Freddie Ramos Powers Up by Jacqueline Jules

Author:Jacqueline Jules
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2022-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

5. At the Gym

The gym had a wall with free weights of every size lined up. It also had a mirror so you could see yourself being strong.

Uncle Jorge put on some gloves with the fingers cut out. I saw another chance to test my new strength!

“If you’re wearing those, can I wear mine?”

I showed him the yellow gloves with the rubber dots on the palms.

“Sure,” Uncle Jorge said. “Let’s get started.”

Uncle Jorge was really strict. He said I couldn’t touch anything unless he said it was okay. And first we had to jog in place for a few minutes.

“This is called a warm-up,” Uncle Jorge explained. “It gets your muscles ready to exercise.”

Uncle Jorge knows a lot about strength training. He said he’d been using weights since my dad taught him how. They used to go to the gym together, before I was born. Uncle Jorge had been a soldier, like my dad. Except Uncle Jorge came home from the war.

“Your dad was a hero, Freddie,” Uncle Jorge said. “We will always remember him.”

After our warm-up, Uncle Jorge showed me how to do push-ups.

“I want to see how strong your arms are,” he said.

With my yellow gloves, I could do ten push-ups without getting tired.

“¡Bien hecho!” Uncle Jorge approved. “Let’s try a free weight.”

Uncle Jorge gave me a short blue bar with weights on each end. He called it a dumbbell.

“Is it too heavy for your hand?” he asked.

“It’s fine,” I said.

“Put your arm down by your side and raise the weight by bending your elbow,” Uncle Jorge said. “Use a smooth motion.”

Uncle Jorge watched my form as I lifted the blue dumbbell eight times with my right hand and eight times with my left.

“Rest,” Uncle Jorge said. “Then see if you can lift it for a second set of eight.”

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