Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Book Series (19 page)

X decided +o ^aih
ry
wei^k+ ih MUSCLE, ho+ fa+.

X've hever beeh all +ka+ ih+eres+ed ih get+ih^ ih skape be/ore, bu+ +kis wres+lih^ uhi+ kas made me re+kihk -tkihgS

X figure
if
X bulk up how, i+ could ac+ually come ih kahdy down +ke road.

Xke /oo+ball uhi+ is coming ih +ke sprihg, ahd +Key spli+ +Ke +eams up ih+o skir+s ahd skihs. A^d X ALWAYS

Xf X to*"! pack oh some muscle how, it’ll fee a whole differeht story hext April.

X>high+, after

X showed them some muscle magarihes X 3ot at

Mom didn’t really say anything a+ first, but Pad was pretty enthusiastic. X think he was just glad X K»d a change of heart from how X used +o fee when X was a kid—

But Mom said if X wanted a weight set, X was going +o have +
0
prove that X could slick wilh an exercise regimen. She said I coold do lhal by doing sit-ups and jumping jacks for -two weeks.

X had lo explain lhal ihe only way lo gel lolally bulked op is lo gel ihe kind of high-lech machines ihey have al ihe gym, bol Mom didn’l want lo hear it.

XKen Pad said
if
X wanted a bencK press, X sKoold keep ny Angers crossed
for
CKristmas.

Bert CKristnaS is a nontK and a KalA away. And if
X
get pinned by fregley one no re tine,
X’n gonna KaVe a nervous breakdown.

So it looks like Mon and Pad aren’t going to be any Kelp. And tkat neans Xn going to
K«Ve
to +ake natters in+o ny own Kands, as usual.

wait +o start ny weigkt-training progran today. E-Ven tkoogk Mon wouldn't let ne get +Ke equipment
X
needed,
X
wasn’t going to let tKat Kold ne back.

Saturday X couldn’t

So X weht into tke fridge and emptied oot tke milk and orange joice and -filled tke jogs witk sand- jVn X taped tkem to a broomstick, and X kad myself a pretty decent barbell.

After tk«t, X made a benck press oot of an ironing board and some boxes. Once X kad tkat all set, X was ready to do Some serioos lifting.

X needed a shotting partner, so X called Rowley. And wken ke skowed op at my door wearing some ridicoloos getop, X knew X made a mistake inviting kim.

X made Rowley use the bench press first, mostly because X wanted to see
if
the broomstick was going +o bold up.