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Fifteen year-old makes weights from concrete and cardboard forms

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Jessica Uhler

My son normally wakes up at 4:30am and rides his bike to the gym to work out before school. He is extremely dedicated and disciplined, and was heartbroken when his gym closed because he has been working so hard. He went to the hardware store and brought home a steel pipe and fittings, cardboard cement forms and concrete mix. Cutting the cardboard into different thicknesses and pouring concrete into them allowed him to create plates heavy enough to get close to his weights at the gym.

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