A lot of my friends that have known me for years joke around and call me a big tough guy.
The reason for this is because I like to do a lot of weight lifting.
I go to the local gym and have a very nice gym membership to do this. I do enjoy weight lifting as it keeps my muscles in shape and it is also a very good stress relief at the same time after a long hard day. I visit the gym to do my tough guy weight lifting once every other day after work. Sometimes on the weekends if I feel up to it or feel the need I will go to the gym in the early morning to do some weight lifting to start my day. Weight lifting was something I got into when I was 18 years old. It started because of being in the high school gym and them having a really good weight lifting set up. I have to admit, I began messing around with it back then as sort of a joke to make fun of tough guys and make my friends laugh. But then, while I was mocking those so-called tough guys doing the weight lifting, I found that I was starting to understand what they saw in it and why they actually do it! I could not stop. I was totally hooked. It made me feel great and like I mentioned earlier, it was a wonderful stress relief for me after a very long and hard day.