MARTIN ČERVENKA
THE MAN
I am Martin Červenka from Pozdeň, a small village near Prague.
I was paralyzed from the chest down three years ago after a motorcycle accident. I like to work out — I’ve been training for about nine years now and I love it, I really love it. It’s a great sport, and I’m grateful to Nick Scott that I can show it on stage. Bodybuilding keeps me believing that some days will be better, yes.
THE ATHLETE
I train at home in my garage. I bought some equipment, some dumbbells. My father helped me, and my garage is painted black. And I like it. I used to train in middle school, going to the gym, but I was always happiest in my garage.
Everyone in my village knows me because I live this lifestyle in my garage.
THE HERO
After the crash, after the accident, I was thinking a lot. Thinking, thinking… and I started from zero. I was somewhere, and then I went down, very down. But in my mind I switched this and I said to myself: fuck this, I’m gonna be good anytime. I’m gonna do this my way.
I’ve been doing this for so long, and I don’t give up.
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