![]() But among the garbage I did find a tiny little treasure in the form of a PDF eBook titled Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe.Ĭoupled with a handful of other reliable resources about fitness and weight lifting, I decided to embark on a new adventure one that I’d never been on or anticipated beginning… and it totally transformed my life. dumbbell, I went home and spent the entire night researching everything I could about weight lifting, bodybuilding, and proper nutrition protocols to achieve a “ripped” physique. That night after my embarrassing experience in the gym with a 20 lb. a painful *thud* ensued by me trying my damnedest to not start crying like a little bitch in front of all the cool kids. I picked up the dumbbell and prepared to do a reverse triceps curl. My friend Sam was behind the bench spotting me… I hoisted the dumbbell into the air, and into the starting position, right behind my head and above my right shoulder - and then I braced myself and extended my arm upward, sending the dumbbell away from my head in a slightly diagonal direction above my head and a couple feet over my right shoulder blade - and all of sudden - like an old man going into cardiac arrest, the muscles in my right arm gave out and the force of gravity sent all 20 whopping pounds of that dumbbell propelling downward towards my forehead - and, well, you know what happened after that. dumbbells that the big tan dude next to me was tossing around like they were pencils. I grabbed a 20 pound dumbbell while secretly wishing I could lift those 105 lb. I remember trying to do a reverse triceps dumbbell curl while sitting down on a bench - facing a long rack of big rubber-wrapped dumbbells situated in front of a huge mirror that expanded from one end of the weight room to the other, from the ceiling down to the floor. I remember looking around and feeling puny. Until the day I decided to make a change.įor me, it happened when one of my best friends, Sam, took me to the VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) recreational center to join him for a weight lifting sesh. I had this realization when I was 19 years old - fat, unhealthy, and walking around with absolutely nothing to be excited about in my life. Whether we're talking about the benefits of weight lifting, HIIT Interval Training, or just going for a brisk walk around the block - regular exercise is *the* highest leverage activity you can engage in to dramatically alter the quality of your life. ![]() The highest leverage thing you and I can do is take deliberate control of the quality of our health. How lifting weights (and dropping them on my head) changed my life for the better.
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