I remember seeing Dave for the first time a number of years ago at the NABBA Scotland, i believe he hadn't been training for a while and possibly not doing any gear but he was freaky huge, nowhere near as heavy as now or fat, just a ton of mass. He was the talk of the whole place that day, everyone whispering and wondering who this huge fucker was! Some of the comments were hilarious, usual stuff about eating kids for breakfast and stuff but one thing i clearly remember was that he seemed very happy. The past while to me has been so different, all this pain, injuries and obvious deteriorating health. We can all do what we please in life sure but in Dave's case imo it's all been a bit unnecessary. His quality of life now seems a bit shit now, who wants to try and walk about in constant pain while the whole time your capability of carrying out the very thing that got us hooked on this lifestyle, ie lifting weights is being seriously restricted to the point of ending altogether? Certainly a double edged sword here.
Another point, i remember Dave saying once he was very tolerant to large doses of gear, maybe he could tolerate the multitude of sides guys can experience on the outside but i reckon the unseen inside had other ideas.
Not knocking the guy in any way and i do hope he can maybe change his direction and regain his health, it's just ironic that the thing he loves like the rest of us may ultimately be his undoing way too early.
