# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6976
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6976 "2026-03-26T09:58:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > There’s also a mindset issue. I’m sick to death of being lectured about the value of exercise. Thank you. As a kid who hated gym class when all we ever did was run, play soccer (which involved running), run, play basketball (which involved running) and run some more, the idea of lifting weights just reminds me of yet more physical exertion which doesn’t accomplish anything. I accomplished things and got enough exercise from jobs I had. You try moving 48,000 pounds of empty beer cases a night, by hand. I did. I could handle a 1200-pound horse, if it wasn’t willing to be cooperative; and if it stepped on me, well, I always wore steel toed boots. Crank a trailer (as in tractor-trailer) up far enough that you can disengage the fifth-wheel lock. I have. These are things that weightlifters have no knowledge about. But that require weighlifting. I’ve stayed out of that thread, because weightlifting using barbells and so on doesn’t interest me. But I had to look in after the recent kerfuffle. Meh. Still doesn’t interest me. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._