High School Gym Gets Extreme Makeover | Michele Clark High School
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2019
- Michele Clark High is teeming with pride, despite their community's high crime rate. With athletics being a way to keep kids off the streets, the staff wanted more than just a spare room and ancient equipment to boost the morale and brighten the future of the students.
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Nothing will break up a community faster than crime and violence. It undermines the economy, family life, public safety, and education. Understandably, many people leave the area in response, and ones who stay behind often feel trapped and despondent.
Austin, a community within Chicago, Illinois, is one such neighborhood. Once one of the biggest areas in the city, Austin's population, economy, and communal feel have all steadily declined due to drugs and gang activity. In fact, Michele Clark is one of the few schools remaining in the area.
With this in mind, the school has endeavored to provide kids with safe refuge among people who feel like family. Principal Charles Anderson is the driving force behind this effort, along with Athletic Director Kevin Simmons. Both act as more than just teachers in the lives of many of the students. The entire staff has created an environment that fosters growth, and athletics is a big part of that effort. However, with a dilapidated weight room, no physical growth would be happening any time soon.
"I'm always looking for ways to encourage them, ways to excite them, ways to show them that they're number one at this school," Principal Anderson says. "For me, I wanted to build up the confidence of the students, make them proud of where they are and feel empowered to advocate for themselves. I also told them, 'I want you to be able to understand how to play hard and work hard.'"
And what better way to show his students than with a brand-new gym?
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Michele Clark High's weight room looked about as put together as a spare storage shed, where people just happened to accumulate an assortment of outdated fitness equipment. Matching dumbbells were hard to come by. Many important pieces of equipment were missing, and what remained was barely functional.
Lift Life was drawn to Michele Clark's submission, not only because of the dire condition of their gym, but because of the passion the coach and principal exuded for the kids. They treat them like their own children, making the best with what they have. This school needed a weight room that matched the immense amount of pride felt by the staff and students. It was like a second home for many, and their home deserved more than some old-school equipment straight out of the 80s, crammed into a 10-by-20 space.
After a full year of tear-downs, designing, and assembling, the Lift Life team, along with its partner, Optimum Nutrition, created the gym equivalent of a king's castle, one that could very well rival those in many college strength-training facilities. When the day of the reveal finally came, it was as if the football team had already won the state championship. Gone were the days of makeshift exercises and taking turns on one squat rack. The entire school had something they could use with pride.
"This is going to give them something that's theirs," Simmons said. "Nobody in the city has anything like this. Now you're unique. Now it's what you do with it. Are you going to let it sit dormant, or are you going to take advantage of it?"
If giving young athletes a head start in life is as exciting for you as it is for us, you can donate to the Lift Life Foundation or nominate a school to be considered for a future renovation.
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You should do a makeover on my school
@@landenteves4728 yea well if it doesn't matter I'm moving anyway
@@landenteves4728 did you meet tripe red
@@landenteves4728 that's dope
@millikanhighschool Long Beach ca
If y'all are into fitness, y'all know how special this really is
Like a dream that you thought would never come true
When I saw the leg press that they had I cried a little
@Manuel Baut104 are you into fitness
my dreamm
fr bro
Them kids gonna regret asking for a treadmill 😂, Coach gonna have em running like hell.
Just run outside lmao, doesnt look like they have space for treadmills
Friddle facts plus running on a treadmill is easier than running on the ground
@Druhrfe Hadishia Maybe African Americans, but Africans are damn good at long distance running.
Druhrfe Hadishia Some of the fastest people on earth are black people,what do you mean we don’t like running far??
They don’t need a treadmill
Only people who are trying to build a home gym rn can appreciate this fully
Yeah...shit's expensive af
I would be well happy with the gym before the makeover 😂
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@@michaelharris454 I completely support this message, but I don't understand what it has to do with the price of home gyms😂
Very expensive man i would appreciate the before gym also if i get it for home its good
29:50 “wait we get to use it today?! Sean we get to use it today!”
