grizzly07’s BodyBlog

Well first, let me set the scene. I work on an offshore oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, about 150 miles from the nearest shoreline. So, to say that resources are somewhat limited would be an understatement. However, we do have a small gym on board that is about the size of a small living room. It has all the basics that anyone would need to properly workout, we have a smith rack, a small universal cable machine, two adjustable benches, dumbbells, treadmill, and elliptical trainer, everything you need to workout right…..wrong, we have no mirrors at all. I am not a vain person but after a hard two weeks of slinging iron in the gym at home, which is full of mirrors, and just finishing my first workout back here at work I have come to realize how important mirrors truly are. I do not have delts like Arnold, but during a set of military presses in front of the mirror, I am Arnold. I do not have quads like Dorian, but while pushing out that last rep of squats, looking in the mirror, I am Dorian. I surely don’t have biceps like Ronnie Coleman, but doing curls watching my form closely in the mirror that Ronnie’s bicep tape wouldn’t wrap around mine. So, I have come to realize just how important mirrors can be, and I figured it out if I can bring out 1 mirror every month to work that will fit in my duffel bag, and in roughly 3 years I can be Arnold again while I am at work. Mainly this blog was for….well the one person that may actually read it to find out if anyone depends on mirrors as much as I have while working out. Thanks for reading.

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