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*Originally written in May 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What my tattoos represent<\/h3>\n

For me, the forearms represent the hard work<\/em>. The forearms are what I remember being blown up when I was shoveling coal underground. The forearms are one of the first things you see within the blue-collar community. The forearms are strong and reveal the numerous hours of work put in. The forearms represent a daily motivation.<\/p>\n

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My Right Forearm<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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My right forearm has \u201cOld School\u201d written in old English, with the coalminer\u2019s crest. The Coalminer\u2019s Crest consists of a hard hat, with the shovel and pickaxe crossed. This logo actually used to have a skull under the hard hat, but I couldn\u2019t get down with that. This tattoo is a depiction of family pride and shows the realness of where I come from.<\/p>\n

\u201cOld School\u201d is a mentality<\/strong>. <\/em>Yes, it\u2019s a gym, but at the core it\u2019s how I operate. I needed this mentality to keep me grounded, especially when things got out of whack in different areas of my life. It served as a constant reminder of where I came from, how hard I worked, and kept myself in check.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My Left Forearm<\/h3>\n

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I was able to link up with Jimmy Blu, who is the tattoo artist for both Lebron and Joe Hayden. I told him that I have a 1935 photo of my great grandfather, Joseph Boone, who died in a coal mine explosion with his brother.\u00a0 He was the first-generation coal miner and weightlifter in my family.<\/p>\n

Joseph is the father of my now 93-year old grandfather, who is ultimately responsible for teaching me how to lift weights. My grandfather lost both his dad and uncle in the same coal mine explosion, two weeks before Christmas.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The chalk bowl at Old School Gym is part of his barbell set. The lineage of coalminers, lifting, and hard work is four generations deep.<\/em> To me, that\u2019s historic. I wanted to show my grandfather how much I respect, believe and appreciate what he did for me. In my opinion, the best way for me pay back was to memorialize his father,<\/em> forever.<\/p>\n

My grandfather starting crying when he saw this 1935 portrait of his father on my forearm. I\u2019m talking about a 6\u20192, 245-pound WWII veteran, and overall great person that I completely idolize. This was the best way I could try to tell him thank you.<\/p>\n

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My New Tattoo<\/h3>\n

This Abraham Lincoln quote is incredibly meaningful to me. On the pursuit of trying to accomplish something, no one can see it but you. No one can believe it, but you. No one else can make it come true, but you.<\/p>\n

Faith is what gets you through. Belief gets you through. That is the sauce. When you can\u2019t see or touch it, but know it\u2019s possible, everything changes. This is why these words are meaningful to me. It can\u2019t ring truer.<\/p>\n

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As much as I hated living in the 1970\u2019s trailer I lived in from sixth grade to when I graduated high school, it forced me to break out of that lifestyle. I still can remember my mom struggling to pay $150 for the rent each month. Living in that trailer changed everything.<\/p>\n

Our life is completely different now. All of us. My sister, mom and the rest of my family. How we operate, what we talk about, and the experiences we have. It truly is staggering. I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m going to put it yet, but I know I want to see that quote and trailer each and every day.<\/em> To think when I lived there that I would tattoo this on myself is comical.<\/p>\n

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