Tuesday 22 November, 2005
Dragon in the Darkness
Today as I was doing bench press at my gym, suddenly all the lights went out. It went from bright halogen-induced light into totall darkness. It was a weird experience, as I was left holding 275 lbs without being able to even see the bar. I quickly re-positioned the weight and shouted “Is everyone OK?” One by one, people around me told that all was fine. One of the gym staff appeared telling that they were trying to restore the power.
About a minute passed, and then I heard a familiar clicking of metal. Somebody was hoisting dumbbells around. Then on my right-hand side a man gave a determined grunt as he got back into position on the Smith Machine. I gripped the bar myself and decided to finish my session, come hell or high water. Soon everybody was exercising at full tilt despite the darkness. Lights did not come back (I learned entire blocks had lost power) but everyone finished their training.
Dangerous? Yes. But my respect for my fellow gym members just jumped up several notches.
Posted by Dragon at 22 November 20:59, 2005275? well done.
but, as you say dangerous.
be safe.
# 2 - Dragon (on November 22, 2005 10:22 PM):
I know. But sometimes you need to do dangerous things, too. It is part of life I guess- It was like a wordless agreement amongst us that we would finish our training. It definately would have been SENSIBLE to stop and walk out. But for some reason, no-one even contemplated it.
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