I’m tired of hearing about this story. I see it on Bodybuilding forums and hear about it at the gym. Co-workers have talked about it and now some podcasts that I listen to have started picking it up.
The story is fake / rumor. It’s not true. It didn’t happen.
- Original News Story was posted here – http://www.bodybuildinglexicon.com/?p=2141
- That site was registered on May 19th hardly credible as a source – http://domainsigma.com/whois/bodybuildinglexicon.com
- The story takes place in Charleston SC but the image they use for the article was a Gold’s Gym in MN – http://www.cornerstonestcloud.com/project_gallery_detail.php?id=4
- No local news sources talk about any crime committed at a gym at any time in 2013
- I called Gold’s Gym in Charleston (there’s only one location) and spoke to Carla who confirmed the crime was a rumor and false and they’re tired of hearing about it
Here’s the fake story copied in case the original is deleted at some point:
A 25 year old Bodybuilder who was hitting the “Gold´s Gym” on a monday morning in South Carolina (Charleston) was offended by a 20 year old random guy on the parking place after arriving to his local gym. When the random guy asked him for no reason “Do You Even Lift?” the Guy did not hesitate and ran angry to his Car to get his gun out and shot the offender in his left knee.
The police asked the shooter why he has done that, he admitted that he was busting his ass off for his bodybuilding competition and couldn´t handle such a statement from someone who doesn´t even look like he could lift a coke bottle.
Doctors also found out that the shooter consumed a overdose of a strong pre-workout which has been found in his blood and might caused his rage and unconscious acting.
The victim has been hospitalized and feels better now.
and the moral of it is – Don´t underestimate a bodybuilders feelings !
If you see this story posted anywhere, let them know that this story is fake. Honestly, the “source” doesn’t contain proper grammar and appears to be written by a child. That should have tipped you off.
I should submit this story to Snopes as well.