Football Player Log: Because I want it Forever
Brief Overview:
I played Division One football at the University of Nevada, Reno, and was the starting free safety; however, going into my junior year I suffered what our training staff later concluded to be a career ending injury. But back to the beginning, I was forced to play that season, due to the fact the training staff assumed I was faking an injury. But, after our bowl game had concluded I came home for a second opinion. I had broken my clavicle, collar bone, and torn some ligaments in my right shoulder. For my sake, I am glad I refused to play so I received a medical red shirt, but the initial damage on the MRI was only the beginning. Due to playing and intense pain brought onto the shoulder I was diagnosed as having nerve damage along my right arm that would cause it to go numb at times and lose all feeling. After two years of rehab I finally was cleared to play again; however, depression from not playing had set in and I became anorexic, just 8 months ago I was 120 pounds (see prior posts and pictures). Now after 6-7 months of weights, I am back up to 240 pounds with roughly 11-13% BF. Just this past week I signed a contract to play in Spain this coming January so my 8 week preparation starts today. This log will be meant to show those that even when training hard and doing extensive cardio, you can maintain overall muscle mass and strength, if in fact your diet is on point. The log will feature both weight room workouts and on the field conditioning, speed, and plyometrics workouts. My diet will also be in detail for those who want to know how to eat while doing this much work. This will be an 8 week log as previously stated, leading up to my departure to Barcelona, Spain. Thank you.