# Sometimes I wish I were in a video game!

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**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sometimes-i-wish-i-were-in-a-video-game/279386 "2009-01-14T05:47:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sometimes-i-wish-i-were-in-a-video-game/279386/1 "2009-01-14T05:47:52Z")

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So, when I go to the gym, I’ve always exercised on weights attached to a machine in some form or fashion. For the past couple of days, I’ve been trying to use free weights, and I find that I can lift only a fraction of the weights that I could when they were attached to a machine.

When benchpressing, I am able to lift only a 1/6 of what I could do on a benchpress machine where I didn’t have to worry about balancing/stabilizing the weights.

This is in complete contrast to Zelda where Link can lift increasingly heavier boulders and obstacles by getting better gloves. Why can’t real life be like that?

I would gladly give up the ability to jump over obstacles in exchange for lifting them instead.

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