When I started my bodybuilding journey I joined Golds Gym in Mountain View, CA when I turned 13(I worked out at the YMCA before that but I'm talking about main gym). To many people in mountain view, Los altos, and Palo alto this was considered "the mecca" at the time. It was after a few months of training there i ended up meeting Epic Gym Man. My father had told me about him before, but he was still a great mystery.
Epic Gym Man was native american, I don't know what tribe. He had a long ponytail, and wore tight, short, blue spandex shorts. He would perform some of the most impressive acts of fitness anyone had ever seen, one of which was a 700lb quarter squat. He also would often sit cross legged while meditating at the gym and would trill around a 2 foot baton like he was Bruce Lee spinning fucking numbchucks. After I witnessed this there was no doubt in my mind that this man was highly trained in some kind of ancient native american mma.
One day I was at the pull up bar resting from a set and Epic Gym Man approached me. Everyone knew at the time I was new at the gym and I guess he wanted to throw in his spiritual guidance. He asked me(in epic native american voice), " How old are you?" I told him I was 13. He then goes on to say, " When I was that age I had a weight set at home and used to workout." He rambled on a bit more and I wasn't really sure what point he was trying to make, I did one more set after that and left. Even though this guy didn't seem as smart as I had expected I was still glad that I finally got to meet someone so epic.
After I walked away I felt the forces of nature surround me and at that point I knew that I had met someone with a spirituality far beyond most. I was a bit puzzled but I knew this had to mean something, I just didn't know what.
Other bodybuilders at the gym would often make fun of this guy and call him "Squanto" but in the end no one could deny the fact that he was indeed, epic.
If you search this YouTube clip(sorry don't know how to embed video) you will find some rare footage of him at Golds in mountain view performing 1 million crunches at a superhuman speed. There's no other known documentation of epic gym man other than a few black and white photos and 3 original oil portraits which are owned by wealthy land owners. If you are lucky you may see him around mountain view one day running by the 101 and when you do, you will know that have seen something truly, epic. https://youtu.be/hz_-jRpr1E8
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