I lift off and on. It’s been a while though. We have an olympic bench/bar/weights. We have a ton of other professional weightlifting gear in our basement too, got it cheap. I’ll letcha in on a little secret where to get it cheap. School auctions. Some equipment we only paid $1 for. It would cost hundreds new. Sometimes it’s in ok shape, sometimes it might need some minor painting or recushioning. You can get some really good deals though. Just look in your local paper where the auctions are. Ever now and then a school will get rid of some old equipment.

Because of my essential tremors I couldn’t ever bench very much, but I could leg press 1000 pounds. That much weight hurt my spine though, so I usually would do 500-700 pounds 10-15 times. I didn’t need to train or practice for it, I just tried one day and my legs are naturally that strong.


I hate clothes shopping too. Especially pants. Every brand of the same size fits different. At least shirts fit right. I’m 6’1” 300 lbs 50” chest, 42” waist, 32” inseam. Dockers for instance, I have to buy a size 46 to have them fit right with enough leg and seat room.