Michael Barbella, Managing Editor02.17.23
Two seconds.
That’s all it took for Rudy Kadlub’s world to implode.
Two seconds for his life to forever change (or so he thought).
Two seconds for his career to end (or so it seemed).
Two seconds to utter something Kadlub never imagined he’d hear: “You won’t be able to weightlift anymore.”
Those seven words cut through Kadlub like a knife. He’d been competing as a professional power lifter for 15 years and had amassed more than 30 world records. He was also CEO and co-owner of Portland, Ore.-based Kabuki Strength, one of the world’s leading power lifting and gym equipment producers.
Power lifting was his passion.
But that zeal was in peril, thanks to Kadlub’s arthritic shoulders, likely (at least partially) the result of years of record heavy power lifting. The recommended treatment was a total shoulder replacement, which would essentially end Kadlub’s power lifting career.
“Though I have had a long and successful career as a homebuilder, power lifting has always been my passion,” Kadlub
That’s all it took for Rudy Kadlub’s world to implode.
Two seconds for his life to forever change (or so he thought).
Two seconds for his career to end (or so it seemed).
Two seconds to utter something Kadlub never imagined he’d hear: “You won’t be able to weightlift anymore.”
Those seven words cut through Kadlub like a knife. He’d been competing as a professional power lifter for 15 years and had amassed more than 30 world records. He was also CEO and co-owner of Portland, Ore.-based Kabuki Strength, one of the world’s leading power lifting and gym equipment producers.
Power lifting was his passion.
But that zeal was in peril, thanks to Kadlub’s arthritic shoulders, likely (at least partially) the result of years of record heavy power lifting. The recommended treatment was a total shoulder replacement, which would essentially end Kadlub’s power lifting career.
“Though I have had a long and successful career as a homebuilder, power lifting has always been my passion,” Kadlub
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