I always have been doing weights since I was teen. I had a MVA 1987 which left me pretty cripple from waist down. I could walk after a while with a stick but even today could not carry my groceries to my first floor apartment without making two trips. I appear to be normal unless you were to work with me or workout with me. My right thigh atrophied because of nerve damage and my left thigh atrophied because I had reduced capacity from knee. I crushed and fractured C1, T2, T4, L1 to L5 with discs protruding L2 and L3 as well as L4 to L5, T4 also spasms regularly with cold weather. I broke knees, right hip and right ankle. All was lost until I was referred to Lewisham Sports Clinic in 1990 for rehab under the care of controversial Doctor Tony Millar. I entered a new phase of Body reBuilding and Tony made me successful and I worked full time again for another 10 years. I crashed and went back after 10 years, got more treatment and worked fulltime again for another 8 years until a Catastrophic fail in minor surgery 3 years ago and I was debased and paralyzed by a massive Blood Clot for 2 1/2 years clawing my way back to life again. It was Body Building and supreme fitness which saved my life 3 years ago. This year I will be back as good as before, even though I carry permanent disabilities and life consequences like incontinence and a ravaged core, from that catastrophic failed surgery. November 2013 my Doctor told me the impinged nerve from catastrophic surgery fail was unable to be fixed. He said no one can repair the damage, it is irrepairable and this is as good as my life will be, continual chronic groin pain, cringe pain when trying to use core. I thought I had enough problems with orthopaedic permanent disabilities, but that surgeon in March 2010 ended the best life I could have had (did have) with broken back, broken knees, hip and neck crush breaks, scoliosis from crushed wedge shaped vertibrae and nerve damage in lower spine taking away over 60% use of legs at the knee. I am progressing by getting my strength back month by month and year by year. I can never stop, progress is snail pace some years but if I stop, I will be a single 60yo on a disability pension who can't go out or even carry his groceries to his kitchen without sereral trips and will definitely suicide if that occurs again, as it did (rock bottom) around early/mid 2012.

Body Building has saved my life more than once and allowed me to continue in employment I could not do with my disabilities. I guess I also have fun as a little old man in appearance (5'8" and 176lb body weight) who will sneak up alongside some hard core young guys and pull a full stack in triceps pushdowns, or triceps rope extensions, or seated row and chest pulldowns when they struggle to do the same...lol.I wear loose old man shirts these days as well. I will enjoy this more later this year when I am pressing 140kg to 180 kg again... I have only recently realized I was actually small because all the bigger guys (6' and 200LB) look to me to be my size when we are eye to eye??? It took my closest friend to tell me I am a short arse old small guy lol. I now see guys who are 4 to 6 inches taller and 30 to 50 pound heavier as being bigger than me now! Never realized this before but just makes me enjoy lifting more...d