Don took me to bob blocks sporting goods to buy me weights for Christmas. I just remember us loading weights into the van followed by a bench and them a squat rack. Don thought I should have more so we kept loading until the springs were about to bust. The real bust was my moms head exploding when we got back and realized that Don had maxxed out the credit card with no real intentions of paying it off. It was the same card he used to scrape ice from his windshield. Another example of Dons heart overriding his brain. I used those weights until the bench and squat rack fell a part and the olympic bar was bent.
To this day, I still workout five days a week. He followed up on my every interest and never discouraged any of it. He was my biggest fan and I loved him for that.