Pain sucks, limitations suck but I must say I have always welcomed a good challenge! For those that don’t know me let me give you a little bit of my background. I am a former football player, martial arts practitioner and powerlifter from the great state of Texas! In my early to mid-20’s I would like to think I was somewhat of a bad ass!
I used to walk around weighing about 330lbs with 500lb bench pressing 22-inch biceps. I spent most of my time drinking booze, lifting weights and training martial arts. Notorious for my ability to get into trouble always avoiding the dire consequences that came with my idiotic over the top antics. I thought I was invincible, I didn’t think anything could stop me well what a dumb ass I was.
During a weightlifting session I sustained what I thought at the time was a minor back injury. The injury was an L4/L5 bulging disc, seeking the guidance from one of the top orthopedic surgeons in Maryland I thought that I would be healed in no time. Boy was I wrong this was only the beginning of tremendous pain, diminished physical ability and a lot of fucking suffering.
To make a long story short I had a lot more going on with me than a bulging disc, I also had spinal stenosis throughout my thoracic spine which eventually turned me into a cripple. Luckily I was able to get that issue fixed around 2013 and it took about a year for me to heal up. There was just one thing I had forgotten about, I still had the other back injury which was slowly getting worse over time.
Fast forward to May 2017 I found myself under the knife again! This time I was getting my l4, l5 and s1 discs trimmed down. I really hope this is the last damned surgery I have in my life because being weak and useless at 35 years of age really really sucks!
I’m fat, out of shape and weak as hell! That’s ok, I now have an opportunity to not only fix myself but become a better version of the person I was in my 20’s. My goal is to not only get strong again but also to completely transform my body and set the bar for anyone else that has had set backs like myself.
I hope I didn’t bore you too much with my story but I just wanted to let you guys know about my new journey and hopefully you can follow along with me.