What would you do if you were once a 4 time state power lifting champ and you injured your back so severely that partial paralysis was the result in your right leg? What would you do when you rehabilitate your back injury for hours every week to get to a point where you can function on a daily basis – but you are told you will never be able to lift weights or compete ever again? Well, for Mike Shirey – he came to MaxOut Strength Studios!
Mike is a 45 year old (almost 46!) police officer from Pennsylvania who has not lifted competitively in over 5 years due to that horrible back injury. After months of rehab, the paralysis that first haunted him was now gone – but in its place was muscle atrophy that would not seem to get any better. For years, Mike tried to strengthen the right gluteus and hamstring muscles, but no matter what he tried the atrophy persisted.
At the end of January, 2010 Mike found out about MaxOut Strength Studio in Limerick, PA and stopped in to see what made them different than every other “gym” he ever trained at. The first thing he realized was that this was NOT A GYM! He tried a couple of the pieces of equipment and immediately realized that this was unlike anything he had ever done in his competitive lifting career. He was immediately hooked and made a deal with one of the owners, Matt Cubbler, who happened to be his partner at the police department. He said “If you train me – I will try to see if MaxOut can make me healthy again.” Matt took that one step farther and said “I want to get you back on the platform competing again!” Mike knew that the PA State Power Lifting Championships were on March 21rd, 2010 in State College, PA. Even though he was not competing anymore – he still followed the results of his former comrades. Mike thought about it for a moment and took it up a notch himself. He said to Matt – “if your equipment and methodology does what you say it will and it works for me – I will compete in this year’s event.” Matt accepted the challenge.
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