Sean-“I know 😐”
Master Yoda sup
Way to ruin the moment Sean
Well I mean just look at Sean.. who the hell was gonna tell him he couldn't use it?🤣
@@Flats.Flounder black Air Force energy
@@Flats.Flounder if Sean is trying to use it, Sean can use it fr
I’d fail my classes just to use that gym for another year
No cappers lmao
Hah same
Im Yonder or you can come back to the school
facts tho 😂😂
Been there but only failed bodybuilding for that👌🏽💪🏽
"SHAWN, WE CAN USE IT TODAY"
shawn: I know...
Yes kill the mood shawn
Bram facts
Like way to go shawn
Lmao
Haha shut him down hard
nice job shawn
*The weight room the day after we graduated:*
Edit 7 months later:
The replies are demanding an answer about the lamb sauce.
I have stopped ages ago searching for the lamb sauce, i'm sorry my fellow waiters 😞
U found the lamb sauce yet
Seriously, have you found the lamb sauce?
So tell us did you find it
has the lamb sauce been found yet?
HAVE YOU FOUND THE FUCKING LAMB SAUCE
Imagine being absent on that day of school.
Lmao
Then you see it the next day
The whole district gon know about it before it is unveiled lol. No kid would miss this day.
Is it just me or is that principal like the nicest guy ever?
He dresses like a black bill nye, lol
Great dude. Would love to have him as a principal
seems like he's shoving his sexuality down my throat
@@mrl434 hahaha I thought it was a woman at first
@@mikeockslong5047 same lol
Man can I have all the old equipment. I’ll use it gladly
Same
Man the handles on them row machines are cracked. The bench, squat rack, dumbbells, and preacher curl are ok the rest might be a hazard and that's coming from a guy that loves the feel of weights that have seen a lot of wear and tear. New equipment just don't have the same grip as older equipment.
Can i just have half?
@@wilsonyang4505I'll still take it and then decide for myself if it is repairable or not.
James j ok that’s cool they deserve it nigga
When a school gym is better than the actual gym u go to 👁👄👁
Damn😑
Wait fr? Bro you go to a street gym or sum shit
@@ShaikaShuriken yes... yes i do (you're not asking me but so what)
@@helloimgen3529 rip but I like fresh air better than indoors so also good for you
My high schools gyms is insane, it’s extremely cool
I love how these kids make the most of what they have. A lot of people can’t do that...
“Shawn we get to use it today”
“I know”
lololololol
HAHAHA
Yo I just commented that before I saw ur comment and now I feel stupid
Oh ITS *SEAN* ffs
@@simonjohn5059 its deshaun
The guy who helped build it :
The first thing their gunna see is the big light on the ceiling
The principal after being in there for 30 minutes:
Omg i didn’t even see that light!
My dude Rowley btw you got 303 likes
John Smith thanks omg
986 likes😲
1.1k likes
U ruined it w the edit
I'm a grown man. I teared up watching this. I remember being a kid goin to an athletic school with great teachers and sport programs but we also had that lack luster under developed weight room. When my parents moved us to a new town, the school there was polished, new, filled with equipment and also had that passion. I had these same emotions those kids were feeling. There are 2 rooms that are important in a school. Library and the weight room. You have those 2 down right and your kids will succeed.
Cheers!
Didn't realise schools even had weight rooms til i seen this, my school didnt have one man id have loved one. Happy for these kids man they sure as hell gonna get use out of it
Students: Our gym is really bad.
Lift life foundation: Hold my barbell
I'm glad Xzibit has found his true calling as a coach.
HHAHAHA
the show now is called "Pimp my Weightroom"
How did you comment this a month ago if this video came out a week ago?😂
@@taysenhouser5170 unlisted vid probably and he somehow got access to it
@@taysenhouser5170 HAHAHAHA
The principal is a fashion GOD
PragmaticSkink HE GOT SWAG!
Too slick wit it
You know what he’s called. Hega, Hegat da drip
@@mikeserrano310 it
@@mikeserrano310 😭😭😭idk what that thing is
For anyone wondering, this past season they went 9-2, did not lose a single home game, they were 2nd in their region, and top 25 in 2A in the state of Illinois
My local high school has a VERY nice weight room. This video really makes me remember how grateful I should be.
