"I Will If You Will!" (2025/169)

"I WILL IF YOU WILL!"

Haven't we all been there? Especially as young boys. "I'll jump in the river if you jump in the river" "I'll show you mine if you show me yours..." - well, let's go too deeply into that one! But you get the idea - a like-minded friend gives you the confidence you need to do something you were actually hesitating about.

About to enter the gym we frequent last week, we passed two rather skinny-looking teens and heard one use that famous phrase "Well, I will if you will". The other one shook his head: "I dunno". We stopped and asked "Are you thinking of joining the gym" because we always like to encourage guys to do that. It turned out that they were actually scared because they were a bit skinny and didn't want to be laughed at. We said that everyone came here to improve and get fit - you didn't have to be 'top of the range' before you could get in. 

We persuaded them, and waited while they registered in order to help them find their way around. When we pulled out shirts off in the locker room they looked horrified. "Do you have to do that? We don't have any muscles!" We said that you were here to do the work to get some, and encouraged them to shuck their shirts as well. We spent the evening explaining the equipment and helping them choose suitable weights and resistances. 

They're our friends now. They still prefer to go to gym when we're going, but they'll soon get over that.

Companionship helps and, as we've explained many times here, those friendships continue outside the gym. So more (fit) buddy pics today! 

Here's a real "I will if you will"...

Finally, an interesting one to try with your bestie: great for the arms while trying to keep the bottom guy at exactly the same height...