Free barbell/dumbbell plates in Blenheim

[jenda]

Hey everyone!

New to this site and new to 'Gorilla Pit' in Blenheim. Thanx Ignite for sending me a phone number to get in ;-)

Long story short, a 1000k tramping in South island and 10h work days has reduced my weight by 12kg to skinny numbers. I took up Occam's protocol to regain at least some of my original weight in the remaining 2,5 months, so my mom doesn't bust into tears when I get back :-D

Anyway, I assembled a T-handle (t-bar) as a substitute for kettlebells, which r not available at the pit. Was wondering if anybody can lent/rent me some plates up to 25 or 30 kg so I (and my lady) could use the T-handle outside the gym as well. Let's say for a couple of beers? :-) I'm a nice guy and am definitely not flying away with plates in my pack.

Thanks to anybody for any advice on that. Cheers

Jan

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

welcome to the forum, what's gorilla pit is that the name of a gym or something?

[Pseudonym]

Welcome Jan. I take it you're a visitor to NZ - where are you from? And also, how should we pronounce Jan?

 

Long story short, a 1000k tramping in South island and 10h work days

I think you should tell us the long story. Sounds interesting!

[jenda]

I'm Czech and have been to NZ for 12 months already.

Long story long: The first weight loss, about 5kg, came right in the first month in NZ, which I attribute to intensive trekking and learning how to travel in NZ. Then I worked at a vineyard in Marlborough, nothing stressful, good food, plenty of beer, etc ;-) We started traveling again in Sep 14,but were more and more into serious tramping, doing all kinds of crazy 3-8 days tramps, incl. difficult routes, etc. Our tramping fitness rocketed.It peaked in April with 35 days packed with tramps, just a few days for transport and repacking. I tried to eat as much food as I could, but when we returned to Renwick, the scale said, 60kg and no more, which is quite scary for a 179cm guy ;-) Was worth it, though.

My name is Pronounced with y like in yolk, so it's Yan.

Gorilla pit is a nickname for local MAWLA gym (Marlborough amateur weight lifting association)

[Pseudonym]

Yeah I think I remember a few members here talking about the Gorilla Pit years ago. Isn't it community owned and run by volunteers? Sounded pretty cool.

 

I think we've got a couple of members around Blenheim who still visit the site every now and then. Hopefully they can help you out.

 

Out of interest, what made you decide to go for Occam's protocol? Had you tried it before?