Ronnie Coleman discussed his timeline to be walking and running unassisted.
Bodybuilding legend Ronnie Coleman continues to work toward his goal of walking unassisted. He has discussed his timeline in the past and recently touched on the subject again with a new wrinkle. Coleman claims that he will be walking on his own in 2027 and added that he will be running within four years.
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“The journey for me to walk again, this is my commitment to you guys and to myself that in 2027 January, I will be walking again.”
Coleman has totaled 13 surgeries over the course of his life, dating back to injuries during high school. Much of his recovery and career was featured in his life story documentary titled “Ronnie Coleman The King“which aired on Netflix and is currently available on Prime. During a recent YouTube video, Coleman explained that not all surgeries went smoothly and it has impacted his mobility.
Ronnie Coleman Talks History With Surgeries
Coleman has discussed his goal of walking once again but that is not all that is on his mind. While he has had his sights on walking, he wants to also run.
“I can guarantee you that because I am committed to walking again. In about another four years, I’ll be able to run. I’ll be able to do a marathon.”
The number of surgeries that Coleman has endured would be difficult enough but he explained that there were setbacks during some. On three different occasions, screws broke that were put into his back.
“I remember one surgery I went in for, as soon as I got back to my room, the nurse came in and wanted to look at my bandage on my back to make sure it was still holding up. I turned to my left and as soon as I got around, I heard a big pop. It popped actually twice, it popped when I rolled over and it popped again when I rolled back”
Coleman underwent different surgeries due to injuries that dated back to the beginning of his career. Due to some mishaps, his mobility did not improve.
“With the surgeries, my mobility never got better. Actually, it probably got worse if anything because the more surgeries I had, the worse my back got. All those discs kept falling and herniating and they would go in and do another surgery and put more screws in and the more they put in, the more screws that broke.”
Ronnie Coleman has continued to train hard in the gym and do different exercises in order to regain his strength to walk again.
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