--- title: "Elon Musk Lifts Weight During Office Meeting For Reasons Unknown" description: "During a test broadcast of the Twitter Live feature, Elon Musk decided to whip out his guns and spontaneously curl a dumbbell." date: "2023-08-05" modified: "2023-08-05" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-lifts-weight-during-meeting" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Elon Musk Lifts Weight During Office Meeting For Reasons Unknown ![During a test broadcast of the Twitter Live feature, Elon Musk decided to whip out his guns and spontaneously curl a dumbbell.]() *\Image: Elon Musk\* ## CEO Olympia At roughly 1:30 am on Friday morning, Elon Musk, multi-billionaire CEO and owner of the social media site X nee Twitter, [livestreamed an incredible physical feat](): curling a dumbbell in the middle of an office, for some reason. "Is this working? Hello? What the," he began, clarifying that the broadcast was a test of the platform's Live feature. With a sitewide viewership of over 40 million people, Musk also had an in-person audience of at least five or six employees — who he definitely *was not* trying to impress [a la Ron Burgundy](). "This is me curling a 45," he proclaimed, after lifting one of two dumbbells off the table. "Oh my God," blurted an either awestruck or brown-nosing employee, as Musk — with somewhat lackluster form — transitioned the curl into completing a shoulder press. "There you go," Musk said. He then signed off, concluding that the "video feature is working better." https://twitter.com/Teslaconomics/status/1687409384643837952 ## Pumped Up You may be wondering why a pair of weights just happened to be sitting on top of a conference table that Musk and his colleagues were hanging at. We don't have a good answer, but we shudder to consider the implications. Did Elon improvise this stunt? Did he engineer this as an opportunity to show off his lifts? Or maybe the eccentric business magnate sincerely, psychotically, just likes to keep weights on the ready for witching hour office meetings. Our puny brains may never comprehend. Moreover, why he continues to parade his unfolding mid-life crisis is a similarly confounding question, this latest episode only being [one of many]() [nocturnal antics]() of his. Speaking of mid-life crises, maybe Musk just has lifting weights on his brain, ahead of preparing for his yet-to-materialize [cage fight against bitter rival Mark Zuckerberg](), the CEO of Meta-formerly-known-as-Facebook. Among many obstacles, like [actually learning how to fight](), Musk might need to get [permission from his disapproving mom]() first before the showdown can take place. Maybe his impressive lift, as displayed here, will help finally win her over. **More on Elon Musk:** *[Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife Unhappy He’s Building Fighting Arena in their Backyard]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()