Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.
Weight lifting is the easiest part of my day.
A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
That's the same in college. It's the same in high school. Kids are getting bigger, stronger, faster, more into the weightlifting, more into nutrition, more into size.
Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.
As a parent with a child with autism, it's been really tough to experience your child having autism.
When I was 14, and for the next four years, I was lifting and hauling 10-gallon milk cans full of milk. That will put muscles on you even if you're not trying.
I find the older I get, the lower in weight I go. It's harder to recover. Living in New York City, working a job that is unpredictable and at times stressful, you're lifting way more than your max because you need to push some weight around. You put an extra plate on for the release, and then you're sore the next week. Its stress release.
My weight has been one of the most challenging things that I've had to deal with throughout my career.
I'm not a weight lifter. I'm a seeker. Weight lifting is so insignificant in my life.