JJ: Friday Night Live

People look forward to Friday night happy hours, concerts, games, and comedy acts. But what if you could enjoy all that entertainment in one venue: at the gym?

Friday night, as I worked through my free weights routine, it became clear the evening's featured entertainer would be a guy I immediately dubbed Junebug (not to be confused with "Forest Gump," "Mozart," "Ali," or any of the other characters who frequent the gym). Short, 40-something, tattoo-covered, oversized workout clothes: this dude had a real "baller" look.

Junebug's first act involved busting out a version of "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma." Act two turned from karaoke to comedy as Junebug offered his expertise on the science of weightlifting to an indifferent mother-son combination. Between repeatedly laying claim to a squat bench he wasn't using ("It's saved!"), explaining to nobody in particular the differences between powerlifting and high rep workouts, and rambling on about his 235-pound dog, Junebug found time to throw up a set once every 10 minutes.

Turns out Junebug is a big believer in workout partners. For some reason, though, his had quit on him. See you next Friday, Junebug.