On another note, I am going to be heading to a gym in town tomorrow morning at 8:30am that my coach from junior football opened semi-recently (within the last year - but I just found out about it). This is the man that started my fitness journey in grade 9. He would bring me leftovers to feed me to make sure I was bulking up and he personally trained me through high school. I walked into grade 9 at 5’2" 120lbs and finished at 5’8" 185lbs with a 405lb squat, 465lb trapbar deadlift and a 285lb bench. I played offensive line, and was put on the All Star Team (within our school board) multiple years. I even got a couple touchdowns as an offensive line. All of these feats I can thank this man for. I haven’t seen him in probably close to 10 years and am really looking forward to going to his gym, catching up and getting some serious work in. If I remember anything from his coaching style back then, this workout is going to be extreme.
A friend of mine has trained there a couple times now and said that Coach told him to bring me in for a lift. After hearing about my most recent lifts he told my buddy that he would fix my bench press (it is clearly the lift that sticks out as being a weak point). It is an exclusive gym for friends and classes that he runs out of it. I guess he has a little open gym session for friends at 8:30am on Saturday mornings, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this became a weekly thing for me. It would be beneficial to have a coach’s eye looking at my form and objectively identifying weak points for me. Apparently it is an old auto shop and still smells of motor oil. My friend said it was dirty, grungy, chalky, loud and chains hanging everywhere…sounds perfect!
I’m going to take this evening off, so that I can bring 100% tomorrow and likely try to show off a little. I’m not opposed to doing some ego lifting tomorrow, I’m already mentally preparing myself for it.