[Oldgixxer]

New guy here jumpin' in the thread. Been training for 30yrs,did a few local BB'ing shows as a middleweight back in the day...life changing injuries (2 lumbar fusions and one cervical fusion) forced me to stop training for 5yrs. Got sloppy and way outta shape. Doctors had me on multiple hardcore meds for my spine,decided couldn't live like that any longer and in '18 I started training again against my Ortho's advice.

Took almost 2yrs to get where I was happy and decided I would step back onstage on my 50th Bday this past October doing an NPC Masters Physique contest. A month before the contest and after dieting for 20wks I tore my rotator cuff(3rd time) and long head of my bicep doing yard work. Ended up having a shoulder replacement in November '19. Just started doing cardio again but I'll never get back to where I was and just can't accept that.

Attaching a few pics so y'all know I'm not full of BS,first pic is day before I decided to resume training(sloppy 205lbs). Two other pics were during dieting last summer for the competition,190lbs&182lbs respectively.

NOTE-if the pics offend anyone I will remove them