Author: Shane Farmer Story Type: Poem Home Gym: CrossFit Invictus In response to Nike Women’s “My Butt is Big,” ad I saw: I am tall, skinny, and lanky Like a praying mantis and thousands of pull-ups, push-ups, and squats Have made my body leaner Definitely not bigger Thats OK with me It means I’m often [...]

When I tell people that I am in better shape at 30 than I was at 10, 15, and 21, people often look at me in disbelief. I was always the “chubby” kid who was medically excused from recess and never was a part of any sport, not even as a spectator. I was born with scoliosis and ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION a rare genetic disorder in which [...]

My training started back in middle school at a Gold Gym in Southern California. I had always been active in sports whether it was soccer, basketball, or baseball growing up. When I realized that being a 6′, 220 lb. 7th grader was not going to cut it in those sports I focused on football. I began training with a family friend who [...]