Name: Flynn Francis

Course: BA (Hons) Computer Arts

Year: 2nd

What made you choose to join the Abertay Gym Soc?

Establishing this society seemed like the best way for me to help my peers and friends enjoy being active and enjoy all the benefits that come with that :)
 

What's your favourite board game or video game, and what makes it so enjoyable for you?
Helldivers II: I grew up playing Halo Reach Firefight with my older brother and I spent the next however many years hoping for another game that had the same feeling while bringing something new. The other reason for picking this game is that I'm a massive SciFi fan, I do try to read the occasional book in the genre (I can recommend Neuromancer, Blindsight, Deeplight and all of the HALO books) but I mostly enjoy it through Games (Some notable runners up include Deep Rock Galactic, Space Marine 2 and regrettably Destiny 2) and Movies (Please do watch Interstellar, and the good bits of Star Wars, you know exactly which ones I mean. Also Dune, Pacific Rim, Planet of the apes, Arrival and hopefully Project Hail Mary)

What's the most embarrassing or funny thing that has ever happened to you?
Passing out in my school's testicular cancer Assembly :'( I had never passed out before and have never since. To this day I don't know why my brain decided that would be the time to do a hard reboot and I'm not sure I will ever be more confused than I was after gaining consciousness and trying to remember how to operate my legs while being half-carried down the stairs by the deputy head teacher and one of my friends.

If you could have any animal as a pet, regardless of practicality or legality, what would you choose and why?
Amazon milk frog, because I don't think I could ever encounter a more endearing and polite looking animal (PLEASE look one up, they are delightful, please). I think I would call it Friv :)

What’s your most worst gym moment?
Probably dropping a loaded barbell on my nose while benching (Fortunately there was nobody around, I evidently have a fairly durable nose and I didn't have much of a sense of smell smell in the first place. so no big loss there :) )

If the society had a completely ridiculous event, what would you want it to be?
Underwater powerlifting, ideally with marine wildlife as the judges

What exercise do you avoid like the plague?
overhead press, as far as I'm concerned if my shoulder is attempting to communicate by cracking in morse code then I probably shouldn't do the exercise :(