> be me, 17 y/o, been short and skinny my whole life, and

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> be me, 17 y/o, been short and skinny my whole life, and one of my legs is shorter than the other.
>bullied a bit, feel real beta, decide I'll lift weights and try to put on muscle mass
>go to highschool weight room, no idea what I'm doing
> go to weight room and do shitty form bicep curls and half-ROM bench press every day, M-F
>one day there is super jacked bro squatting in squat rack. never had seen anyone barbell squat before.
> he approaches me later after a set of my "curls" and shows me proper form: less weight, no swinging, elbows pinned to the sides, scapula retracted
> his name is Phil and he graduated last year, he's working for a year to save money for college and the HS is letting him still lift here.
>Phil says we should lift together the next day. I agree and am starstruck.
> The next day Phil shows me how to squat, deadlift, and bench press. I'm not very coordinated at the lifts yet.
> In particular the squat is hard because of my uneven legs
> Phil encourages me to load up the bar with a plate on each side and find a comfy stance
> I heft the barbell off the hooks. It feels immensely heavy. It's digging into my vertebrae. "What am I doing wrong?" I silently cry.
> I try to step my left foot back and inch and lose my balance
> stumble backwards a few paces and gain moment as I become ... FALLING!
> "Injury ahoy!" I panicked.
>Phil materializes, grabs the barbell off my shoulders with superhuman grace and agility and places it back on the rack
> as I continue my backward momentum, collapsing against his abs, dense as dyings suns they break my fall.
> shaken, embarassed, I mutter "sorry, Phil, I stumbled"
> Phil put his hand on my shoulder and said "Everybody stumbles one way or the other,
so check out my message to you:
As a matter of fact, don't let nothin' hold you back, If the Scatman can do it, so can you
If the Scatman can do it, so can you
> Phil says we should be training buddies. Phil teaches me a shitload