On His Feet Again

by Atomic Athletic on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 5:01pm

One of our regular truck drivers stayed for a few extra minutes yesterday.  We had finished loading his 56 footer.  It was all one 6 foot pallet, but the driver was interested in what it might be.  He had seen the Everlast name through the shrink wrap and he loves MMA.  This was a cool order, including: a  couple heavy-duty wall mounted chin-up bars, med-balls, a custom ships pulley set-up for the bag and a pro-grade brown leather Everlast heavy bag.

He recently got a new ground floor apartment that has extra room and wanted to start setting up a good home workout area.  I asked, “Why the sudden interest?”

“Well, I'm on my feet again,” was his reply.  He went on to say that he had lifted regularly and done some hard core karate.  Before his divorce, he had a great home set-up, but the EX took all of his stuff.  He said it was “short term awful”.  He was left with no equipment.  Having no place to put it in his previous one room apartment, he figures this is his opportunity to upgrade with quality stuff.  I could make a couple of jokes here, having gone through the “upgrade” myself, but this guy had such a positive attitude that I just have to give you his plan.

He is going to gradually get quality pieces that fit into his current apartment, but will not be replaced when he gets a new house in a year or two.  All he has right now is a curl bar and a set of spin-lock adjustable dumbbells with old concrete filled plastic weights, and about 150 pounds of Olympic sized cast iron plates. 

THE PLAN:

1.) He is going to get a ¾ inch thick 4' x 6' rubber mat and a pair of 45# bumper plates with a trap bar (it's less than 7 feet long so won't take up much space).

2.) He will gradually get standard sized flat pancake plates to fill his curl bar and dumbbells. 

3.) Then he will get one of our Iron Boot Racks to store odd implements, while gradually building a set of pro-style dumbbells. 

4.) A real leather heavy bag is also in his future.  He has to measure his current ceiling height, because he is going to need a bag stand, instead of a ceiling mount.  Next time he comes around, we will work on which type of bag he will get that will never have to be replaced, once he moves into the house and wants to do a ceiling mount job.

5.) He is also going to get one of our used commercial grade dumbbell benches on wheels and have a buddy with a custom car shop repaint and upholster it in some wicked cool colors. 

6.) After the bench is done and he moves into the house, he will get some sort of “squat rack” that he can also do Olympic sized benching off of.  I gave him some catalogs and places to look at on the Atomic Athletic web site.  He has some time to decide.

7.) Finally, he will get a good Olympic bar after the house and rack become a reality.

This guy wants to join a new karate studio, but he figures he will wait to join one until he finds out where he will ultimately live.  That way, he won't be locked into a contract. 

Smart.

In the mean time, he will be using his “karate club dues”, that he still puts aside every month, for the quality and “compact movable” lifting and fighting equipment.  He also knows about our “boat anchor” box of factory 2nd items and the various deals we periodically have on fight accessories.

I've seen him doing common carrier pick-ups and deliveries for about a year now and every time he gives me a little update.  It's great to see him getting back on his feet with a rock solid plan.

I'm glad that we can help him make it a reality.

Live strong,

Roger LaPointe