m!chael

Male

27

Missoula, MT

Self Employed Personal Trainer

Jan, 96

I've been into athletics since Jr. High.. i took the wrong road in high school and started dipping my fingers into the drug world. It consumed me for about six years and i was nothing but a raging addict. I went as far as being addicted to meth, cocaine, a plethera of pharmecutical narcotics, and massive amounts of marijuana, all in a days use. I cleaned my act up and turned myself in for 150,000$ in felony warrants and yes, went to jail for a while. I was given quite the break! ISP for 3 years and a but load of fines. However, i deserved much worse, but God blessed me with much less. After that i wanted to somehow give back to the community I had taken so much away from.. and i started motivating people to change. At that point i focused on any level, but as my hobby of exercise (trying to get healthy again) developed, it became a raging passion of mine which eventually became my nitch in communicating to people about motivation and change. So here i am now, 5 years later, living my true dream... helping others, encouraging the unencouragable, and guiding people towards hope. That's how i got started.. that's how i'll finish!

Weights are a release for me... I'm an adrenaline junky and there's nothing like preparing yourself for a 405lb squat that you're about to attempt for 15 reps. Or, looking straight up a steep ass mountain, and telling yourself, "i can't spring the whole damn thing". Then DOING IT!

I think of who i used to be.. that's all it takes.

Not much yet, just personal satisfaction.. more than anything praise from Terry Baldwin, All natural bad ass - and his comments of "you get lean enough, no one will beat you". That's an accomplishment to me alone!

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