hzagadinow’s BodyBlog

Hey, I don’t know how times I hear a "so-called" bodybuilder or your average workout Joe say, "I used to yoked, I used to be jacked, back in the day I was a monster."  Then when I said it myself, there was a certain clarity about the situation.  Most of the guys that say that were never really that "yoked or jacked" but I was and I had proof: the contest pictures, first place trophies, and friends who remember to prove it.  I lost a good protion of my overall develpoment but I had a serious motor vehicle accident as the culprit.  Another funny thing I used to hear was, "you should have seem what I looked like before my accident."  Now, with me actually being in a life-alterating accident that nearly claimed my life, I’m trying to get past my previous achievements and give people something current to talk about.  I hate it when one of my friends say, "this guy here was a monster back in the day."  They talk as if I’m not even standing next to them.  I went from being almost paralyzed to being bound in a wheelchair for over 6 months, to using a walker for 1 month, and finally a cane for about 7-8 months.  I was out of work for a year with a broken neck, ribs, shoulder, wrist, pelvis, totally torn left knee and three damaged disks in my back.  I was told I probably wouldn’t walk properly again but now I walking and working out.  Yeah, my knee was re-constructed with the LCL repair and I can’t run or bend it much but I’m working around it and I’m making descent progress in the gym.  I won’t be a strong as I used to be but I think I’m making great quality muscle gains and maybe I’ll even step back on stage one day.  So far, so good.  I’m slowly making quality gains and even getting a good portion of my strength back.  So wish me well and let’s see if I can step out of the shadows of my previous achievements and make new ones to be proud of.

Zag