8 months from can’t-walk-50-feet to a sub-30 5K
Anonymous from Reddit, 25, very fit, job requires deadlifts source
THENCouldn’t walk 50 feet or hold my head up. PT gave up on me and told me to get surgery.
NOWSub-30 5K and a 290 lb hex-bar deadlift at month 8. Still flares past 10k steps, honest, hopeful, not done.
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