Sometimes we all need a reminder!

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06-06-2005, 04:05 PM
needmorestrength

Sometimes we all need a reminder!

Today I walked into the gym, did my warm up then headed into the weight room. I immediatly spotted this boy in a wheel chair, maybe 14 years old. I am not sure what his condition is, but he was doing some preacher curls in his wheel chair. It almost broke my heart! I hate seeing people like this but especially children!! I ended up helping him with a couple excercises and putting the weight away etc. Nice guy, can joke around and all.. But it made me feel guilty since I have been milking these elbow injuries while this boy is stuck in a wheel chair. Today I became even more grateful for everything I can do! I hope this boy maintains his positive mental attitude, because hopefully it will help him physically/mentally, but I know it helped me!
06-06-2005, 04:13 PM
spound

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Originally Posted by needmorestrength

Today I walked into the gym, did my warm up then headed into the weight room. I immediatly spotted this boy in a wheel chair, maybe 14 years old. I am not sure what his condition is, but he was doing some preacher curls in his wheel chair. It almost broke my heart! I hate seeing people like this but especially children!! I ended up helping him with a couple excercises and putting the weight away etc. Nice guy, can joke around and all.. But it made me feel guilty since I have been milking these elbow injuries while this boy is stuck in a wheel chair. Today I became even more grateful for everything I can do! I hope this boy maintains his positive mental attitude, because hopefully it will help him physically/mentally, but I know it helped me!

Thats awesome...there is this guy that goes to my gym who has no arms or legs...jsut nubs and he does bench flies by using these straps the hold the wieght..its pretty cool.
06-06-2005, 04:21 PM
stevebeginer

thats nice m8 very ture makes you feel lucky
06-06-2005, 04:42 PM
MatrixGuy

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Originally Posted by needmorestrength

Today I walked into the gym, did my warm up then headed into the weight room. I immediatly spotted this boy in a wheel chair, maybe 14 years old. I am not sure what his condition is, but he was doing some preacher curls in his wheel chair. It almost broke my heart! I hate seeing people like this but especially children!! I ended up helping him with a couple excercises and putting the weight away etc. Nice guy, can joke around and all.. But it made me feel guilty since I have been milking these elbow injuries while this boy is stuck in a wheel chair. Today I became even more grateful for everything I can do! I hope this boy maintains his positive mental attitude, because hopefully it will help him physically/mentally, but I know it helped me!

I hope you never complain about them elbows now :lol:
Nice to see you were helping him out, although sometimes they never want it.
06-06-2005, 04:48 PM
Prime

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Originally Posted by spound

Thats awesome...there is this guy that goes to my gym who has no arms or legs...jsut nubs and he does bench flies by using these straps the hold the wieght..its pretty cool.

i think i saw an article about him in a mag once. If ist the same guy i believe he wrestles as well.
06-06-2005, 05:04 PM
SwoleCat

It's always good to stay grounded, unfortunately sometimes it takes extreme cases like this to remember that. (I'm guilty as charged at times in this same scenario)

Good post.

~SC~
06-06-2005, 05:31 PM
anaBROLIC

nice story bro.
06-06-2005, 05:44 PM
needmorestrength

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Originally Posted by MatrixGuy

I hope you never complain about them elbows now :lol:
Nice to see you were helping him out, although sometimes they never want it.

Thats tru, I approached with caution! My elbows hurt
06-06-2005, 05:46 PM
needmorestrength

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Originally Posted by SwoleCat

It's always good to stay grounded, unfortunately sometimes it takes extreme cases like this to remember that. (I'm guilty as charged at times in this same scenario)

Good post.

~SC~

I hear ya. Since my dad was diagnosed with Prostate cancer, I am all about helping out cancer foundations, doing any special events etc, and when someone says "my father, or mother or child has cancer" I can truly relate!
06-06-2005, 05:46 PM
Benches505

That boy has a lot of heart for just being there.
06-06-2005, 06:14 PM
spound

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Originally Posted by Prime

i think i saw an article about him in a mag once. If ist the same guy i believe he wrestles as well.

YEa..same guy...he goes to UGA. He even won an espy award...one of my friends had to wrestle him in highschool....he hated having to do that, but respected it at the same time.
06-06-2005, 07:29 PM
candyman md

Nice post NMS! It's amazing that it only takes as little as one second to come back to the ground and realize what is important.
06-06-2005, 07:30 PM
robkesl

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Originally Posted by candyman md

Nice post NMS! It's amazing that it only takes as little as one second to come back to the ground and realize what is important.

totally!
06-06-2005, 07:52 PM
Money Boss Hustla

Humbling.
06-06-2005, 08:03 PM
sassy69

The NPC Wheelchair Nationals will leave you speechless. And we complain about doing cardio and fight our way thru hours of it to get lean. These competitors with things like spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy... amazing!
06-06-2005, 08:09 PM
Luminaire

hey great post, theres this guy that goes to my gym who has partial mental retardation and only has use of the right side of his body because the left side is somewhat underdeveloped - hes the nicest guy in the world, black belt in karate who wants to open his own dojo, and the right side of his body is JACKED, hes a beast in the gym and i always help him with putting his weight away + spotting, i tore a muscle in my arm last friday and ive just realized i should be thanking god thats all that happened...
06-06-2005, 08:10 PM
1morerep

good post. we work all day in a hurry (road rage, cell phones always on, etc) and we think we have problems. try going to a hospital and see kids who are now paralyzed or burned victims. these are people with true misfortune, we should just stop for one minute of everyday and be thankful for what we have.
06-06-2005, 08:27 PM
needmorestrength

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Originally Posted by sassy69

The NPC Wheelchair Nationals will leave you speechless. And we complain about doing cardio and fight our way thru hours of it to get lean. These competitors with things like spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy... amazing!

Truly amazing. They are in awsome shape! I was thinking that most of these people must be driven by frustration. If they can turn that frustration into dedication and passion then they succeed!
06-06-2005, 09:14 PM
PaRiS2005

:tu1: Great post NMS. SOmetimes we all just take the simplest things for granted. Sometimes we need little reminders to bring us back down to earth.
06-06-2005, 09:17 PM
subsailor

Great Story, Bro :)
06-06-2005, 09:30 PM
Dally

interestingly enough some of the same people that made fun of Mr.Pepper the physically/visually handicapped person commented in this thread positively too.

odd to me, how people bandwagon....

I myself am guilty of that, but have enough grounding these days (in some cases) to be thankful for what I do have, that I could very easily take for granted.
06-06-2005, 10:38 PM
Jantzen4k

great post NMS

:thumbsup:
06-07-2005, 02:09 AM
63190

Great post, NMS. I'm grateful now.
06-07-2005, 09:36 AM
HeavyHitter

pretty cool NMS!!
06-07-2005, 10:14 AM
needmorestrength

Yea it was an eye opener heavy
06-07-2005, 06:42 PM
Slick Arrado

It must have been humbling, huh? You're right: We ALL need a reminder!

:starwars:
06-07-2005, 07:18 PM
needmorestrength

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Originally Posted by Slick Arrado

It must have been humbling, huh? You're right: We ALL need a reminder!

:starwars:

Yea it was, hope hes there tomorrow!
06-08-2005, 07:40 PM
Slick Arrado

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Originally Posted by needmorestrength

Yea it was, hope hes there tomorrow!

Was he?

:starwars:
06-09-2005, 10:12 AM
needmorestrength

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Originally Posted by Slick Arrado

Was he?

:starwars:

As ironic as this is, I hurt my back so havnt been to the gym in 3 dayz :?: