See I really get geeked on people who accomplish something that their genetics show they shouldnt be able to accomplish.
Thats why when i see that video of Shelby Starnes getting interviewed after he won his pro card and how emotional he is....I get tears in my eyes every time i see that interview. That guy should not have made it and he WILLED himself to make it.
Same thing as Dusty....When Dusty hired me to train him this is what i got on the left...thats not pro material man. It is the pic the day before i started training him. He had done a show at 224lbs and got 5th in the heavyweights and this was him offseason. He was about 268lbs i think and I felt he was too smooth and had too much fat on him at that point in the offseason....so i dieted him down to an acceptable bodyfat and then we plotted out a plan to make him into a legit superheavyweight bodybuilder....270 280 290 300 and then 310lbs....and that made 224lbs onstage a distant memory. I made Dusty and virtually all my trainees send over their workouts every few weeks so i could look at them....this guy embraced what I was trying to do with progressive weights on key exercises like no tomorrow. Some of the weights he was using after a few years of DC training....were freaking insane...boggled my mind to be honest. We shot a photoshoot for Flex magazine a few years back and he is doing inclines with like 425 pounds for 13 reps rest paused....it was ridiculous. Just a human forklift.
The pic on the right is 3 years ago and he is even bigger now...but you can see how how hard he lifts changed a roly poly guy who doesnt look like he is going to make the pro ranks in 100 lifetimes....to a completely different person. That 224lbs onstage is now over 270lbs onstage.
I totally respect guys like Dusty and Shelby who while at a disadvantage attain something that people with tremendous genetic gifts cannot........ thru sheer willpower and grit