Personal Narrative: Middle School Changed Me

Middle School Changed Me
Middle school was a amazing experience, for me anyway. I, myself have changed tremendously from the beginning of 6th grade to the end of 8th grade. Not just in appearance either, on the inside as well.
Entering middle school, I was scared because I looked differently compared to the other kids around me. I feared that I might get bullied by upperclassmen or even my peers. Though it did help that my elementary was literally 5 steps from Luna Middle School, the middle school that I attended, so that was nice. Even then there was many new faces in that school. I was entering Middle school, “ the next chapter of my life” as my mom called it, extremely unfit. I was 5 foot 6 inches and I weighed 170-175, I was pre-diabetic and my liver was showing complications.
First week of middle school, I was just trying

to fit in with my environment and the other kids whom I didn't know of. Luckily, I found my friend Devin, he took me to the weight room on the first day of FLEX. FLEX was a program where you got to do almost anything you desire for a entire period, rather it be ping pong, weight lifting, flag football, reading or just plain chilling with your friends. I had never been in a real gym or weight room before in my life, to be honest I don't think I had ever even worked out before that day. On that day Devin and the Coach taught me all of the basic lifts such as deadlift, squat and bench. So I did them for the first time and of
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course I did them wrong, then got yelled at by the head coach, Coach Gignac. After a week, I got the form and technique down, so now it was time to putting on heavy weight and maxing out. That week I maxed out, I got 135 on bench, 250 on squat and 315 on deadlift. Which was considered pretty good for my age at that time. So that impressed the coaches a lot, and they wanted me to play sports for them next year in 7th grade. So I kept going to the weight room every day, and got stronger.
Then in 7th grade, I couldn’t play Football because my dad said that it was too dangerous for me and that I could get seriously hurt. I did Track & Field, I am a big kid so I couldn’t do any of the running events, instead I threw. I did Shot Put & Discus, for my events. I was good at Shot Put but not that good on Discus because Discus involves more form than actual strength. While on the other hand shot put is mainly about strength and less about form. I was South zone champ in 7th grade
In 8th grade I got District champ and during practice Coach Jay told me that I broke the Texas State record, right after NISD admin came to Luna to check our equipment.

Track was my only sport, so I worked really hard to be the best that I can be. Track wasn't the only thing that i tried to be the best in, rather I was trying to be a better person overall. In 8th grade, I was no longer pre-diabetic or had any other health concerning issues, I was fit and strong. At the end of 8th grade, I weighed 165 (10 lbs less than 6th grade) and my height was 5’10” ( 5 inches more than 6th grade). My maxes now are 270 on bench, 535 on squat, 585 on deadlift, which as you can tell is a major jump from 6th grade.
Some people may say that middle school was the worst years of their life,but in my case middle school was the best years of my life. It changed me, It made me a better person then who I was before. I am wiser, smarter,stronger, and overall just better. So if any elementary kids were
to read this. Middle school isnt bad, its good so enjoy every minute of it. If I could go back and change anything, there would be a lot of things I would

change.