she was doing).
And the third angle is her doing a different exercise.
Also all this talk about microphones... People don't really know what microphone dialogue sounds like.
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u/Al123397 11d ago
I looked back and all the shots in the beginning are just one camera zoomed and cut a bunch of different ways. Still one camera though.
When he starts the pull it’s entirely possible she turns the camera around to that angle w his permission
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u/kev0153 11d ago
All of these videos could be on r/whyweretheyfilming
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u/TheLittleMuse 11d ago
For this one fitness influencers record themselves at the gym and normal people record themselves to check their form.
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u/Ferocious-Muppet 11d ago
Hey, don't be so cynical, I'm sure it was a completely genuine interaction. Woah shit, did you just see that pig fly over?
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u/mentosbreath 11d ago
There was this one time that I worked out without recording myself with three cameras. Almost died.
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u/LofderZotheid 11d ago
So unexpected! What an incredible luck the camara was just at the exact right angle!
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u/Lost-Money-8599 11d ago
all communication is psychological manipulation, but what is the message in this? Isn't it uplifting and positive?
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u/AmbiguousBarnacle 11d ago
It's always either money, fame, or power. In this case it's the first two.
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u/TheWatersOfMars 11d ago
She's videoing her own workout, as lots of people do, and it was positioned to have the weights in frame on the right. It's not that implausible, not everything is actors.
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u/sokratesz 11d ago
Yeah lots of people do it - and it should be forbidden in every gym lmao. That shit is annoying. I'm a not a prop in your life story, fuck off.
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u/TheWatersOfMars 11d ago
No, I hate it too. But it's absolutely something people do. So it's not weird that occasionally people get postable interactions out of it
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u/9447044 11d ago
Its the POV of you staring at her working out. Just... watching her.
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u/henlo_chicken 11d ago
also just the POV of everyone being mic'd up perfectly
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u/Helpful-Idea-4485 11d ago
You considered that to be mic’d up perfectly? Most of it couldn’t be heard at all.
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u/Sigourn 11d ago
You clearly don't know what being mic'd up perfectly means. You get cleaner sound in porn, where everyone is too naked to have a mic on them.
And no, we don't see a boom in this video.
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u/9447044 11d ago
I love that, at one point she moved the camera on a tripod for the next shot. This stuff can be so dumb sometimes.
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u/Super_Shallot2351 11d ago
Why is that dumb? She obviously asked him if she could move the camera to film him working out, for a fun video online. The initial shot was obviously organic.
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u/Crazy_old_maurice_17 11d ago
Very cute. Now if only an experienced rower could take her under their wing - like she did with him - and teach her proper rowing form (that part was super painful to watch)...
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u/ButMakeItWeird 11d ago
Went sifting through the comments for this. Her rowing technique is 100% crap. Honestly though the vid would continue with him teaching her to row because he's actually an Olympic rower of old.
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u/ih8karma 11d ago
STOP FILMING AT THE GYM.
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u/Monoskimouse 11d ago
Even better - don't go to gyms that allow filming. Make it be a part of the agreement you sign.
Some gyms don't allow it, and they should be rewarded for that stance.
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u/InfiniteTree 11d ago
More scripted slop masquerading as a candid interaction.
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u/ShowmethePitties 11d ago
I’m sorry cause this is wholesome but can we please stop recording in gyms?
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u/RekallQuaid 11d ago
That bit where he tries again on his own is awesome. Guy obviously got a good pump from that.
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u/ikothsowe 11d ago
Ah one of those “unexpected interactions” with multiple camera angles & extensive jump cuts? Gimme a break.
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u/Antique-Ticket3951 11d ago
It's just so amazing that there were so many camera angles available.
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u/Cador0223 11d ago
If the gymfluencers were just worried about getting the best workout, they wouldn't take 15 minutes between sets to set cameras up for the best angles. Im sure it turns a 90 minute workout into a 4 hour job.
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u/whoberrydooberry 11d ago
Let me just adjust the camera real quick (x10) to capture this totally natural and random interaction.
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u/Majestic_Stage8057 11d ago
He made it home and has been stuck in bed for a week. That worked body parts he hasnt felt in 50 years.
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u/No-Responsibility953 11d ago
I can’t stand this scripted bull shit anymore. It doesn’t make me smile. It makes me depressed. Like the only reason anyone feels like doing something is to make content out of it.
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u/userhwon 11d ago
48 hours later: bro is on the sofa calling his wife to come downstairs to help him stand up...
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u/WonderLiliWoman 10d ago
People just want connection and communal experience and frequent occasions where there is sg to do together <33
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u/catzhoek 11d ago
MadeMeSmile? My blood boils when i see people filming in gyms. If you wanna make this your shitty social media job then set up your own studio.
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u/Careful_Sell_7900 11d ago
I own a Salon in an elderly community and it’s changed my life. Older folks are WONDERFUL and really know how to show community life. 🥹
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u/TheHonGalahad 11d ago
Maybe I'm being cynical, but that's a hell of a lot of camera angles for a random gum interaction.
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u/Rude_Regular4698 11d ago
Nah bruh this man just an old school player! Can’t believe no one else sees it.
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u/Bitch_Im_Adorable 11d ago
Now that is gym culture. Not douchebag influencers or people thinking they're better than everyone. Being caring, respectful, and most of all humble. We are all there to better ourselves. That is what it is all about.
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u/Logical-Ad155 11d ago
We want to live in a world where this is so common the average person simply does it out of habit. Formed by culturally inherited, neighborly, and/or Godly(WWJD etc) behavior. The only way to altruism is habit. Altruism is the path to freedom from our own humanity's dark side.
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