Man, 51, Reborn as Bodybuilder

In November 2009, the Toronto man decided to make a change and hit the gym and now after an intense year of working out the 51-year-old is in the best shape of his life.

He placed third in the over-50 category of the 2010 Milky Whey Western Ontario Championship bodybuilding competition.

“I was on various medications and worried about diabetes and I thought I needed to do something about it and the first thing I needed to do was find a coach so I went looking for a bodybuilding coach,” Bigley said.

“I went into his office and I was really impressed. He had this beautiful photograph of this bodybuilder, a really impressive specimen, and I asked him who he was and he said that is you in 12 months and I knew I had found my coach."

Bigley totally changed his diet and started to work out six days a week for up to three hours a day.

“I gave up everything. Some things were really difficult to give up. I really love Guinness. Some of the things were difficult to give up but it was a complete lifestyle change — not only a physical change but a change in the way you think,” he said.

“Your diet has to change completely when it comes to bodybuilding. There are three important ingredients — training, rest and diet,” Bigley said.

The process turned into a character test.

“There are the physical elements, but after six months the physical side isn’t what it is about. It is about your character and your relationship with your coach,” he said.

“I was really surprised. I thought it would be more about just getting big. I found out quickly it wasn’t about that at all it is about your own relationship with yourself and growing.

“My coach put so much of his heart and soul into this I felt like I was doing it for him.”

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