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0Jerzy Gregorek (@TheHappyBody) is a 4x World Weightlifting Champion, co-founder of UCLA’s weightlifting team, and co-creator, with his wife Aniela, of the Happy Body program. You can watch the documentary Prisoner No More, directed by Jeff Wolfe and produced by WolfePrideProductions.com, for free here: tim.blog/hardchoices. To fill out the form on Cerebral Palsy Research Project, visit tim.blog/cp.
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Timestamps
- 00:00:00 Start.
- 00:01:29 The transformation I’ve been chasing for a decade.
- 00:02:39 When an unstoppable coach meets an immovable cerebral palsy diagnosis.
- 00:04:35 Three pounds to 170: the bench press that woke a brain up.
- 00:07:17 Navigating autism and building the basics of communication that sustain higher education.
- 00:10:41 Treadmills exhaust, athletes progress: why physical therapy stalled where coaching took off.
- 00:19:00 Lethargy, sleeping in the car, and the quiet power of resting energy.
- 00:20:22 The 16-inch box that opened the bathroom door — and everything after.
- 00:24:26 Micro-progressions, certificates, ceremonies, and writing history onto a blank brain.
- 00:29:16 Parental dedication and appreciation.
- 00:31:54 The adulthood gambit: quit piano, quit training — if you can stick an 18-inch jump.
- 00:35:14 License plates as the gateway drug from counting to math five hours a day.
- 00:40:04 Jerzy’s coaching style doesn’t court approval.
- 00:42:42 Genghis Khan vs. Admiral Yi Sun-Sin vs. Jerzy vs. Tae Jin.
- 00:46:35 In search of the science behind such transformations: 25 patients, five years, and a method built to be replicated (interested researchers, visit tim.blog/cp).
- 01:05:39 Hard choices, easy life — and the call to find your starting point.
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