If its heavy lift it!

Published: Sun, 10/14/12

Everyone starts lifting weights in a different way
Am a combination of the bottom 2
 
I remember doing 100 push ups & 100 sit ups daily right after I woke up & before I went to bed for about 2 years
 
Eventually I stepped foot into my school's gym & feel in love with the way the cold iron felt in my hands
 
So I wanted some weights, but after searching online and looking at the horrendous expensive prices I was not gonna be able to afford them
 
I was 16 at this time, and I also asked my parents to buy me some, but they told me NO, GO AWAY!...ok maybe they weren't that rude, but they did tell me they were expensive & dangerous (I'll talk more about that some other time)
 
So I was without shiny weights, but my desire for them was not lost
 
So I did what I had been doing all along: I kept doing bodyweight training & hitting the iron 3 times a week at the school
 
And this is where my love for the iron started to develop
 
I kept training with bodyweight at my home & hitting the weights at the school's gym all throughout high school
 
During the start of college I was making some money so I knew it was time to buy some heavy iron, but still they were to much for what I wanted to pay
 
So I did what I wish I had done back in high school
 
I bought used weights
 
It sounds so simple, but my youngster mind didn't see it that way since I was blinded by how every bodybuilder in the videos was always using new shinny dumbbells & barbells so I taught I had to have it like that too
 
All of the weights & gym equipment I have is now is all used (with the exception of my gymnastic rings) And I Love It!
 
I don't see a reason to have everything new anymore since that just makes you blame your equipment for the lack of worth ethic & results you get (plus it's cheaper too)
 
I wrote a post on where I have gotten cheap weights, which you can see here:
 
Where to Get Cheap Weights & Advice to Not Overpay for Them!
 
Just wanted to remind you to do the work, even if things are not perfect
 
If You Want Something, Go Make It Happen One Way or Another, 
 
Luis Carrillo