My Journey

It's been awhile.. story time. Last October I had an accident where I fell hard on my right shoulder. I thought nothing of it until I finally went to the doctor. They said it was just bruised and put me in a sling for a week. That did nothing to help and I couldn't raise my arm over above my head and there was a loud popping noise whenever I moved it at all. I wasn't able to work out and this lasted for months. Finally in April I saw a specialist and he said the fall only exasperated a condition that has been developing without my knowledge. He referred to it as "weightlifters shoulder" which comes from years of heavy weight training. I finally had surgery in April where they shaved about half an inch off my collarbone to open up the area inside my shoulder to prevent my collarbone from hitting anything. The surgery was successful and recovery was rather quick. However I think the hardest part is finally getting back into the gym after a little over a year of not lifting at all. It drives me crazy. But having gone for a little over three weeks consistently, I have been seeing improvements and starting to resemble what I used to be. It's going to take a long time, but I feel that fire inside of me again that I haven't felt since I first started lifting. My shoulder still isn't 100%, but I'm not going to let it stop me from achieving my goals.

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Go to the gym and get your shit done.

Top excuse a significant other hates to hear

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Obligatory "look what's in my shopping cart" pic. Two packs of chicken, tuna, some veggies, two packs of Uncle Ben's rice to try out, and some ground beef. Thought I might as well try the blue monster while at it.