Motivation - thy name is Kyle Maynard

I posted a pic on facebook the other day - one someone else had put up and I liked it so I shared it. Here it is:

Now I have absolutely no idea who this guy is, why he's missing limbs (he may have been a nutter, done drugs, been attacked, be a war hero, whatever) and to be honest it doesn't matter. It might add a little weight to anything we feel but truthfully it's often what we bring to the table, our personal sentiments, that add weight and depth to our emotional response.

Now for me and I hope more than a few of you it's a powerful image which evokes a 'can do' attitude. It's fairly obvious that the guy is limited in what he can do in the gym. even with artificial limbs there wont be a lot of leg work, or curls and the like. Yet there he is, on a bench, flying or benching (not sure which)with a half decent weight.

Now think about what excuses most people bring to the fore when you ask them why they can't do something. For us, with this blogs focus and our share passion for the gym, it's blatantly going to be why they can't get to the gym. I'll add he's not on his f'kin mobile phone, eye-balling babes or wearing the latest designer label but only cos I hate that shit ha ha (+ it's real hard for obvious reasons d'uh). 

But most of all it's a can do attitude. With or without help he's got onto the bench. With either adapted equipment or, more likely, ankle straps. He got slated something chronic for daring to think he could take part in an MMA match. His name is Kyle Maynard. I'd LOVE him as a training partner.