Narrative Essay On Power Lifting

Acting on my own motives is quite difficult for me because I believe that it is easier to follow what your peers tell you to do or to follow those who I have respect for and look up to. Getting emotionally and physically hurt from listening to the advice of others caused me to change the way I made decisions and gave me a new identity. I started to do what I thought was right for me instead of what others believed was right. The moment that helped me change the way I approached situations was the time that I hurt myself from power lifting at Bally’s Total Fitness, which was my local gym, listening to the advice that my friends (peers) gave me. I was in high school at that time that I picked up a pastime hobby of power lifting. Power lifting is when an individual tests his strengths by attempting to lift heavy weights with good form. This hobby of power lifting helped me relieve stress and gave me time to hang out with my friends doing something that we
Dead lifting was an exercise for the lower back and it required us to pull the barbell along our leg up to torso from the squat form while keeping your back straight. As I walked up to the barbell with my warmup weight on already, I felt butterflies in my stomach. I reached down and got into the squat position. Took a deep breath and yanked the barbell upwards towards my torso while keeping my back completely straight. Holding the barbell while in an upright position, I looked in the mirror and thought to myself I got it. I dropped the weight downward to the floor while squatting down. Hua looked at me and said “Good Job bro, light weight.” With that compliment I felt relief and accomplishment but also felt exhausted. “We are going to increase the weight David” Hua told me as I was resting from the tiresome exercise that I has just performed. I was a bit skeptical but eventually replied “Alright