“This is the smallest transformation we’ve ever done”
*expands it into three other rooms
U think that is smallest 🤌I am from India we dream for it
@@aniketdp6690 amen to this
@@aniketdp6690 They said smallest in the video, the commenter didnt. Hence the quotations.
Guess gym equipment budget went to the principal’s wardrobe 😂
I couldn’t agree more!!!!😂
It's done by NGO
27:38 it's done for free
@@cchungkham3954 the renovations? Well no shit
And his stomach
Legitimately had chills when they revealed the room... so happy for those kids!
You know its a ghetto school when they have airport security at the main entrance
John Gabinelle yet to see a white majority school with security that bad
RUclips Channel it’s bcuz of the neighborhood dummy
johnnyboyfart lol, you don’t see black people shooting up schools. A good school would have security to make sure that doesn’t happen. Having security doesn’t necessarily mean the school is bad.
At least they’re trying to prevent things like high school shootings. Salute to them.
@@stampede5930 Rent a cops at the entrance are not there to prevent shootings.
kids are the future of these country let's keep them away from drugs and gangs....everyone should have a gym to workout and become an athlete.🏃♀️
Jessica Gonzalez that’s true
@Parental Guardian You have the audacity to have that as your username when you slander the people your supposed to be guarding and building up to take over in the future.
So I gotta be an athlete but I wanna be a computer technician HMU if y'all need PC repairs tho
@Parental Guardian is disobeying supposed to be a bad thing? i guess americas foundation is bad due to it being built off disobedience. Older people are not always right.
@Parental Guardian yes, it is, kids have always disobeyed, and kids have always been are future, and obedience isn't always good
The football players were the only ones that had a good reaction
Sonkei the girls seemed pretty amped too
Sonkei everyone did,but it was more important to the football players because weight lifting is key to them. Cardio is more important for the Track team girls
They need a pull up bar cuz upper body and bicep strength is key in football
@@beanslayer4403 they do have a pull up bar
@@haisydaisy1031 yah they workout legs a lot helps them increase their fast twitch muscle fibers
Most of them aren’t ever going to go back in there 😂😂
Lucky Luciano THEY BETTER
THEY LUCKY BRUH
The athletes will for sure
How do you know
@@josiahfranz6894 seniors
Hi my name is Jerry Stoneberger im from a small town in Texas called tarkington our weightroom is old run down and has much potential the coaches are very enthusiastic and some of the kids here are the best people ive ever met. I feel that a new weight room would be critical to growing in sports and athletic ability. Thank you.
Nobody:
Everyone in the comments: "Bro their old gym looks better than mine"
The gym is nice, they just need to clean it ^^
Nah that shit looked like a horror movie
@@jakerumbaugh15 Nah you look like a horror movie not the gym
Jared Foster lmao 😂
That doesn’t make sense nobody but still it’s everybody wtf???
Well jokes on u, my school doesn’t even HAVE a gym so ha
Jokes on u I don't need to leave my home to go to school
I'm 99% sure no school in my country has a gym
green bean13 China
nobody asked nigka
Nigga wtf
Being a gym lover. Seeing some of them cry, literally made me cry.
Happy for them… weightlifting class was the highlight of my 4 years in highschool.
Hopefully they enjoy, and stay safe!
Love this series. It would be cool if you guys would transform the body of people in a year. That would be an excellent idea!
Hahaha of the headmaster
I'm glad you think your idea is excellent
They did it in date movie
Shawn we get to use it today
Shawn: i know
Don't worry guys, your blessed to do this. Millions of blessings will be on you.. Love you guys.. From India
One look at the principal and i could already tell he was a cool dude
post watch: This principal is definitely my favorite. He's so jovial and happy all the time. I love it.
