So, this past fall I was faced with a crazy life changing experience. I contracted a unknown virus from what they thing was a mosquito bite from a mosquito carried into my area here in North Carolina which ended up causing Viral Encephalitis. I for the first two weeks of October, the 6th being my 38th birthday, unconscious and on life support. Because it attacked my brain stem I have no memory at all of the end of September until the beginning of November. When I could start to remember and function a little bit I was moved from the hospital to a inpatient rehab center. When I got to the rehab center I could barely move let alone sit up, walk, talk, eat. I was a mess. I was assessed and then told at the end of the two weeks I would probably be walking 300 feet with a walker and that I would then be discharged. At that moment I decided that was what was not going to happen not only for me but for all the people who helped me I was going to fight and I also did not want my 4 year old son to see me like that. So at the end of only just a week and a half I was walking 5000 to 6000 feet with no walker no device for aid at all. I blew away everyone that worked at the rehab so much so that they put my story up on a plaque on the wall at the facility. So it has been a long journey and I am now doing alright I still have a lot of brain issues but I am a fighter and with that said I was looking for great weight lifting products to help me get back the muscle I had before all of this and I decided to purchase Marcy products. I was blown away by how well built their products are and how easy they were to put together. By far the best home gym equipment I have ever purchased. Here is to the next step of #NeverGiveIn #NeverGiveUp !