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Alex Nicholas competing in the OCR World Championship Charity Race

A personal campaign sponsored by Alexander Nicholas

October 15, 2017

Support Me

On September 23rd, 2016 I broke the Guinness World Record for Kettlebell Swings in a 24 hour period, but it cost me dearly.

I developed compartment syndrome in my back and had to be hospitalized less than 12 hours after I was finished.  At the time I did not know that this injury was life threatening and I nearly died.  For over two weeks I was in the ICU and had 5 surgeries on my back in 15 days.  Since this injury was so uncommon, the doctors could not give me any type of prognosis nor any idea if i would recover at all. The only information I received was that they had removed lots of dead muscle tissue from my back that would never regenerate. I spent the night wondering if I would ever be able to walk without pain, have any type of career in fitness or be able to pick up my 1 year old son without pain.

My "wish" was to be able to compete in OCR at a high level once again, resume my career in fitness, and pick up my 1 year old son without back pain......ALL IN 12 MONTHS.

In 6 months I was able to pick up my son pain-free, in 9 months I was able to compete on National Television in a highly competitive OCR Race and place in the top 10, and in 12 months I spoke at one of the biggest fitness conferences in the world.

I turned my "wishes" into goals and was able to achieve them.....Anything is POSSIBLE!

There are many kids that are told they will not survive because of conditions or injuries far worse than mine.  Hopefully some of these kids wil recover, but many will not.  PLEASE donate whatever you can to help these kids turn their wishes into reality.    

Thank you for all the support!
ALEX

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