I Wore This Back Brace For Four Years

How I Went From Wearing This Back Brace For 23 Hours a Day, Every SINGLE Day For Four Years With Back Pain And a Curved Spine And Being Told I WOULDN'T Be Able To Lift Weights To Putting On 50lbs Of RAW Natural Muscle

I was that 14-year-old non-confident skinny kid.

Not just “couldn’t open the pickle jar” skinny—I mean frail, small-framed, weak.
I didn’t have broad shoulders or thick arms.

I naturally had some athleticism, but I wasn't strong.

Strength was never an attribute I had when I was younger.

However, I always had a drive to want to be better and do well.

Taking martial arts early on helped with that mindset.

However, there came a point when I was 14 when an unexpected illness occurred.

I was diagnosed with scoliosis. A crooked spine that, overtime, kept getting more crooked. And to fix it, they strapped a brace around my entire torso, from my waist to my neck. I wore it 23 hours a day. Every. Single. Day. For four years.

23 hours A DAY….can you imagine wearing a brace 23 hours a day like the one down below. It was irritating to say the least lol.

It was supposed to straighten me out…and it is what I needed to do at the time to straighten my back out.
Instead, it felt like a prison.

But finally came the time to take the brace off after 4 years.

I remember standing in front of the mirror, years later, finally free from that brace… and seeing this weak, wiry body staring back. But I was still excited because now I could be free from the brace and do what I wanted to do.

Lift weights and become more than what I am.

 But that changed for me again when I went to visit the doctor.

“Sorry, but you won’t be able to lift weights… you’ll be too weak.”

That moment? That sentence? It should’ve crushed me.

For a period of time, I was sad and irritated. It was a set of mixed emotions and wanting to understand why I had to do through this.

Between wearing the brace for 24 hours a day, getting rash infections, having to deal with the back pain, and issues I had at school, why couldn’t I just win for once.

Not too long after this, I just ended dup realizing something myself.

I needed to take charge and make this work myself.

A fire ignited inside me, and I refused to believe that I was stuck that way.

My old mindset of determination and grit was coming back.

I didn’t care if he was a scoliosis specialist.

I wanted to see this for myself if I was REALLY unable to lift weights and grow.

That’s when I learned something very critical.

Everything in nature is built to grow.

Trees regrow after storms. Muscles grow through pain. And men?
Men can rise—even when the world tells them they’re too broken to even try.

And it’s no different for you, as it was no different for me.

I started lifting weights.
Not because I had permission.
Not because I had the right body type.
But because I had something better: a reason.

It became more than just transforming myself and my body into a muscular physique at that point.

That was still important, but I grew beyond that idea.

I committed to growing my body from scratch. Naturally. No shortcuts. No steroids. No cheat codes. Just raw effort, science, and time.

And as my body grew… so did my mission.

I had my flaws along the way...

I chased shiny objects. New routines. New supplements. Quick wins.
But every time I got distracted, I came back to the foundations—my formulas, my methods, my principles. I had to eat my own cooking.

I had tunnel vision, too. So locked in on building muscle that I sometimes missed the rest of life passing by. It’s a strength and a flaw—but I’m learning how to master it.

And now I teach men to master theirs.

Because the truth is, the fitness world has become a circus of lies, hacks, and hype.
Diets before basics. Supplements before understanding. Confusion instead of clarity.

I say screw that.

Before you pick a diet, you need to know what calories actually are. Before you count macros, learn the chemistry of food.

Once you understand how the body works, you’re free. Free from fad diets. Free from BS. Free to build something real.

This was just the beginning of my journey.

New Levels Always Bring Familiar Devil

I made the decision to grow.
But the world doesn’t like it when you go against the script.
And I had to decide:
Was I serious about this? Or just pretending?

After that day in the doctor’s office—when he told me I’d be “too weak to lift weights”—something inside me changed.

I wasn’t just interested in building my body anymore...
I was obsessed.

I just had the drive to want to change my appearance and look the bodybuilders of old like Arnold and flex wheeler. 

It was about proving that doctor wrong and being true to myself and saying that I was the one who had control.

But when you step out of the ordinary world, the villains always show up.

At first, they came from the outside…

People who told me I gym too much when I said I was going to bulk up.
People who told me, “You’re not built for it, bro. Just focus on something else.”
The endless scrolling through fitness influencers online, who all seemed like genetic freaks or were juiced to the gills.

People even tell me that anyone and everyone who was muscular had taken some point of steroids or enhancements, and none were natural.

And I’m not talking about the bodybuilders.

I mean, they were even referring to everyday people who looked phenomenal

But honestly, even then, I didn’t care.

Someone who had started from behind the starting line, let alone wearing a back brace for four years.

I wanted to make it happen.

But there was one more person who was always coming around from time to time to preach their words.

