He pushed me and wasn't afraid to try anything, he was willing to see if I could handle it. Chris treats me like anyone else he trains. I want people to know how much he has supported me. It wasn't about winning at that point but I felt it was important to show that I wasn't scared to compete against the "normal" guys.Īll this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Chris.
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I have also competed in the 40 plus division against able bodied people a few times and once in an open division. The division I usually compete in is called "physically challenged." It wasn't a division that was started for me specifically but it wasn't widely offered so getting any other competitors has been hard. and that was the first time we'd travelled to do a competition and it was the biggest show that I had competed in. My last competition was actually in Washington D.C. I believe I have now participated in 14 body building competitions between that first one in 2014 and the last one I competed in towards the end of 2019. At every show I've done since people have been awesome and so supportive. The reaction was really amazing, it was hard to hear the judge at times because the crowd was so loud and after I finished I got a standing ovation. In the end I took the attitude that I would just go ahead and do it. But when I got up on stage I was more concerned about my poses than anything else, because I was doing them in front of 400 to 500 people and I was almost naked!
I didn't really feel nervous even though I don't really like standing up in front of big groups of people, mainly because sometimes people don't understand exactly what I say. My first bodybuilding competition was on Septemin Norfolk, Virginia. I enjoy going to the gym and working out for me that's the easy part.
That's the hardest part for me eating all the extra calories, protein shakes and whatever else. I start altering my diet about three weeks ahead of a competition, increasing my calories and eating a lot of foods like chicken and broccoli. I'm just not person that has to change their diet for as long as someone who is physically bigger. I eat the same as what a "normal" person would. Having cerebral palsy doesn't affect my diet. I did have to change my diet, and I still do, particularly when I'm training for competitions. In terms of results, I'd say my back and my arms are my best features. Most people hate leg day, but for whatever reason I enjoy it. Believe it or not, I actually like working on my legs and back. Each day Chris and I would concentrate on a different area of the body. I would normally work out for an hour a day, but I went up to working out for two to three hours a day, working with heavier weights and doing a lot more reps. I didn't do it with any kind of goal, but no matter what training you were doing before, you really have to be much more aggressive. Because I have cerebral palsy it wasn't something I'd ever considered.Ĭhris then asked me whether I'd be interested in trying it and I decided that I would give it a go. About three years into our training, in 2014, Chris asked me if I'd ever thought about bodybuilding. That was when I began working with my trainer, Chris Lovelette, who became a personal trainer after spending time in the military.
They also told my parents that the best thing they could do would be to put me in a home with other people who had disabilities. My movements are different and so I have trouble with certain every day things.Īccording to doctors my parents saw when I was younger, I wouldn't be able to walk or do a lot at all. My speech differences are mainly because its difficult to relax at times and that's frustrating. I grew up in Suffolk and Franklin, both in Virginia, and graduated high school like anyone else, but because I was born with cerebral palsy, my fine and gross motor skills have been affected which also causes my speech to be hard to understand at times.
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