Me in the Natural Olympia, 2009 in Australia. I am a 47 year old natural disabled (i have a brain injury after being knocked over by a car) bodybuilder. I spent 1 1/2 years in hospital.
Good work, Andy (I presume). What are your plans from here onwwards?
Does that injury affect your training?
Good condition, but you don’t really have any size.
sir, could you pls tell us about your weight & height?
Well, most forms of brain injury usually limit training poundage severely, at the very least. I know some forms of injury prevent you from loading your spine yacda yada yada.
In any case, this guy probably didn’t begin lifting until it was too late to put on serious size, I mean we don’t know what age he started training. Someone beginning a weight-gain phase in his late 30’s will gain little to no size naturally, no matter what he does.
Most size is built in your late teens, twenties and early thirties.
At this age, he can’t really thicken up (naturally) AND gain significant stage weight but I’m sure most 47 year olds (not BBing but those who lift and eat right) the world over would kill to look this guy.
Given his age, the condition he’s in is definitely an achievement. And he did win his class this year. So props nevertheless.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
Does that injury affect your training?
Good condition, but you don’t really have any size.[/quote]
Thank you for the positive replies. I stand 5’11’ and weigh 74kg (dont know that in pounds). When i was in hospital i went down to 90lbs, i do know that, and when i saw the video that was made of me i promised myself i would never look like that again. And yes, i was 32 years old when i began serious training, so its right to say that size is difficult to find!
And now i hope to travel to Reno in 2010 and win again. Or beat an able bodied athlete in a contest at home.
good work mate 
It’s about 2.2 lbs/kg. So at 74kg you’re ~163 lbs, a difference of ~73 lbs/33.2 kgs. Congratulations.
As a cancer survivor, I’m always cheered by people who overcome unfortunate events to succeed. Best of luck to you.
Andy asked me to put up this picture of him just before he got out of hospital.
Wow. Incredible work.
Awesome conditioning. Congratulations on your inspirational recovery!
[quote]tribunaldude wrote:
Andy asked me to put up this picture of him just before he got out of hospital.[/quote]
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how the…
Inspirational stuff. Well done.
Let me tell you this - it was bloody hard! When you are 31, muscle is not easy to find, especially when your brain isn’t working too well either. But… i am not finished yet. And in case you wonder, i have been the subject of Tv documentaries.
Good work man.
Thanks for posting this. Very impressive.
A lot of respect buddy where abouts in Australia do you train?
thats insane, well done
great comeback!