I started training at home doing pushups and hand stand presses and using that spring contraption that you bend, that Arnold advertised lol. I was 9 years old lol and gyms wouldn't let kids in at that time even with a guardian. Then we had a very small gym at my apartment complex, mostly I was alone, sometimes there was someone else. I had my hardest workouts there as a teen.
I still have one of those "Weider Power Twisters".....bought it at a yard sale.
As a kid I had one in my closet and would break it out and use it at times and get a good pump.
One winter night after not using it for quite a while,I got it out and did a few reps and while it was in the bent position,it snapped right in half just my missing my chin.
I had it up against the closet wall that faced the outside of the house and I assume the cold Massachusette winter made it a bit more brittle and susceptible to breaking my fucking jaw. LOL
Another time I had some rubber contraption with the handle on my foot fucking around and doing one arm curls with it while lying on my bed,well on one of the harder reps,it slipped off my foot and snapped me right in my fucking eye.....I saw a white light for 5 minutes and thought for sure I lost my eyeball.
I won`t go into the story about the pair of Weiders Iron Shoes I owned......how was I supposed to know you weren`t supposed to wear them to church? LOL