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<blockquote data-quote="Volatility_rivals135605" data-source="post: 131695314" data-attributes="member: 1476288">I played basketball for 9 years, football for 11 years.&nbsp; While I was a decent basketball player, I didnt play my Jun &amp; Sen yr to concentrate on lifting &amp; training for Football &amp; Cross Country.&nbsp; It was incredibly difficult for me to gain weight, even eating nothing but beef, tuna, &amp; chicken, with Protein &amp; Calorie shakes and lifting heavy 4 days a week, and 1 day for cardio focused routines. My gift was speed. That carried over into cross country too.&nbsp; In the famous words of Gump.... &quot;I could run like the wind&quot;...&nbsp; Whats funny about that?&nbsp; I was born pigeon toed, so I wore similar leg braces as a small child that Forest wore in the movie.&nbsp; My dad always swore he thought those braces was a factor, then when the movie came out, we all laughed about it and my dad was like see I told ya... lol..Getting old, I miss playing sports, but I miss the endurance &amp; general athleticism I had as a kid.&nbsp; Working 12 hours a day as a Quant isnt exactly good for exercise.&nbsp; Lord If I tried to run a 40 yard sprint now, multiple body parts would fall off.&nbsp; Not good for a zombie apocalypse.&nbsp; I def need to get back in the gym...I still recall the last time I took off my shoulder pads, I knew I would never play again, as I didnt want to go directly to college, I wanted to ensure my college was paid for by joining the Air Force &amp; the structure was something I knew I needed too. (Always had a bit of a wild streak in me)...&nbsp; I cried like a baby. I cried as if I had lost my best friend.&nbsp; I dont think I ever really understood how much I loved the game, until I realized I would never play again.Some people hated HS, but I had a great time in HS.&nbsp; I had a few different groups of close friends, a badass Jeep, a part time job at the grocery store, a lead guitar player in a cool band, in a small but thriving WV town.&nbsp; This was before the opiate crisis and back when people actually had good jobs... I wouldnt have changed a thing, mistakes included.&nbsp; That said, Im not one who really lives in the glory days either, every day we have an opportunity to make now better then yesterday.&nbsp; So, while I may not enjoy the same things as I did in my youth, I very much find joy in seeing my kids enjoy them.Here we go into the wild blue yonder!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Volatility_rivals135605, post: 131695314, member: 1476288"] I played basketball for 9 years, football for 11 years. While I was a decent basketball player, I didnt play my Jun & Sen yr to concentrate on lifting & training for Football & Cross Country. It was incredibly difficult for me to gain weight, even eating nothing but beef, tuna, & chicken, with Protein & Calorie shakes and lifting heavy 4 days a week, and 1 day for cardio focused routines. My gift was speed. That carried over into cross country too. In the famous words of Gump.... "I could run like the wind"... Whats funny about that? I was born pigeon toed, so I wore similar leg braces as a small child that Forest wore in the movie. My dad always swore he thought those braces was a factor, then when the movie came out, we all laughed about it and my dad was like see I told ya... lol.. Getting old, I miss playing sports, but I miss the endurance & general athleticism I had as a kid. Working 12 hours a day as a Quant isnt exactly good for exercise. Lord If I tried to run a 40 yard sprint now, multiple body parts would fall off. Not good for a zombie apocalypse. I def need to get back in the gym... I still recall the last time I took off my shoulder pads, I knew I would never play again, as I didnt want to go directly to college, I wanted to ensure my college was paid for by joining the Air Force & the structure was something I knew I needed too. (Always had a bit of a wild streak in me)... I cried like a baby. I cried as if I had lost my best friend. I dont think I ever really understood how much I loved the game, until I realized I would never play again. Some people hated HS, but I had a great time in HS. I had a few different groups of close friends, a badass Jeep, a part time job at the grocery store, a lead guitar player in a cool band, in a small but thriving WV town. This was before the opiate crisis and back when people actually had good jobs... I wouldnt have changed a thing, mistakes included. That said, Im not one who really lives in the glory days either, every day we have an opportunity to make now better then yesterday. So, while I may not enjoy the same things as I did in my youth, I very much find joy in seeing my kids enjoy them. Here we go into the wild blue yonder! [/QUOTE]

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