Ya know, it's so easy to take life for granted..

[teamroth]

Sorry to hear about your friend. Jeff.  We'll keep his family and friends in our thoughts and prayers.

My 39yo cousin abruptly died two months ago for unknown causes.  So far the autopsy hasn't even turned up anything wrong with him.

I had a cousin die at 33 from a heart attack. That was in the late 80's. You just never know when it's your time to go.

Thank you, and no you don't know...

Last February I landed in the hospital with Liver and Kidney failure (caused by Ephedrine abuse for about 15 years). I quickly learned what "life and death" meant, and changed my life completely.. I went from a 9 year competitive powerlifter to a guy who just wanted to enjoy life as a healthy person.. Life is WAY too short to spend every minute worrying if you can push 605lbs up at your next meet... Who CARES about that if you're laying in a box!!

Hence the reason all of this crap with my GL isn't bothering me.. After what I went through last year THIS IS NOTHING.

I know what you mean Jeff. I power lifted(never competitively) and tried my hand at bodybuilding for quite some time. You see alot of stuff that guys do, destructive or otherwise. I had a friend die at 26, now he was into some abusive stuff, but nonetheless he was young. Stay strong my friend, and don't forget to enjoy life. Get that General done and enjoy it with your family!

[Mike DC]

     
It's amazing how quickly we start to fall apart, isn't it? 




When I was 20, I thought aging and body abuse problems wouldn't show up much for at least a decade or two.

By the time I was 24 or 25, I began to notice that most of my friend/family peers had already accumulated at least one long-term heath problem or another.  Getting very overweight, a bad joint or limb, smoking/drinking damage, neglected teeth, emotional/mental heath issues taking over, etc. 

By my later 20s, I was getting to be genuinely thankful that everything on my body still worked right. 

     

[jb666]

     
It's amazing how quickly we start to fall apart, isn't it? 




When I was 20, I thought aging and body abuse problems wouldn't show up much for at least a decade or two.

By the time I was 24 or 25, I began to notice that most of my friend/family peers had already accumulated at least one long-term heath problem or another.  Getting very overweight, a bad joint or limb, smoking/drinking damage, neglected teeth, emotional/mental heath issues taking over, etc. 

By my later 20s, I was getting to be genuinely thankful that everything on my body still worked right. 

     

You are right!! Back in March I was at my normal "heavy lifting" weight of 252 lbs. I decided that was it, I was going hardcore and going to become healthier than I've ever been. I'm now down to 206 and feeling GREAT!! People I've trained in the past are asking "Are you ok??". NEVER BEEN BETTER. I can move. I'm flexible. I have tons of energy. Sure, like I said before I'm not meet-benching 605 any more, but I FEEL great. That alone is worth it's wait in Gold. I'm heading down to 198 and will maintain there. I'd like to live to see my girls have kids 

[mikepmcs]

I like the direction you are headed Jeff.  Way to take control.  I had to do the same thing quite a few months ago myself and am holding at 180ish.  I had gained a total of about 58 pounds overall when I finally woke the hell up and said enough. 

Take a look at this thread Jeff and you'll see my posts in there. (July 08 I was heading in to the abyss)
Didn't even know who that person was .

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,45950.0.html

[jb666]

Geeze Mike, I would never have known that (after hanging out with you a couple times) if you hadn't of just shown me that thread..... Same as you, probably. Good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!

My all time high was 275.. I was juicing, abusing my body (Caffeine/Ephedrine junkie on top of the juice) and not a care in the world... SO I THOUGHT.

A near death experience last February woke me up, and now my buddy dropping dead this past weekend has really made me glad I'm doing it..  I do 90 minutes of cardio before work (6AM) on the treadmill (roughly 6 miles average per morning) and 60 minutes at night (recumbent bike) roughly 12 miles. I'm down from 35's to 32's and loving it. 

As I've said before, my powerlifting days are over but I could CARE LESS.

[mikepmcs]

Yes, I was surprised by a couple of your latest posts.  Glad you pulled through!
Same thing, back in 1991-2 I was spending 4 hours in the gym lifting and running everyday.  I said enough then too because I was thinking there is no way I can keep this up when I'm 40+ so I went to cardio. 

We'll talk face to face about this soon I'm sure.  Although I was never a power lifter, you and I have some eerie similarities in our lives.

[c00nhunterjoe]

sorry for your loss, i know the feeling. i have lost many friends at work lately. we had a tank accident and 2 friends are dead from that and a 3rd is in critical condition still after almost a month now.  last year a friend killed himself at work, and a few months back another got electrocuted and died moments later....... all at work. we wont get started on my family and friends outside of work as the list is growing fast....... sucks as i'm only 25