so here i am a 13 year old with the weights, the drive and the dream to stop being picked on, i must admit, competition wasn't even an after though at this point. I just wanted to get bigger to stop the bullies at school from picking on me, whats funny is many of them are going to read this.lol So off I went, training pretty steady on my weider bench and doing the bicep curls and ya, if any of you remember they gave you a chart/diagram on how to do exercises. It was awesome! Really, it was , as I had no idea what I was doing! lol. I did this for a good 3 years, i still remember that at 13, i weight a woping 95 lbs. lol. By the time I hit high school i was about 165. Thats when I became the president of the weight lifting club. A small gym with a universal weight set in the basement of my school. I was the only full time member. lol Others trained but it was sporatic at best, for me,evry lunch hour for 4 years straight , rain or shine, summer or winter I was in the dungeon. I started reading alot of books/magazines at this time, got pretty wrapped up about. After all, I was getting bigger, but..still being picked on! lol.. Guess i was kinda passive back then and didn't really stand up for myself. Boy has that changed.Things changed for me my senior year as at the time i was still being bullied, guess I got tired of it finally, I remember one specific incident that changed everything in one moment.
Picture this, Remember that I was also not into any groups or clicks so basically I was trying to fit in and find my"place" but this was difficult for me. This incident that changed everything happen in all places in the shower after gym class. Yep, of all places. I was being teased again, as per. I really wasn't athletic back then other than hockey and I was always the last one picked for teams and such, either that or they just didn't like me. This one time it just was enough and I lunged at this guy and slammed him against the wall. yep, buck naked and I'm gettin into a scrap.lmao! go figure! I guess I scared everyone with my aggression and the way I threw him around. Because after that it felt like everyone wanted to be my friend. I still didn't fit in but the bullying stopped and it calmed/changed everything.Looking back I should have done the fighting back thing WAY sooner. I could have done that years ago and avoided alot of bull shit. Hind sight is 20/20 isn't it. So my stand on bullies is punch em in the face, telling teachers and crying about it does NOTHING. I lived this, and that's my view. Needless to say, i've kept that attitude ever since that day, nobody steps on my toes..
So graduation comes, I hit algonquin for my post secondary education and lo and behold,there's a pretty decent gym, guess what I did.lol more to follow..
