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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 111as my diet is concerned for off season training, I like to stay at around 10% body fat by doing 50% carbs, 40% protein, and 10% fat from 5000 calories. For my contest diet, I do 60/30/10 from 2500-3000, depending on how much cardio I%u2019m going to do that day. But remember I have a very fast metabolism so it has to be tweaked to each person. You see the moral of the story is years went by, and I was just a tiny little snow ball on top of a very high mountain (AKA Mt. Olympus) that my dad (aka Zeus himself) had pushed me off of, exponentially getting bigger and stronger small steps at a time with consistency and dedicating my life to this concept. It truly is working and paying off.I grew up in a decent, affluent, middle class area, as a spoiled, only child who knew no limits and no boundaries. You could say I had wonderful childhood, but despite the amazing upbringing, I was unfortunately diagnosed with major depressive and panic disorder when I was eighteen. This left me in a state of hopelessness and melancholy and sent me to the hospital several times because I was convinced I was dying even though I wasn%u2019t. People knew something was wrong, and I was not myself; I had no zest or passion, just a zombie sleepwalking through the day. It is hard to describe this disorder, but the best way I can put it is you know what gives you depression and panic is not a real concern or what normal people would be fearful of. But rather, it%u2019s just that the chemicals in my brain told me otherwise, and it was always a constant battle to overcome the chemicals. I had gotten to the point of no return on my lowest of lows, and all I wanted to do was to give up. But there was a little voice inside my head, the voice that my father had instilled deep inside my subconscious. This voice was stronger than any disorder or any other feeling a human could possibly feel. I picked myself up, and realized I will have to find a way to turn this disorder into an advantage. I turned it into an advantage by getting extremely angry. I became so angry that no matter how tired I was or how down I was feeling, the anger drove me forward with a burning desire for glory. Nobody has a perfect life. Everybody has their own problems. Some people just know how to deal with it in a better way. You see the voice my dad had put in my head had made me feel an existential desire to become a demi god at all costs-my ultimate mission to honor Zeus himself.