Ndiwile Ngothando ngoKhuphiswano lokuDlula ngokuKhuphisana kwi-30 yam

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Ndandineminyaka engama-32 ngaphambi kokuba ndithathe intambo yokutsiba, kodwa ndandirhintyelwe ngoko nangoko. Ndiyithandile imvakalelo yokupompa umculo wendlu yam kunye nokutsiba kangangemizuzu engama-60 ukuya kwi-90. Kungekudala ndaqala ukungenela ukhuphiswano lweentambo endilubone kwi-ESPN-nasemva kokufumanisa ukuba une-multiple sclerosis.

Ngo-2015, ndangena kwiArnold Classic, ukhuphiswano lwam lokuqala lwamazwe aphesheya- yiSuper Bowl yokutsiba. Kodwa xa ndandineminyaka engama-48 ubudala, ndandikhuphisana nabantwana abaneminyaka eli-17 ukuya kwengama-21 ubudala ngenxa yokuba kwakungekho abanye abatsiba kudidi lwam lobudala. Inkangeleko endaye ndayifumana xa ndathatha indawo yam kwindawo yemidlalo eyonwabisayo eMadrid-ungabava becinga, "Ngubani umntu omdala owenza apha?" Khange ndicinge ukuba ndinalo ithuba. (Idibeneyo: Kutheni kufuneka uqale ukuzicingela njengoMbaleki)

Ndenze i-30-yesibini isantya sokutsiba nangemva kokulahlekelwa isiphatho, kwaye ngesiganeko sesibini, i-double-unders (apho intambo idlula ngaphantsi kweenyawo kabini ngokutsiba), isihlwele sasisecaleni lam. Ndeva umntu esithi, "Uyahamba, ntombazana! Yenzele amantombazana amakhulu!" Ndisebenzise ukungxola kwabo njengamanzi ukuze ndiphumelele kwezi ziganeko zimbini zilandelayo: umzuzu omnye wokuhamba kunye nesantya semizuzu emithathu. Imilenze nomzimba wam wawungathi yikhovu emva kwesiganeko sokugqibela se-crossover double. (Idibeneyo: Olu Qeqesho oluTshisa iJump lokuSebenza luya kuKhanyisa iiKhalori eziNzulu)

Kumsitho wamabhaso, ndaziva ndingeyonyani ukuva igama lam ngokuphindaphindiweyo: Ndiphumelele iigolide ezine kunye nesilivere. (Iimbasa bezenzelwe iqela lam lobudala obungama-31 nangaphezulu, kodwa amanqaku am ebeya kundizuza okwesibini xa ndithelekisa nabaneminyaka eli-17 ukuya kwengama-21 ubudala kwimisitho emininzi.) ukwenzela mna. Njengoko ndandiqokelela iimbasa zam, ndenza inqaku elithi, "Akukho malunga nobudala okanye ubungakanani. Kukuthanda kwakho kunye nobuchule bakho."

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