Hello all,
I have started this blog, because I want to share my story and hope to inspire people to make the same lifestyle changes I did so they can become a happier person, physically & mentally.
My name is Drew Corrigan, I'm a 20 year old college student (majoring in Health/Phys Ed./Education). I've been lifting weights and involved in the whole health and wellness aspect of life for over SIX years now. I figured I have a lot to share and help people with, so I am reaching out to try and make an impact on people's lives.
Here is my story:
Growing up, I was what you would call a heavily obese child. I tipped in on the scales at around 225 LBS as a 10 year old. I was extremely overweight and remember it like it was yesterday. I was not born with good genetics, I didn't lift one weight and become ripped, I WORKED MY ASS OFF for everything I am today. Most of all, my diet was terrible. Mostly fast food and sodas. I wasn't active, wasn't really into sports, which I think contributed to my weight problem. Around 8th grade I wanted to change, because as I became older I saw what I was becoming and HATED IT. So, I did as any guy would, and signed up for Spring Football that year, with the help of a friend of course. If my friend never persuaded me to play football, who KNOWS where I would be today (GOOD FRIENDS ARE SO IMPORTANT!). So, football was where most of my weight loss started to take place, along with attempting to clean my diet up a little. The biggest change I made was cutting soda COMPLETELY out of my diet. I think i've drank less than 10 sodas in the past 8 years (no exaggeration).
Moving onto high school, I continued playing football. But in high school was also the first time that I began lifting weights, I was still fairly big at this point, but a good portion of my weight had been knocked off just from becoming active from football. The road ahead of me was still long and I'm still on it. Lifting weights completely revolutionized my life, I began to understand it, to love it. Lifting weights is like an art, its not just an activity, its a beautiful form of art that takes time and years of dedication to perfect. HS Football is where I actually became to be happy with who I was. At the end of my Soph year, I was down to my lowest body weight at around 175 LBS (thats around 50 lbs lost since my obese days). I got more serious into lifting as football asked more of me and my average weight around high school was around 195 lbs. My bench was topping off at around 295 lbs, so I was very strong for my age. I finished off high school having two Varsity letters, and being Captain of my team my Senior year. Without football introducing me to the world of lifting and MY OWN RESEARCH, I don't know where I'd be today.
Today, I'm still heavily into lifting (coming into my 7th year of consistently lifting) and heavily into learning about my body, nutrition, etc. My future blog posts will be about diet, nutrition, lifting, supplements, the keys to lifting, ETC. Things that have worked for ME, and may work for YOU also. I created this blog to HELP PEOPLE, I have so much knowledge I'd love to share.
If ANYONE needs help with lifting/diet/nutrition/anything please don't hesitate to e-mail me at: dcorrigan50@gmail.com and I will HELP YOU!
That was just the first part of my journey. My main point is just that, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
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