It was a leg day and I was going pretty big. After my third set I was really starting to feel it. I sat down on a bench to rest but when I got up I started to feel real nauseous so I ran to the locker room. It was early in the morning so no one (I thought) saw me as I threw myself into a stall and proceeded to mess up the fresh clean porcelain. I eventually got myself together and opened the stall door only to find a women sitting on a near by bench tying her shoes. Shocked to see her there I asked “Can I help you?”. She gave me this terrified look and replied, “Buddy, this is the ladies’ locker room”. I can’t remember if I said anything to her after that, but my last memory of the incident was me running out of the gym being watched by a full room of people half in disbelief and the other half laughing. 

 

On July 26, 2010, Octanestrength visited Phoenix Residential Society to promote and educate physical activity. Topics covered included :

• Muscoskeletal health
• Cardiovascular health
• Joint health
• How much physical activity Canadians should be getting.
• CSEP physical activity participation survey
• CSEP first step planner
• In house fully body workout
• Full body flexibity routine

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