The real villain?

He lived in my own head.

That voice that whispered:

“Maybe they’re right.”
“Maybe this isn’t for you.”
“Maybe you’re broken.”

Every day I went to the gym, it felt like I was dragging that voice with me.
I didn’t have a perfect plan. I didn’t have a coach. I didn’t even have a clue what I was doing half the time.

Then getting annoying because I was getting the results I wanted when I THOUGHT I should have them by.

But regardless I just knew I had to show up.

Because the stakes weren’t just physical.
This wasn’t about getting abs.
It was about proving to myself that I wasn’t weak anymore.

But there was this one moment, early in my journey, where I almost quit.

I remember hitting a plateau. My lifts weren’t going up. My body didn’t look different. I was busting my ass in the gym, eating more, sleeping better… and still felt stuck.

At the time the one thing that almost set me back completely was a gym buddy I had seen 6 months later.

We had started around the same time but his results were better than mine.

He was lean and getting shredded with some more size.

And I thought:

“What if this doctor were right?”
“What if my body actually can’t do this?”

That “what if” can destroy a man faster than failure ever could.

But my old habit so being stubborn and just having this gut feeling of them being more kicked in again.

I realized: if I give up here… then the brace wins.
The doctor wins.
The doubt wins.

And I just couldn't let that happen.

It was a great thing that I had already somewhat enjoyed lifting weights.

Because I didn’t come this far to stay stuck.
I didn’t endure 4 years in a cage to walk away when the door was finally open.

So I kept pushing.

Not blindly—but with intention.
I started studying.
Learning the science.
Testing what worked.
Tracking calories. Understanding recovery. Respecting consistency.

I turned the gym into a lab.
I became the guinea pig.

Because if I didn’t figure this out for myself…
I’d never be able to teach others how to escape their own cages.

The Day It Finally Clicked

I was training hard.
Eating more.
Sleeping right.
But nothing was working.
Until one night… staring at a blank notebook page… I saw the missing piece.
And it changed everything.

I was sitting in my room after a brutal workout.

My body ached. My meals were prepped. My sleep schedule was locked in.
But the progress? Barely noticeable.

I felt like I was stuck in a loop.
Lift. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
And still look the same.

It felt like I was doing everything right... But nothing changed was slow.

That’s when I pulled out my notebook and started writing down everything I was doing—my workouts, my meals, my macros, my sleep.
I just dumped it all on paper to see if I could spot the leak in the boat.

And that’s when it hit me like a freight train.

I wasn’t missing motivation.
I was missing a framework.

I had no real strategy—just effort.
I was trying everything but not tracking anything.
I didn’t understand what was actually driving growth, and what was just fluff.

I realized there were techniques I was leaving on the table that I could be performing with my workouts.

And I also realize there were nutritional methods I was practicing to the best of my ability.

I made a decision:

“No more guessing. I’m going to crack this code—and when I do, I’ll teach it.”

That was the epiphany.
And what followed was the New Opportunity.

Instead of trying random routines, I designed a formula.
I started then what I now call the:
🔹 Primed T.M.M.T Method 🔹
(A system built for the naturally skinny guy who’s been told he’s “Not built for muscle.”)

It wasn’t about lifting more.
It was about lifting right.
It wasn’t about eating clean.
It was about eating strategically.
It wasn’t about random supplements or chasing fads.
It was about understanding how the body grows and building a system around that.

And more than anything, it was about shifting from “hoping” I’d grow…
To know exactly how to make it happen.

The moment I implemented this? Everything started to move in a better direction.

The scale started moving.
My muscles started popping.
And for the first time, I actually believed I could build the body I envisioned.

But here’s the thing…

It wasn’t just for me.

Because once I built the system, once I saw it work, I knew I could give this opportunity to other men who were stuck like I was.

The men who were told they’re too weak…
The ones who feel overlooked…
The ones who want to grow but don’t know where to start.

And that’s exactly what I started doing.

THE FRAMEWORK

 Primed T.M.M.T Method — The Blueprint for Natural, Relentless Growth
I didn’t need better genetics.
I didn’t need supplements.
I needed a system that actually worked.
And when I built one?
I didn’t just transform my body…
I gave other men the power to do it, too.

Once I had my epiphany—that random effort wasn’t enough—I went to work.

I turned my frustration into focus.
Every rep. Every meal. Every hour of sleep.
I tracked it all.
Measured it. Adjusted it. Refined it.

What came out of that grind was something I call:

Primed T.M.M.T Method 
A system designed for the guy who’s been told:
“You’re not built for this.”

Here’s what it looked like:

🔷 1. The Structure Phase

Most skinny guys go straight to lifting heavy, but that’s a mistake.
The first step? Build structure. Putting together a lifting routine specific to the individual based on their needs and goals, and what they can handle that will yield results.

