I felt self-conscious in PE class from the age of five because I was slower than everyone else. So I checked myself out of an active lifestyle until well into adulthood
As most folks in their early 40s can attest, our bodies don’t bounce back like they used to. I never learned how to move my body. I was a pudgy kid who became an adult majestic chonklord, and the messaging in gyms was clear – I didn’t belong and shouldn’t try.
I’m now hooked on exercise for the first time. All it took was a stay in hospital with bilateral pneumonia and the lung rehab that followed to get me on this new, triumphant track. I can’t believe I missed out for so long on the joy of strength and the pride that comes after a huffy-puffy trot around the block.
