I saw my teammate kinda did one of these, although his title was way catchier, so I thought...why not. I was welcomed onto the team exactly one year ago this coming weekend. What a crazy ride it has been to get here. Just to recap this past year in a nutshell:
April 2016: U.S Open - failed water cut - 1140 @ 181
August 2016: Boss of Bosses - failed water cut- total unknown @ 181
August-February ------> out due to injury.
And so, I can look back on this year and be upset, or I can simply reflect and decide to be better. I have gone through more personal shit in the past year than I have in my entire life, and I can finally say the madness has come to an end, minus my back of course. I've had 3 months of doing nothing but reflecting and growing, and I'm proud to be where I'm at right now. I've been down about the back stuff, but I'm getting there. Still experimenting, still trying to figure out something to help.
Regardless of all of that, it kind of dawned on me this past weekend that I don't need to sit around and do nothing. I can still get into the gym, my goal is just different. 1. Do what doesn't hurt 2. Be healthy. I had avoided the gym all together for about 2 months because I thought it would help me let it go and would help me heal. Really though, the back issue hasn't gotten better, no matter what I have tried, and I'm not even training to aggravate it or anything. This weekend is the Arnold and I plan to train with my Elite FTS team on Friday night, maybe get some squats in with the bar and some light bench, but I'm not crippled. I'm injured, but that doesn't mean I can't still be a part of the gym in some way, so I'm going to do that.