Friday 11 September 2009

There is some weird skit going on in Sweden - pumping up to meet the beefcake threat?

I was doing some exercising at the local gym in a small Swedish town when I noticed something very strange. There was a plaque with the town seal and all informing all gym users that there will be random doping tests taking place at this location. Should you refuse the test (or test positive), you will lose your membership. And of course, a positive result is reported to the police.

After reading, I took a look around. Surely there must be an army of hulking monstrosities pumping away with 125kg dumbbells in each hand? Ill-tempered, pumped up beefcakes? Threatening the very existence of the nation and its traditional way of life? No. Middle-aged men and women, mostly occupying the bikes, none seemed too happy about doing excersice. Probably the doctor ordered. Unbelieveable.

I guess this is what they take seriously, but in case of the local gym of a small town doing random checks on the middle-aged, reluctant trainers (to make these very same people feel safe and secure) seems a bit ridiculous to me. All nations have their pecularities. Could this be a track to follow deep into the Swedish psyche? Hmm-mm. On with the protein bar!

2 comments:

  1. you truly never know where evil lurks, in small town gyms in sweden,shopping the kryddor section at ICA Nara....you just never know. It's a good thing they'r'e on top of it.They WILL ferret it out.
    Go ahead with your protein bar, but make sure there aren't any poppy seeds in it, otherwise, I'd avoid that gym for a while....
    Great blog , btw! thanks for giving mine a visit!

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  2. Thanks K for your comment, it was a pleasure reading your blog as well..

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