i asked Brad what was the truth about this internet story that Nasser had been kicked out this gym.
Brad broke out in howls of laughter and said this was the craziest thing he'd heard.
He then related what really happened:
" Back in the 90's when Nasser trrained here, there was this big young guy called Chris- he was a big kid, roided up @ 285 and into powerlifting. He came from a rich family and life was pretty easy for him.
for some reason, he took it on himself to annoy Nasser @ the gym. He'd do things like flick his towel @ Nasser's back when he walked past nasser and throw pieces of paper towel @ him, and make silly comments to Nasser udner his breath when Nasser walked past him- this went on for a few weeks.
This Chris guy seemed to think he was the shit.
Anyway, one evening around 6 pm, Chris is sitting in the jucie bar on the couch. In comes Nasser who walks straight up to him , literally grabs him by the throat and inglehandedly lifts him up off the couch.
It was a sight to see, Nasser had this guy choked - one hadned around the neck, lifted off the ground with this Chris idiot going blue int he face with this look of absolute fear in his eyes. i think he shat himself.
i rushed over and asked Nasser to let him go.
"