2/WEIGHTS
LIFESTYLE CHANGE
SAM CARTER
HAS ONE QUESTION BEFORE HE INVITES A
YOUNG ATHLETE INTO HIS GYM, “DO YOU
WANT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE?” AT 27:17,
THE PROVERBIAL ADAGE THAT AS IRON
SHARPENS IRON, SO ONE PERSON SHARP-
ENS ANOTHER TRANSCENDS THE WEIGHT
ROOM TO DEVELOP THE TOTAL PERSON.
40 S OUT H M AGA ZI NE.C OM
40 S OUT H M AGA ZI NE.C OM
A VERSE IN PROVERBS – “AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO
ONE PERSON SHARPENS ANOTHER.” – IS ONE THAT CARTER
REGULARLY REPEATS. CARTER IS A MOUNTAIN OF A MAN WHOSE
CHISELED PHYSIQUE WOULD BE MORE INTIMIDATING IF NOT
FOR HIS DISARMING SMILE AND RELENTLESS POSITIVITY.
HERE IN THE GYM, HE IS IN HIS ELEMENT. “IF YOU’RE GOOD AT
SOMETHING AND YOU LOVE IT, BUT YOU DON’T GET PAID, THAT’S
CALLED A HOBBY. IF YOU’RE GOOD AT SOMETHING AND YOU GET
PAID TO DO IT, BUT YOU DON’T LOVE IT, THAT’S CALLED A JOB,”
CARTER SAYS. “BUT IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, YOU’RE GOOD AT
IT, AND YOU GET PAID TO DO IT – THAT’S A PASSION.”
Photo: D. Paul Graham
BY JUSTIN JARRETT