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"Impove my handicap and in bodybuilding. Making Wheelchair Bodybuilding BIGGER AND BETTER! That's why I added you! If you have time please add my other Wheelchair Bodybuilding friends!"
A mistake at birth left me with Cerebral Palsy, When I was born the doctor that was on duty that night didn't follow the x-rays that were in my mother's file and went ahead and did the procedure his own way. Instead of delivering me by C section he pulled me with forceps and just tossed me in one of those blue baskets and left me on the floor not breathing while he tried to stop my mother from bleeding. During the time I spent without oxygen I developed cerebral palsy. I started therapy 1 1/2 years later; trunk, abs, legs and neck, just so I could hold my head up and crawl.
I grew up with 80's movies; Rocky, Rambo, Arnold, etc. And every time I'd watch one I'd think to myself, "that's so cool, I want to look like that." When I was around 6 years old there was a T.V. show called The Incredible Hulk. I used to watch it every week and I found out that the actor who played the hulk had a handicap so I figured if he could get that big I could too, ha! He's deaf! Then when I was 11 I saw Conan the Barbarian on its opening day and after that I always wanted to be a bodybuilder. I would go hit the weights after watching a movie. Also, in the 80's there were shows about the future, like "in 1988 world war III will begin and people will start eating each other movies. “Red Dawn” and “Road Warrior”. I had the thought that I didn't want to be left behind, so I worked out... give me a brake, I was 13.
My junior high had a weight room and there I did leg presses and curls. I also bought muscle magazines and took weight gainers, remember those Joe Weider tablets?
My brothers owned Tak Kwon Do studios and every time they closed one I'd get the weights, rusty Weider plates, ankle weights and dumb bells. Not until 1984 did I really start wanting to get big. I had a huge setback with my hip surgery in 1986; I found a doctor who didn't know me, he took one look at me and said, "my God, his hip's out of joint!" so, I had to start over, as soon as I was out of the cast, my cousins and I went to K-Mart, I bought more ankle weights and wore them on my wrist the summer of '86.
In high school, working out made me feel better all over. The high school had a weight room and my uncle owned a gym, so I worked out in both places though out the rest of the 80's. My teachers and physical therapists had a conference at the end of my 9th grade, what for? I have no idea. Anyway, my old therapists said it was a bad idea for me to work out, that it would do something to my Cerebral Palsy and she had no idea what she was talking about.
One of the main things I try to do is open doors for many other disabled people, e-mailing them back, showing them how to get into bodybuilding and making wheelchair bodybuilding bigger and better, whatever I can do to help someone better their lives. Lastly for me is getting bigger and better every year.
Why I Love It:
I just have been doing it so long, before 1984, I had therapy for my Cerebral Palsy, abs trunk ect and the stronger/ bigger I get the less involved my C.P. is, I don't feel it's a matter of choice for me. I'm just going to keep on going.
How I Stay Motivated:
I think about people who can feed them self/put food in their mouth on their own, get food out of the frige on their own but still cry about the food they eat. One more thing- there's a lot of people I love and I think about loving them though the wall and hugging them really hard because I love them so much. the web site said tell the truth, there you go.
Impove my handicap and in bodybuilding. Making Wheelchair Bodybuilding BIGGER AND BETTER! That's why I added you! If you have time please add my other Wheelchair Bodybuilding friends!
Goal (Long):
my goals are unreal, impossible! That's what I will do.
Patrick Laugerude -- 2007 USA Wheelchair Champions
Played: 57
Description: JUNE 2007, USA NATIONALS,
Patrick Laugerude - 2007 Wheelchair Nationals
Played: 25
Description: West Palm Beach, FL - March 10th, 2007 . I had pneumonia, I had fluid around my lungs and Paracardioitis water around my heart, both increasing. I spent five days in ICU in Atlanta. All the doctors told me I could’ve died. felt like it too, lol.
Patrick Laugerude - 2006 Wheelchair Nationals
Played: 13
Description: 2006 Wheelchair Nationals - Night Routine - West Palm Beach, FL - March 18th, 2006 - Wheelchair Bodybuilding
Patrick Laugerude - 2007 Rocky Mountain Championsh Played: 18
Patrick Laugerude - 2006 Rocky Mountain Championsh Played: 17
Why I like this video: I first seen this on the Playboy channel when I was 13, it’s fantastic and the host are very sexy. I will always remember this great video from our satellite, along with other wonderful educational programming.
The last two days I’ve listened to my Elvis 2nd to None CD while doing cardio on my spin bike. I made 10 and a little over miles in 90 minutes, I don’t sing, once in a while I do, but I lip-sync. I’ve been impersonating Elvis before I seen Andy Koufman on t.v. he mixes...
I am humbled to receive those comments and I consider them high praise indeed especially coming from you. Keep pushing yourself and amazing everyone that you come in contact with.
You have come a long way and with your obvious desire and determination you are nowhere near finished. I look forward for you to accomplish many more incredible things. Keep up the great work and you have my respect and admiration. May God bless.
well i am glad you have no quit bro, for someone who has been fight wars on this side you fight your own and i applaud your victories man. "Nothing is over...nothing"
