Shit son that does suck.
You have MMA 3x a week hey? Between that and doing sprints you can get very athletic. I know you want to be huge but building a conditioned, explosive base is never a bad thing. Also when you do get huge at least you will have skill to back up your show muscle.
Focus on what you can do and what you do have. It’s a skill that life has already started teaching you at a young age but you will only get stronger from it.
Sorry to hear Duke.
Keep the fighting spirit high.
Irish said it, do bw stuff and focus on BJJ and sprinting,
Damn man, that sucks
Can’t you sing a waiver saying that if you do get injured the gym/gym owner is not responsible? Because that’s most likely the reason they didn’t allow you in
I have MMA ×2 a week, I’m trying to do it more than that though. there’s no more classes throughout the week. i asked the BJJ coach if he’d coach me and he’s considering it when he’s not busy. (after the next month or so)
Thanks irish
@mortdk thanks. Just was looking forward to it that’s all. Itl be alright i guess
I’ll go back and see if i can do that when i can. He said he loses alot of business because of not letting under 18’s join.
Food
Footlong sub from subway with chicken, bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato
1kg spaghetti bog ( microwaveable meal, meant to be for like 6 people lol)
2 steaks, some salad.
Piece of cake
Bowl of bread and butter pudding
I loved the education. I has to be as valuable as any other degree (at least to me), right? I use it every day on myself and helping others. My wife is the runner and track athlete of the family and we exchange ideas and plans. She asks for my input somewhat regularly about what to do with her high school kids.
We had one and the coach was an English teacher who happened to be a recreational body builder. He was big but I think he juiced to get there and then he let it go. He had a big ol’ round belly an it kind of made him look like a pinhead LOL. We followed “Bigger, Faster, Stronger” loosely. Grades were a combination of participating and your max outs. He figured horse power as well. The down side was that he was cool with us and we could sit and BS with him all class and get away with it. The workouts weren’t great. We didn’t even squat until my senior year. We maxed on bench, hang clean, and trap bar deadlift and form was an option.
Guys would make their body look like a question mark trying to hit a rep max of 500 lbs on deadlift even though they only deadlifted on max out day. He’d just cringe and let them keep going. He never shut it down or corrected them.
I was lucky and had an upper classman take me under his wing during the first semester that I took the class. We had to be sophomores to enroll and once I was eligible I took it every semester until I graduated. That guy wasn’t big but he was super nice and taught me the right form and pushed me.
There are great jobs here in the US but not where I live. I’m in the Midwest. There aren’t any beaches or anything to motivate people to look good and football and other sports are just average interests. If I were in Texas I could probably work at a high school as a stand alone strength coach because they take football way too seriously. Some of their facilities put colleges to shame.
There’s definitely always a personal training gig but it’s not for me. I want to teach and that can be bad for client retention. The hours also suck. Early mornings and evenings because you have to work around everyone else’s 8am-5pm work schedule. Family first for me so that doesn’t work.
Dumb, but what can you do?
When I became a State Trooper we lived on campus Monday - Friday and had very strict rules. We were on the bottom level of the dorms (which was underground) and weren’t allowed to leave. For about 12 weeks my training consisted of calisthenics and push-ups at 0530 and slow ass running in the evening (usually 5 minutes after dinner). I lost weight and didn’t look the best.
But I did a ton of push-ups. Most of our morning PT sessions were push-ups. We’d get in our formation and do push-ups, sit-ups, jogging in place, more push-ups, and once we hit 100 or 150 push-ups our coaches would have us circle up. We had 20 guys. Every person sprinted around the circle (1 at a time) and then ran to the center and we did 10 push-ups together. And repeat until all 20 of us had a turn and we busted out 200 push-ups in no time. It hurt, but my chest, shoulders, and arms held their own.
Once I was able to start lifting again I blew up pretty quickly (aka regained what I’d lost). If you run, sprint, do lunges, squats, push-ups, pull-ups, and whatever else you can think of then you’ll be fine. Start following those bodyweight training freaks who do the human flags and other crazy ass stuff that I’ll never do.
