I was always in good shape. Ran several miles a day, did bench contests, Tao Chi Kungfu, All Tri-state noseguard, and boxing. I loved all of it. I was always big for my height though, they called me stump.
I went to boot at Ft. Knox in '87 and was 185 which was 30 pounds over as far as the Army was concerned. Three months later I came out of Recon Scout training at 178 lbs. Guess I wasn't too bad from the start.
Anywho, A few years ago I started having terrible back pain, but just thought it would pass. However, I started slowing down terribly and got to the point where I could barely