Before landing on my exam table, 22 year old, Greg Walling has done tours of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He sustained some injuries and did require some medical attention as he was hit by shrapnel. This ex-Marine began bodybuilding at age 14, and now competes competitively in strongman competitions. Questioned about his workout regimen, Greg told me that he is in the gym daily, regularly spending over 5 hours on each of his workouts, which include dead lifting over 700 pounds. Yes, I did say 700 pounds. Greg told me that has lifted over 1000 pounds before, but does not count that lift until he can do at least 3 repetitions at the designated weight.
For all that power, you would have expected a behemoth or maybe a mastodon (pick your adjective here), but at 6’04″ tall, weighing only 240 pounds, Greg is fairly trim and very physically fit. He does perform his workouts with a designated spotter, someone that can assist or steady him, should he lose control of the massive amount of weight that he is lifting. His spotter is also a champion bodybuilder, in his own rite.
Based on his life experiences and his abilities, you might expected Greg to have given me a host of problems, and that would be extremely far from the truth. Greg was a very agreeable and easy patient to examine. By the way, did I also mention he is a third degree black belt ? As you might expect, I started Greg’s exam a little cautiously, I mean, let’s face it, I don’t want to be a trophy on his fireplace mantle. As the exam progressed, Greg could not have been more accommodating. I was not the first, though, to give him a prostate examination, as the Marine Corps did take that distinction from me, nor was I the first to give him a urethral swab, as it turns out, that the Marines did that as well.
The Marines did not require a semen sample at any of their exams, but I sure do and Greg fired off a good one!
JP