"The Incident"

Four weeks to the day, I was pursuing a PR in the squat clean and tore my right quadriceps tendon on the second pull of 255 pounds. Not minutes before this had I set a PR of 245 with ease. Having been completely warmed up (sweating profusely of course) and executing with proper technique (again, this was not even on the squatting portion of the lift), the force of extending my hips and knees while driving my heels into the ground was enough to tear the tendon 3/4 off the patella and 5 cm up longitudinally. This, indeed, was a "freak" incident.

Surgery was held 6 days later (3 weeks previous to yesterday) by the orthopedic surgeon for the Bulls and White Sox. I'm currently in a recovery period for 6 weeks until I can bend my leg up to 90 degrees. Recently, I have returned to the gym to keep myself active but keeping to only upper body movements. Physical therapy will start within the next couple weeks for who knows how long.

I am remaining positive and seeing progress every day.

Last night, I vowed I would be ready and able to compete in sectionals in the spring of 2011. A lofty goal, but a goal nonetheless.

Just watch me...