Yep, this sucks. Evan is one of, if not my favorite modern bodybuilder. For me it's not just about the physique anymore. There are lots of those in the pro ranks. These days I look more at the individual themselves and there has always been something about Evan that I just liked...and it goes beyond his character.
Anyway, I wish him the best of luck. I was saddened to hear that he just completed one of his best off-seasons ever and was more motivated that he had been in years. That must make this injury especially difficult to cope with. However, if Evan happens to read this thread (doubtful), I want to encourage him not see this as a total loss...not even from a physical progress standpoint. Yes, it is going to set him behind considerably in his leg development simply because of the lengthy recovery involved, but it doesn't necessarily have to be so for his upper-body. Although this type of injury will make even upper-body training impossible at first, he will soon be able to train it again and can quickly re-gain any improvements he made this last off-season.
Furthermore, it may also provide him with an opportunity to make additional progress in certain areas of his upper-body that maybe didn't get 100% attention previously because of the stress that leg training places on the CNS and overall time commitment. There's usually something that can be done in situations like this to help better a bodybuilder. Plus, injuries like this always bring with them new possibilities--new ways of looking at things--a new perspective. I know...because I experienced it after breaking my back and dealing with spinal infection. It was a horrific injury-illness that prevented me from being able to walk (at all) for many months and kept me out of the gym completely for about a year. At one point, after being told I might not walk unassisted again, I went into a deep depression, but eventually pulled myself out of it and instead of being resentful, I tried to be grateful for the things I did have. When I eventually recovered, I realized what a blessing it was to have a working body...and haven't taken it for granted since. Any additional blessings are just that much sweeter, whereas before I never fully appreciated them.
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Social media rants and going mental as you say. As you know he was abusive to my ex because she wouldn't get with him. It was shock to her as he was nice when he trained her and didn't act sexual at all. But afterwards he texted alsorts of rude abusive things stating thats what the fitness girls do. Going on about anal sex etc. Really weird as on social media he would go on about respecting women all the time. I ended up taking him off as his posts were weird and just him bullshitting to look good.
