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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: War against fat people
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on: April 06, 2010, 07:18:59 PM
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These photos are of me at 300 to 305. I competed at this weight. I am not by any means skinny. But I am not fat. I have some fat obviosuly buit who cares. I am NOT a bodybuilder or ever said I was. I did what I did and did pretty good at it. I was training for the 2000 olympics in the Discus. I was weighing about 293 when I moved to LA to train with a coach who saw me train in Hawaii. I was throwing 196' then with 2 years to train. My goal weight was 275. I was riding my bike 28 miles a day at least 3 to 4 days a week. At 8am I would ride to the gym which was 7 miles from my house which included some of the biggest hills in the area. Not a flat ride. Then I would go back to the gym at 4pm. That is 28 miles. On weekends I had a truck tire I filled with cement and would tie a rope around my waist and pull the tire around Diamond Head in Honolulu. I was in the best cardio shape I have been in. I was still benching 500 and could still put my leg behind my head and do full splits. Then when I moved to LA within 2 months I got bit by the spider. For five years my leg was so painful I could barely walk. Every month my I would get a 102 degree temperture and shiver, my calf would swell up to 31", get so red you could not touch it, the skin would peel and I would leak water from my calf. This literally happened every month for the first 5 years. It would get so bad I would spend 4 to 5 hours in my bathtub with the hottest water cause I could not walk. As the years gone by it has gotten better. 3 years ago I spent christmas and new years (2 weeks) in the hospital cause my leg swelled to 32" and just wouldn't go down. From my weaked immune system now I get sick when before I never got sick. I have gotten gout 3 times. I just got hypoxia and pneumonia. So if you think I wanted to get fat and sloppy you are kidding yourself. I made great money with my body the way it was. I was not a fitness king or a skinny guy or bodybuilder. I was a guy who when I walked into just about any business or place people would look and ask me what football team I played for or how much I bench or can I feel your muscles. I was never called fat. I am trying to lose it and get back into decent shape. It is taking way longer than I thought cause shit happens along the way. I can't control that. So go ahead make fun of me being fat. But I was not always fat. These are not excuses. I have none. These are just the facts and in some way have affected me mentally where I sometime lose my drive.
What type of spider was it? |
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