Giving It Your All
Overheard at the gym today: “I know it’s a nice, cool Easter Sunday. But I came in anyway because I wanted to go through some motion to appease myself.”
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I love going to the gym on holidays. It’s often deserted! 🙂
Hello Muscle Man,
Gym this is something interesting to everyone who want to build a nice fit body….well I lot of people go to gym for different reasons and my reason is to be active all day…. 🙂 whats your??
Go hard or don’t go at all … otherwise why waste the time?
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