I was meant to be traveling town-to-town, sweating and using my body to it's fullest. I went to bed when the sun came up - so imagine what it's like staring at a computer screen answering emails and waking up when the sun comes up. Haha.

I spent from July 2000 until last July (2024) traveling around the North America and parts of Europe wrestling...even during my brief "retirement" from the pro wrestling ring circa 2014-2016 where I still got in the ring sporadically. I recall borrowing boots from a fellow pro wrestling friend while I was in the United Kingdom and got the urge to wrestle. I remember going barefoot at a State Fair in Maine after a fan bought my last pair of wrestling boots. I wrestled in my jeans (and no underwear) at a music festival in Orlando after showing up to hang out with a friend and to see a band I liked. 

Even during all that "retirement," I was still going to pro wrestling practices all over the country. I was still wrestling in hotel rooms, on mats and private residences all over. I even went to a couple amateur wrestling practices at my old alma mater.

For the last year, I've been struggling to get into any sort of shape. Every time I start working out or lifting an object slightly heavy...WHAMM-O, BAMM-O, I'm tingling all the way down to my toes. Even doing 50 free weight squats is enough to trigger my injury to act up and impact my day-to-day.

My once powerful Cam-a-condas (legs) have shrunken. My award winning buns starting to droop. 

This is life. I used to be very active and when I made the time to sit down to design a website, answer emails, wander around GlobalFight, check all the blogs, set up custom matches, hosting live chats, etc, etc, etc...that was a conscious choice. Now, it's almost all I can do. 

I was born to have face-to-face interaction. I was born to showboat and perform...even if the only ones watching was me and my opponent or my training partner. I was born to always come in 2nd in any physical event (wink)...pardon my terrible humor.

Not sure what this means, I just wanted to get out these thoughts so I'd have some notes for a future blog...and now 10 minutes later, I've got a full fledged 2 page school project. I'm going to save this and we shall see if I come back to this to add more. 

I think I'm just missing being sweaty, challenged & exhausted (not in the "tired all the time" old man way) at the end of the day.