Ben Mudge
Ben Mudge
Ben Mudge is a British fitness influencer and online coach. He has had Cystic fibrosis, a degenerative condition that affects his lungs and pancreas, since birth. His condition has not been a reason why he won't scale high in life, in fact, he has channeled his adversity as a positive motivation to get the best out of life and become a Fitness influencer.[14]
Childhood
Ben Mudge is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was born with Cystic fibrosis. Cystisc is a Genetic disease that affected his lungs, pancreas, and other organs of his body.
In his childhood days, Ben was sporty and he ensured that the disease did not preventing him from what he finds pleasure in.
He takes time to spend quality time around his friends and family.
Ben developed a chest infection at the age of 18, that infection reduced his lung capacity to 66 percent.[13]
Ben described the chest infection as a squeeze in the bottom of his lungs.
“I’d never had any issues with breathing at all before that.
But then after that it felt like someone was squeezing the bottom of my lungs shut.
That’s when I knew I had to get exercising.”
Overcoming
With a change of life style Ben pulled through the words of doctors who told him he may never overcome.
Ben enrolled in a gym, lifted weights and carved out a healthier and cleaner diet for himself.
His bodybuilding routines and training did not result in an instaneous outcome, his progress was a slow. However, with consistency, the time spent in the gym paid off.
Over time, his lung capacity improved significantly.
Bodybuilding taught him how to breathe properly and has restored his lungs to 95% capacity.
Motivating Others
Knowing fully well that there were people out there with similar issues as him, he did not stop on improving his own health alone.
Hence,he started his online profiles to share his story to help others who deal with cystic fibrosis to get better and healthier as he is.
As he gained more followers on Social media, Ben commenced his personal training business. He also started posting pictures of himself resembling a famous character Thor.
“It feels so surreal that I’m having this impact on people all over the world, and especially on young cystic fibrosis kids – all these little Thors.”[12]
Bodybuilding
Ben Mudge makes regular vists to the gym about five to six times in a week.
His Physical exercise routine lasts for one hour.
His major focus is on big compound exercises that work his whole body.
In addition, instead of traditional ‘bro-splits” he loves to do full-body workout.
where he focuses on single muscle groups.
He believes that full-body training helps him to achieve his desired result in less time.
Diet
Ben pays great attention to his diet by eating clean and healthy food.
He takes Supplements; this includes digestive Enzymes which he takes from time to time at every meal to combat his Cystic fibrosis.
Prior to a Photo shoot, Ben will eat the same amount of calories he typically eats – 2500kcal per day. He likes to add more cardio which helps him achieve a caloric deficit of 200-300kcal and it does not make him leaner.
Accomplishments
Over the years, Ben has proven to hone his skills has a:
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