No Theme Thursday – Working Out

Joe started out with a regular workout, running on the treadmill to warm up, a few weights to improve muscle strength and then various gym machines. He didn’t mind it and his girlfriend encouraged him along the way. Joe wanted to impress her and was tired of her eyeing the other men on their dates in public.

As his intense sessions to get larger and more fit, he was not satisfied with the results. A fellow at the gym came up to him. “I see how hard you’ve been working but I don’t see a lot of improvement. I wonder if you’d like to try this secret formula I’ve designed to build muscle faster. Joe’s first thought, steroids and he was not into that! The man said, “I know what came to mind by the look on your face, steroids…right? This is my formula and contains no steroids, believe me!”

Joe did believe him and decided to try it. It was an ordinary looking tablet to be taken with juice in the morning before his workout. Every day he looked for changes but it was slow and discouraging. He started taking two pills in the morning.

Joe’s relationship with his girlfriend started to change as she noticed Joe’s body was becoming more hairy. At first it didn’t bother her and then she noticed changes in his face and jaw. She spoke to him about it but he ignored her. It seemed Joe couldn’t recognize the changes and worked harder than ever to improve his body.

This day Joe was turned away from the gym and the look on the manager’s face was weird. “I think you need to see a doctor, Joe, and don’t come back here till you do.”

Joe went home and looked at himself in the mirror not seeing anything different, but his girlfriend entered the bathroom and her face turned pale. He had been anxious to see her because she had been on a business trip for ten days. Suddenly she ran back to the bedroom, grabbed her bag and left.

Joe was mystified at her actions. What was wrong with these people? He grabbed a coke out of the fridge, went out of the house and sat on the stone edge of the pond. A large muscled man came up to him. “You took the formula too? I can see that you did, and I did too. Funny when we look in the mirror we can’t see it but everyone else can. He sat down beside Joe and they talked. “It will wear off in a few months if you stop taking the pills, I promise. It took me six months to get back to normal.”

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