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Hello,
Just thought I would message here as most of my questions were written here and I don't know if everyone reads every section (I don't) so I figured better to say it here where I had the most posts made.
Amazon as you know, gave me a full refund on the book Simple and Sinister ($33 or so) as I never saw it.
This refund was done 10 days after I had received an email stating my book was delivered and I hadn't seen anything.
Anyway, 3 days after I got the refund, I get a pickup parcel slip in my post box. I go to post office and there it is, simple and sinister.
They told me the book arrived on 13th of April (which is when Amazon said I had received it) - Someone must of taken the slip out of the mail box and lost it or something because I never saw it and they said the one I brought in was a reminder that "Hey you had a book here last 2 weeks when are you getting it?"
So I contacted Amazon where I can return the book as I got my refund... The reason I asked that was because I got into barbell work.
I bought myself a half squat rack, olympic barbell, olympic cast iron plates, a flat commercial bench, gym flooring and yeah. Took advice of some people here not to worry too much about brands... and the fact I just got whatever I could afford I am glad I did, I feel absolutely amazing training and even this stuff wont break on me. So now I see the whole brand thing is really 'irrelevant' that I been chasing for over a year!
So because I decided to get into strength training (barbell work) I didn't need this kettlebell book anymore.
So I contacted Amazon asked them if i can return it to them, do the right thing since they did refund me the money and yet I did receive it... they told me I can keep the book and not to worry about it. That is there Good will for the fact I was honest and told them Hey I got your book... but I don't need it so I rather return it than pay for it a 2nd time.
So all in all, everything has worked out and I (no offence intended to anyone that loves KB training) am glad I did not buy kettlebells, because they would be sitting in the corner collecting dust. I absolutely love bench pressing, deadlifting, squatting, over head pressing and barbell rowing.
It just feels 'real' to me, like lifting real weight. Dunno, I was always an Arnold Swarzenegger fan and that Golden Era of Gym training back in Golds gym... well, yeah, barbell is where it is at for me.
I guess in end, no point doing a program (even if it is good) if you don't enjoy it. There are many ways to train and what I learned from this is, pick the training program you will enjoy doing as that is the one that will work, the rest you will get bored and it wont work because you will quit.
For me... its barbell work not kettlebell work so I'm just happy i got a refund on something I wont be using and happy I didn't go buy those rogue bells which would of been a huge waste of money. So again, thanks to the people that told me to get a cheap gym and start with that (Cheap kettlebells in that case) i applied that principle to cheap bar/rack etc... and now I am having the time of my life. Feel absolutely amazing....
Arnold Swarznegger, here i come!
Just thought I would message here as most of my questions were written here and I don't know if everyone reads every section (I don't) so I figured better to say it here where I had the most posts made.
Amazon as you know, gave me a full refund on the book Simple and Sinister ($33 or so) as I never saw it.
This refund was done 10 days after I had received an email stating my book was delivered and I hadn't seen anything.
Anyway, 3 days after I got the refund, I get a pickup parcel slip in my post box. I go to post office and there it is, simple and sinister.
They told me the book arrived on 13th of April (which is when Amazon said I had received it) - Someone must of taken the slip out of the mail box and lost it or something because I never saw it and they said the one I brought in was a reminder that "Hey you had a book here last 2 weeks when are you getting it?"
So I contacted Amazon where I can return the book as I got my refund... The reason I asked that was because I got into barbell work.
I bought myself a half squat rack, olympic barbell, olympic cast iron plates, a flat commercial bench, gym flooring and yeah. Took advice of some people here not to worry too much about brands... and the fact I just got whatever I could afford I am glad I did, I feel absolutely amazing training and even this stuff wont break on me. So now I see the whole brand thing is really 'irrelevant' that I been chasing for over a year!
So because I decided to get into strength training (barbell work) I didn't need this kettlebell book anymore.
So I contacted Amazon asked them if i can return it to them, do the right thing since they did refund me the money and yet I did receive it... they told me I can keep the book and not to worry about it. That is there Good will for the fact I was honest and told them Hey I got your book... but I don't need it so I rather return it than pay for it a 2nd time.
So all in all, everything has worked out and I (no offence intended to anyone that loves KB training) am glad I did not buy kettlebells, because they would be sitting in the corner collecting dust. I absolutely love bench pressing, deadlifting, squatting, over head pressing and barbell rowing.
It just feels 'real' to me, like lifting real weight. Dunno, I was always an Arnold Swarzenegger fan and that Golden Era of Gym training back in Golds gym... well, yeah, barbell is where it is at for me.
I guess in end, no point doing a program (even if it is good) if you don't enjoy it. There are many ways to train and what I learned from this is, pick the training program you will enjoy doing as that is the one that will work, the rest you will get bored and it wont work because you will quit.
For me... its barbell work not kettlebell work so I'm just happy i got a refund on something I wont be using and happy I didn't go buy those rogue bells which would of been a huge waste of money. So again, thanks to the people that told me to get a cheap gym and start with that (Cheap kettlebells in that case) i applied that principle to cheap bar/rack etc... and now I am having the time of my life. Feel absolutely amazing....
Arnold Swarznegger, here i come!