I thought the principal was a girl for a while ngl
Wxnterz same until it said his name I thought he was a girl
They had you in the first half
I think hes a transgender
@@Smurk1100 Me too
Had me in the first half
I love how the teachers and the principal all care about the students and how they all get to know them. I wish my school was like that. I feel kids would enjoy school more and excel.
Loving this principal!!! So happy for all the students there! What an awesome organization!
Every kid deserves an opportunity to train, and succeed in athletics. What a great program! I’m sure those kids are thankful. Bless those coaches and staff.
Im really happy for them but, duddddeeee when i look at some of them and how they do the exercises my joints hurt already damn......
DarLiN CSGO because they’re active
Yeah, but they’ll learn and they’re young so they’ll heal fast, unlike our old butts 😭😭
lmao i thought the same but they'll learn like the rest of us overtime. This was still really cool to see
Come and have a look at Secondary schools in the UK....that first gym would be a blessing!
True
True
ikr we didnt even have a bench or a squat rack, we just had shitty machines
We actually got a decent gym at my school but the teachers never open it
@@Luke_Edmonds that sucks mate. We have a YMCA gym but the weights are pathetic and its's the size of a regular classroom.
God bless these students, I never grew up in that type of struggle but I feel for them and I hope all of them well. Stay blessed , keep working hard, keep ya head up 💪🏽🙏🏽
God bless you guys!! For your outstanding work!!!
my favorite line, 29:40 “we don’t have any excuses now”
This was emotional and I'm so happy for them
Appreciate any help back to community... peace 👍
nice seeing such a geniunely shocked and excited reaction... ive seen way too many shows like this where the winner is like "wow,. its so nice!" these people are LOVING it
If that team did so well without a weight room, they are gonna be beasts with this weight room!
I kinda teared when it was first revealed. As an young Architect who wants to specialize in sports building it is so awesome to see how amazing designs impacts people.
As an young architect, you were allowed in with such grammar?
Snickers _ Hello Grammar Nazi! 🤩 So nice of you to notice my typo. 👌🏻
Btw english is my 3rd language, how many languages do you speak?
I don’t see why that matters... but I speak 3
31:35 good spotter 😂
At that point he should half the weight lmao
Stuff like this is really important for youth to feel like they have genuine opportunity to succeed
I'M FROM A COUNTRY CALLED GUYANA IN SOUTH AMERICA AND LOVES FITNESS. IT WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT PEOPLE/ BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CAN GIVE JOY AND HAPPINESS BY JUST GIVING BACK. THUMPS UP TO LIFT LIFE & OPTIMUM NUTRITION FOR BLESSING THESE KIDS . ONE LOVE
You are such a kind soul. Bless you.
29:55 Dude who found out he can use it today:Shawn we can use today
Shawn:I know
Wonderful and inspiring. It really puts the little problems in perspective, and makes one look at the importance of contributing to improving the quality of life of those who have long struggled. Wonderful video.
This is beautiful! Thank you for doing what you do!
Im 17 years old and have been lifting weights ever since I had access to them, and to see this and what y'all do for them brings tears to my eyes. I had no idea when I clicked on this video that I would cry tears of joy, thank you guys. Im so glad you could create a space that these kids will fall in love with, like I have with all the weightrooms and gyms I have trained in.
20 years old now bro. live life to the fullest man god bless you
@@ericksanchez9941 appreciate people like yourself, kick ass and take names
“Go to class!”
“Ai-aight”
Time stamp bro.
Ferina Clan 9:43
Teacher: your late Punishment. 20 squat
Student: YESSSSSSS
@@JustDoinFlorida like a bowse
This is incredible! this very well could change the lives of hundreds of students now and in the future. Amazing
I wish the best for all these kids! Keep up the work.
this is basiccaly like west coast customs..
But you can still keep the room clean and well maintained...
there is a reason it was trashed before.
Those tv's in front of the treadmills was probably in somebody's living room by the end of the week.
Detroit got a whole fleet of new ambulances and like a year later they were all brokenness
Yea obviously they don’t take care of there weight room.. it wasn’t the best before but it wasn’t the worst.