This will just be a short part of your life and it will pass. You’ll be finished up, educated, and back to Perth with the resources to support yourself in no time. And that last part is the most important aspect. Earning your own money, paying your own bills, buying your own stuff, and making your own rules is independence. No one can tell you what to do (they might still try though). Unfortunately, with all of that freedom comes a lot of responsibility. Don’t get in too big of a hurry.
Moral of the story: don’t be a weak bastard. Every time you have energy that isn’t bring used, use it on being a better version of yourself. No, it’s not meant to be easy.
Maybe you could let him supervise your lifts. Ask him if he is willing to let you join and then “coach” you. Get a letter of permission from your parents…
Surely there must be another kid who wants to use the school gym with you.
That’s bullshit and I’m sorry things have to be so complicated 
I hate getting prepared for something I’m sure will happen and then hit a massive roadblock!! I’m excited for you to have BJJ to let out your frustration and interact with cool people. I guess your gonna have to go old school with some calisthenics and there was a time when I had to do months and months of it and my body looked pretty good 
Do you have space? If so get a sandbag and do all sorts of stuff with it.
Get a pull-up bar and do basic gymnastics stuff.
Find friends and do buddy squats with them.
Jeez. Did anyone get injured?
Aw man that sucks, maybe one day your dream job will come along. You can only hope
Yep! It’s dumb alright.
That training sounds intense!
It’s just annoying because I’m in my best years for lifting. and there just being wasted by not being able to do so. I would’ve started lifting at 12 if i could’ve
yes!
I don’t get it. Shouldnt people be encouraging teens wanting to lift some weights? What’s with all these stupid rules
I thought there was a few possible canditates but there hit and miss. They might feel like going once in a week or twice or not go at all.
Thanks countrygirl. It does suck haha! Im glad i have MMA and BJJ. What bodyweight stuff did you do?
Not much space in my room. But theres other places i can store stuff.
Lol. Not sure if any of the lads would be up for this
I’m thinking about getting one that you attach to the wall.
Thanks magick!
And thanks everyone,im trying to keep the ranting to a minimum in this log but jesus, I’m obviously not destined to lift for a while hah
Well my young Duke, some (or maybe only one) of the lads just might go once a week.
Make a deal with him: “we go to the gym one day” every week. You might even lure him with a candy bar or something.
Then you have 2-3 days of BJJ, 1 day in the gym, 1-2 days of sprinting, 1-2 days of BW stuff or strongman stuff.
Yes or find 2 guys who will go once each, then you have 2 days which is more than enough if you train smart and hard.
I’m thinking of buying a cheap trap bar and plates. i could store that in the college and take it for walks and do lots of stuff with it. Also i want to get a weight vest.
Dudes here are unreliable, they’d agree to go to the gym on a certain day but when it comes to it they dont feel like it.
food
2 plates of hashbrowns, sausages, scrambled eggs, bacon and croissants
Bowl of spaghetti bolognese
Piece of choc cake
1l milk
So basically my training was a huge mix of things and some of them seem goofy and dumb when your doing them but I felt great. I did a lot of running, shuttle sprints, lunges, burpees, mountain climbers, squat jumps, planks, v ups, leg raises, push ups, sit ups, pull ups…
Also if you could get dumbbells the amount of exercises with those is freakin awesome! A lot of my favorite workouts are using dumbbells because I feel more focused on my control and speed of the movements. I’m sure you already know all of that but for me personally I love it 
I did MMA for a couple of years and thought I was going to die 
the sweat, pain, and body parts in the face was intense! Boxing is more my style.
MMA is pretty intense. It’s awesome! And I’m with you on boxing preference, my kicking is so uncoordinated so I’m a much better boxer than MMA fighter 
You sound fit as!
LOL I had to practice my kicking on the heavy bag all the time because I was worried about getting myself hurt doing it wrong. My shins were so messed up!! I wish I was in better shape and am starting to feel old with my body giving me fits. I stay active but need to work harder then before.