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C'mon man X

by Tyler Palko | Posted on January 26th, 2017

A new year: Nostalgia about moving on and excitement for a fresh start. I can’t help but reflect as step after step I climb on this machine at the gym. The gym in January… what a sight to see. This madhouse certainly doesn’t look like this in March or October.

I digress. Now, I truly believe that everyone wants to accomplish the goals that they set out to achieve, especially when it comes to their New Year’s Resolutions, which is blatantly obvious given the state of my otherwise quiet gym. The fact of the matter is that these people just need some guidance. We all do. You see it’s not that these folks are lazy. If they were they wouldn’t be here in the first place. These folks actually want to get better.

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