They came from all over the world to work out at Gold's Gym.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Gold's was the first bodybuilding gym made for bodybuilders.
The first time I joined the gym was during the Miss Sri Lanka pageant in 2006. Then, I went for the Miss Universe contest where I was exposed to girls who were very fit for their age. They could have joined the Olympics. They were doing crazy exercises.
Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.
Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
I was happier going back to my roots: training like men do in my hometown of Pittsburgh. Back home the guys in the gyms don't lift to look good; they're lifting to lift. They do it because they want to squat more and bench more.
Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.
The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.