Fitness Attempts

Dio considers himself a "Gym Bro" despite having never gone to any gym consistently for longer than 5 months at a time. He has attempted to get into shape multiple times, although this has usually ended with that shape being a ball.

Attempts
Dio is known to have attempted a fitness lifestyle at least 5 times. Twice in college, and three times in 2021. Each attempt has involved him posting about it relentlessly and showing off his "progress" before quietly quitting, only to resume this cycle 2-3 months later.

College:

Dio attempted to workout at the UW gym consistently at least twice during his college years. Not much is known about these attempts other than these attempts being unusually short-lived even by Dio's standard. Despite this short period of time, Dio is known to have purchased items that are usually reserved for people who lift at a much higher level than Dio including weightlifting gloves and belts.

A photo of Dio in martial arts gear exists but it is unknown when or how long this phase lasted. It is presumed that this was a failed attempt to realize his fantasy of being a super hero.

Post College:

Dio took a multi-year break from working out during the years following College, resuming in early 2021. As soon as Dio started attending his new gym, he posted about it daily on Facebook.

During 2021, Dio started and stopped attending his new gym 3 separate times:


 * early 2021 - 4 months - Quit because him and his parents moved to a new house and taking a week off to move was enough to quit entirely
 * Dio's big workout.png 2021 - 1 month - Quit for unknown reason
 * Late 2021 - 1 month (ongoing)

During the 2021 Workout era, Dio lied multiple times about the weights that he lifts and ultimately revealed that he thought that the four main lifts (overhead press, bench press, squat, deadlift) were meant to be equal at all times, resulting in him entirely wasting his time during all days except overhead press days.

Lies
During the 2021 workout era Dio told multiple lies about his strength, presumably out of embarrassment. These lies were made without a strong understanding of what was both possible and what was impressive, resulting in everyone who was told these lies immediately knowing that they weren't truthful.

2 months into attending his new gym, Dio claimed that all of his main four lifts were at a one rep maximum of 135. For someone who had not worked out in years, a 135 1RM is laughable for each lift in different ways:


 * Overhead Press - impossible to lift 135 without prior training or an active lifestyle
 * Benchpress - unlikely to lift 135 without prior training or an active lifestyle
 * Deadlift - 135 is a children's lift
 * Squat - 135 is entirely possible in this short of a time, but Dio's stats cant be trusted.