Introduction

John Gesselberty, a fellow weightlifter and gifted motivator, finished one of his training log entries on, I believe, Ash Wednesday by saying:

"'Remember man that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.' True, but, this man is going to be strong dust."

Those two words - Strong Dust - have stuck with me ever since. I cannot now sum up all the different meanings that I have ascribed to that phrase in the weeks since I first read it, but they all relate to health - spiritual, physical, mental - and a sense of not only a desire but a duty, a responsibility, to become become the strongest dust that I can. I feel it is something I owe to myself, my wife, my children, my community, and my God.

This blog will be my journal of my journey as I try to become stronger every day, with the goal of being able to proudly proclaim, "I am Strong Dust."