Most people struggle to lose weight, however, for myself that has always been the other way around. Growing up I was always the tall skinny kid and more commonly referred to as “lanky.” Up until my junior year I was never motivated enough to want to elicit change. I remember one time in eight grade when I was sitting in the dentist’s office scanning through a Muscle & Fitness magazine and thought to myself “I want to look the that guy.” So I went home, downed a glass of whole milk, did fifteen push-ups and sixty curl-ups, and went to bed with a preconceived mindset that tomorrow I would wake up, look in the mirror, and see growth. I guess watching too much of the Spider-Man trilogy as a kid and seeing Tobey McGuire go from weak to brawny just from a spider bite gave me the false sense that size and muscular development was that easy. It isn’t. …show more content…
This was the first time I had the opportunity to try track & field. The first day I jokingly picked up the discus because it was different and I was a curious 12 year old. Little did I know that this event was usually meant for the big strong shot put throwers, not my 100 pound self at the time. Nevertheless, I stuck with the event throughout high school. There was one meet my sophomore year when another thrower said “you could be pretty good if you just put some meat on those bones” to me. This always stuck in the back of my head and it culminated with my desire to challenge myself that drove me to finally join a