There are many things that i like to do with my spare time. But my absolute favorite thing to do is, Go to the gym, put some headphones on, and just let loose on the weights. This is a special thing to me because it's my me time, and my therapy. It doesn't matter what i'm going through that day, the gym makes me feel better. If i'm stressed out what do i do? I go to the gym and take it out on the weights. The gym feels like home to me, it's my environment. To be honest it helps me stay Sane, and if i don't have it then it'll feel as if a part of my life is missing.
My love for this goes back to right about when i was 12 years old i would say. My cousin was always going to the gym, Planet Fitness to be exact. One day i remember asking him if i could come along. When i arrived it was like i had entered a whole new world, and i was absolutely clueless as to what i was looking at. My curiosity got the best of me and i got on every machine i could possibly get on. I felt alive and i was immediately comfortable with the environment...almost as if i belonged there. It was an amazing experience, and i knew that this is something i wanted to get into.
Fast forward a few years later to April 5th 2014 and that is when everything changed. You see before i was going to the gym to just kill time and i had no idea what i was doing. I was very unorganized, not setting a plan and a workout schedule as to what muscle i would be working on each day. So on this day i decided to change all of that. I quickly set up a work out schedule and became more organized with my routine. And when i was in the gym that day the greatest feeling took over me, and i knew i was back home. I've been going to the gym 5-6 times a week, and as for my work out schedule? Well that's my little secret.
Some people may call this an addiction or an obsession, but to me those are words that the lazy use to describe the dedicated. What people don't seem to understand is that, this is all i had. It's something that never left my side, when other people would. It's something that would never judge me when other people would. It's somewhere that i was finally accepted, and felt like i belonged. Of course i doubt anyone would understand. This is where i think, Where i grow and Evolve. This is where i work on getting a better body, and being a better me.
The older guys over there have helped me every step of the way too. They've seen a clueless kid, and helped turn him into a beast. I almost feel like i'm the little brother in the gym because of the way that they look after me and the way that they help push myself everyday. That is something that i will never forget. So what do i say to people who call it an addiction, or who judge me because this is my life? I say step into my world, feel what i feel every time i pick one of those weights up, push yourself the way that i push myself, and go through what i go through every day. This isn't easy, and it absolutely isn't for everyone. I hope that i can spread the message of Fitness and Health to help people become better human beings. So go ahead, lace on my sneakers, and strap on my gloves, and i doubt any critic out there could last. Thinking of stopping me? Get ready to be eaten alive. I was born for this. I live for this.
