NEW GYM FOR STONERS

The Power Plant Gym is preparing to open in May in San Francisco, California. It’s a place where not only will smoking pot during a workout be acceptable, it will be encouraged. Owner Jim McAlpine, along with former NFL star and marijuana advocate Ricky Williams, is hoping the gym will shatter stigmas around smoking pot. He insists his gym won’t be a stoner hangout, but a premier gym. People will be able to buy and smoke weed at the gym, or purchase edibles designed specifically for pre and post workout. McAlpine believes marijuana actually helps enhance workout techniques. ‘If you use it right, cannabis takes the things you love and lets you love them more,’ McAlpine said.
* A big room that smells like pot and B.O. Just like college.
* Great idea, because the one thing you want in a spotter when you’re bench pressing 200 pounds is slow reaction time.
* And nothing makes you want to hit the barbells like a couple of deep, strong bong hits.
* “Dude … why did we come here again?”
* They won’t be able to keep the snack machines stocked fast enough.
* This does sound like a Ricky Williams’ idea, doesn’t it?
* They asked Ricky if he preferred playing football on grass or astroturf and he said, “I don’t know. I never smoked astroturf.”
* Oh, I get it. The Power Plant…as in the marijuana plant. Damn, those stoners are clever.
* That’s one of the fun things about marijuana business names: They combine those cute boutique names with stoner puns.
* Good luck. The only deep presses stoners usually do is pressing their butt cheeks into a sofa cushion.