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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/SunDriedHumor on 2026-01-17 10:29:35+00:00.
I've been going to a new gym for the past year because my local Gold's gym closed. I haven't made any new gym buddies, typically keep to myself when im locked in anyway.
Well, last week I was mid-session and I noticed a clearly new gym goer struggling to do incline dumbell presses. So naturally I go up and tell him he's doing a great job and ask if he wanted some lifting advice.
He was more than merry to accept any guidance, so I tell him that instead of incline chest pressing with arms 180⁰ out, he could bring his elbows more forward and he'll have an easier time targetting his upper chest instead of his shoulders. Yada yada... I also help him with other lifts for the next hour.
Nearing the end, we start to crack jokes and laugh. Talk about our own fitness journey.
So here I go messing up... I tell him that I'm naturally a skinny person and I lose muscle mass easily if I don't keep up with the gym or diet.
There's a word for this, it's called an "Ectomorph".
Except, I totally forgot this word. I told him I was a Xenomorph. That's right. A f*cking Xenomorph from Aliens vs. Predator shenanigans.
He kinda went silent and just listened to me for a bit, and packed up and left. We never traded contact info, nor have I seen him at the gym this week.
TIFU.
TL;DR: I mispoke and told a guy I was a xenomorph instead of an ectomorph. Scared him from the gym.