Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?

I can. Well I certainly could last night.

I am not usually one for celebrities; in fact, I despise the whole celebrity culture, especially in Britain these days where people are celebrities for the sake of celebrity.

I was once walking along Bond Street and checking out a girl walking in the other direction; then realising that the person she was walking with was Kate Moss. I guess that rated a mention to my friends but more because I was checking out Kate Moss’s friend and not Kate herself.

This time though I got pretty excited. Last night training in my gym, The Third Space, was none other than The Rock himself. This I thought was pretty cool. He’s deceptively big that fellow. I say deceptively because from a short distance away I thought that he didn’t look as big as he does on television; but once up close, you can tell he’s a pretty big unit. I didn’t actually see him do that much; he did a few chin ups and a couple of other light sets but spent a fair bit of time walking around the gym. Maybe he was warming up a bit and didn’t get cracking until after I left.

The Third Space is definitely one of the top gyms in London. It makes it a hell of a lot easier to go to the gym and exercise when you have a fantastic facility like that to go to. I’m sure The Rock is just passing through London; he has a new movie out which must be premiering here soon; he’s also going to be on Soccer AM on Saturday. But the guy has to work out and it’s pretty easy to see why he would come to TTS to do that. He’s pretty athletic, I wouldn’t mind looking like that myself; can’t see that happening though but it’s good to have goals hahaha.

My flatmates were all pretty excited about the spotting. One of them works for a gossip magazine so she is always interested in things like that. My workmates on the other hand were less impressed as unfortunately they needed an explanation of who The Rock is. I'm sure, much like a prop recounting stories of tries they have scored, the truth in this tale will be bent slightly as time goes on. Eventually I'll be telling people how I trained with The Rock at the gym; spotting him on the bench press, talking about correct technique etc.

I would like to qualify all this by saying I have no interest in WWE; I think it’s stupid and watched by people with low intelligence.

The Rock is still pretty cool though.