Yeah it was dirty and unorganized that could be fixed
When the Chargers were in San Diego they would do this for the most improved football team. I remember we went from 3-7 to 10-3 and they redid our weight room.
It's 4:00am while I'm watching this. Made my day already
Kid- we get to use it today?
Camera man- yea
Kid- Sean! We get to use it today
Sean- I know
Damn
Sean had a bad day y’all
18:43 that boi in the blue can run
Thx man
@@Rex-mj1qb dats no even you
Andres Nava r/woosh
@@Rex-mj1qb wait are you.really that kid
@@Rex-mj1qb and the fact you have gamer in your name I can tell your not him
I love the joy on their faces :)
Bravo Lift Life Foundation! God Bless 👍🏾👍🏾🇦🇺
This makes me wanna start my own foundation to help schools in need.
Their old gym equipment looks better than my garage setup
Yeah honestly my highschools gym was 2 machines that didn't really work.
My high school wasn’t funded that well overall but what we did have was a hella weight room. Everything you could think of the weight room had.
Well I mean I'd hope so it's a school lol
Does your garage have over a hundred athletes working out in there?
I got a garage set up too I thought I was the only one 😂
Thank you guys from ON you guys are awesome . we need more companies like this
This is awesome absolutely love my highschool gym and things like this help out many athletes
Bless that coach and all the people who came and put effort into making this.
One word. Wow! Ok, 3 more words. Love this story!
These kids just got blessed
i love the energy the principal has. he seems nice
My favorite thing about the gym is the interactive touch screen that displays different workouts.
That was one amazing film. I really do hope they all use it and achieve the best results. Well done to everyone. A great initiative.
Man this is beautiful ❤ thanks to everyone involved
One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I’m gonna use this as motivation today in the gym.
2:49 that previous one looks pretty nice
It was a renovated one
Super positive!!! That’s what life is all about. Being a vessel for others!
Ngl the first gym room kinda reminds me of primary school. Obv the done up one is better but the family feel of the first one is unmatched
Tbh I wouldn’t mind if the gym was like the old gym because I would still have fun lmao 😂
Yea, it kinda has a story, but this one i great too
Mind blown.. AMAZING WORK!!!! I am at loss of words here😢👌👌
He says "it kinda hot"
Meanwhile he's wearing a hoodie whilst working out?
No wonder its hot!
He should be grateful to have a hoodie to workout in. My ex currently has her closet full of my hoodies.
TXRager with a sense of humour like that, you could find ten new girls at the same time
Tlar Brnske Actually no... People wear hoodies to lose weight. I wrestle, and i use my hoodie while working out to stable my weight class.
Chase. Morgan112 kids a football player and doesn't even look lean enough to lose water weight. Just loose the belly to make scale
“Sean we can use it today”
“I know”
He wasn’t taking no for an answer 😂
super well-done guys... amazing job for really cool kids...
I went to school here, we hid a lot of the weights we had and messed up the room so we could get a new gym💪🏾
I figured it's not a bad idea at all.
loooool
That is a clever way of taking advantage of there effort and painful work and compassion.
Rebirth Resurrection it was my idea 💡
LMFAOAOAOAOAOAO
Watching that video. I don't wanna skip also can't wait to see the transformation....👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I am not American, nor do I live in America, but what Lift Life foundation is doing is good. Growing up and going to school , where you could get shot just walking to school, that is just not a good thing.
AWESOME guys !! That's such a great thing you guys do for schools that don't have much money to up grade !!
10:50 thanks for leaving that part in LOL gave me a good laugh
muricaaa!! xDDD
Wonderful video 👏 i love seeing positive videos like this
It's crazy I was going to nominate my old school and I come upon the video of them getting a new one love it so happy for Michelle Clark they deserve it this school has come a long way and the fact officer brown daughter was apart of this makes it even better R.I.P officer brown
I've already seen this.. Just gotta watch it again
Why am I in tears? Smh
29:55 How my friends always react when I try to tell them something awesome 😂
This reminds me of my high school. Great to see this happening