This phase taught my body how to move with strength. Not just to look big, but to be strong from the inside out.

🔷 2. The Power of Nutrition

This is where I flipped the script on nutrition.
I stopped blindly following fad diets and started studying the chemistry of food.

I even took it in university at York. I wanted to understand exactly how food worked and what it did in the body.

I didn’t want to just hear it from someone on Instagram because they said it worked for them.

I wanted to know how it worked regardless of one's experience. 
How calories work. How the body uses protein.
This alone gave me a superpower: control over my growth.

🔷 3. The Load & Lock Phase

Once my foundation was solid and my nutrition was dialed in, I introduced progressive overload. Increasing the intensity when needed and done correctly, so you can accomplish the tasks at hand. Doing this perfectly allowed my clients to flourish on the power they had available. And not just trying to complete a program that was never built for them.

When you attempt a program that was never meant for you anyway, and it comes off hard, it makes you think your weak and not good enough.

This is why it this crucial when progressing a client and why I made sure I did it for myself.

🔷 4. The Rewire Protocol

This was the secret weapon.
Most guys fail not because of the plan, but because their identity hasn’t changed.
So I built in routines to shift my mindset:
From trying to grow… to becoming the man who grows.

And the results?

📈 I went from frail and told I’d “Never lift weights”…
💪 To stacking on pounds of lean muscle, naturally, with no enhancers.
🔥 To be stronger, more confident, and in control of my body than ever before.

But what really lit me up…

Was watching other men follow it, and crush.

The Proof

Like Marcus, who’d tried 4 different programs before mine and said:

“I didn’t realize how simple it could be once I actually understood how my body worked.”

Or James, who messaged me after 12 weeks and said:

“I’ve never seen results like this. I’m 34 and in the best shape of my life. I feel like a f**ing machine.”*

This system didn’t just work for me.
It’s worked for dozens of guys who felt stuck, weak, or left behind by the mainstream fitness industry.

This isn’t about building beach bodies.
It’s about becoming a man of strength, discipline, and presence.

And it all started… with a brace around my spine.

ACHIEVEMENT & TRANSFORMATION

From Weak Kid to a primed — and the Brotherhood I Built Along the Way
I built the body I was told I could never have.
But that was just the beginning.
Because the greatest transformation wasn’t physical…
It was who I became in the process.

 
The mirror doesn’t lie.

Years after I took off that brace, after being told I’d never lift weights, I stood shirtless, strong, built, and unrecognizable compared to who I used to be.

Broad shoulders.
Thick arms.
A back that didn’t just look straight, but was now built.

There are some parts you can see if you look at it where it shows the muscles moved a bit because of the curvature of my spine.

But not as bad as it once was, and a hell of a lot stronger and more pleasing to.

I didn’t use shortcuts.
I didn’t take enhancements.
I didn’t follow influencers.

I built my body the raw, natural, relentless way.

But here’s the real win:

I didn’t just build muscle—I built identity.

The weak kid inside me didn’t disappear.
He evolved.

Every set, every rep, every early morning and meal logged...
It wasn’t just a step toward more mass—it was a step toward more discipline, more confidence, and more conviction.

And as I changed, so did my vision.

I realized this wasn’t just about me anymore.

Because out there in the world?
There are thousands of men walking around with the same story:

❌ Skinny.

❌ Told they’re not built for this.

❌ Afraid to even walk into a gym.

❌Continuously felt like a failure in their life

❌Didn’t like feeling inferior to other men

❌Hated that this was the one area they lacked in.

And no one’s speaking to them.

So I made it my mission to become the voice I never had.

I built a tribe. A brotherhood. A movement.

A space where men can rise together—
Not chasing fake perfection…
But pursuing raw, real, relentless growth.

Now, I live in the body they said I’d never have.
I coach men every single day through the same transformation.
And I wake up every morning with purpose, clarity, and fire.

Not because I “beat scoliosis.”
But because I refused to let someone else’s label become my limit.

Achievement?

✅ Built a strong, powerful, natural physique.
✅ Created a proven method that transforms other men.
✅ Built a brand, a movement, and a mission.

Transformation?

I became the man I needed when I was younger.

I became the role model I needed to be for myself and for other men that I have helped.
And now I help others become the strongest, most capable version of themselves.

This isn’t just fitness.
It’s freedom.
It’s fire.
It’s becoming who you were meant to be.

And it’s a method that you can handle as well.

You have the power within you to do it.

You just haven’t been shown the right system before.

You were always heavily misguided by someone else, following a program that worked for them but not for you.

🔥 And now it’s your turn.

Whether you’ve been told you’re too weak, too far gone, or too late to start—
I’m here to tell you:

You’re meant to grow.
And I’ll show you how.

Adam

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