Matter over Mind
Posted by Mike Lawry | Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

On vacation visiting Mom Dukes for a week and I peeped this last week on the AMA’s….J Lo siting. She’s still got it!  All I can say is that I had the same reaction Pitbull had….

…Nuts!

That’s all I have to say about that.  Really, I just wanted to share an incredible event that I was blessed to witness.    Today I learned an amazing lesson in Mind over Matter. I would like to say that I witnessed a 60 year old man bench press 475 lbs.  That’s a full 175 lbs more than I’ve ever pushed up.  This man was focused.  Old school, no gloves, just talcum powder. And I, of all people, would be the one to witness and photograph this amazing feat.  It’s mind over matter.  He’s getting his mind right..

 

 

He leans back. Takes a deep breath. Makes a primal grunt. Yes. I was there, those are my sweatpants bottom left corner. I would like to say that today I saw a 60 year old warrior bench press 475 lbs!…..

 

 

…but I can not. Instead, I saw a 60 year old man almost kill himself. In a split second, I had to decide between photographing this man’s death or running over to help lift more than twice my own weight off this dude. I did the human thing. It took two of us to lift it off his chest. He was immediately escorted to the back by the gym officials and given a stern lecture…..again, apparently.   During a pause in their screaming at him, they demanded a response before going in on him again, he whispered softly “Can…can someone go get my bag for me? It’s…it’s red.”  Then the screaming continued.

 

 

The only thing that remained was the ghost of a once proud and confident man who’s shorts were too small and who had to learn the hard lesson of Matter over Mind.

-Mike

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12 Responses to “Matter over Mind”

  1. Mr James says:

    Seems like a suicide attempt to me, insurance would say it was an accident. So says my Korean lady friend… Cha CHING!!!

  2. Nts5 says:

    HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHA,,,,HAHAHHAHAHAHAAA…….oh shit!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAA

    I just shed a damn tear!!!!

  3. Cicely says:

    Pure h.A.M. his game face was so sincere! LOL

  4. Fresh says:

    hahah wow that was awesome

  5. Itzdatdude says:

    LMAO, this old ass ninja was wylin, but I think he was also teaching. From this I learned dat in life, sometimes you just gotta lift heavy shit, damn the consequences.

    Homie dropped some Confucius on Us whilst acting a cot damn fool. Was he lifting to enlighten Us? This we may never know like the sound of one hand clapping. I guarantee, on dat day this guy was da illest nicca alive. Applaud him.

    And yes, I am a little high, lol.

  6. Nts5 says:

    This needs to be in a short film with subtitles !!!!!!

    Man I can’t stop laughing about it!!!!!!

    That was a Zen Moment

  7. WowMom says:

    Ewww.. does Pitbull have a chubby?!?!

  8. Mr. Jezus says:

    “Wass on…wass oh chit!”

  9. Ian M. Summers says:

    @Wowmom

    He damn sure should. Somethings wrong with him if he doesn’t.

  10. Billyboydenver says:

    How funny that you caught that!!! I wish you would have video taped that ish!!!

  11. Mike Lawry says:

    If I had taped it, I’d be telling you the story of a man that died in the gym. Haa. I really wanted to tape it, but I also knew he was a dead man.

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