Rory Young

I’m working to maintain my fitness for a career as a Firefighter; a career I started pursuing the year before my car accident. Having the goal to become a firefighter gave me the motivation to continue chasing the dream in turn, pushing me to be the fittest version of myself and endure a difficult recovery journey through a brain injury. I'm thankful for health and fitness and for the person it's giving me the chance to become.

I love sweating and I love breathing. Running has become my favourite exercise; when i'm running the most I feel my fittest. At the gym I do two upper body and two lower body days a week. I warm up and cool down with a run everyday followed by core exercises and a good static stretch. On my 3 days out of the gym a good rest day for me is a slow 8-10 km run, a good body weight circuit day and on the last day, I like to have a day for just running, a core routine and a long stretch.

I would make a donation to the Kamloops brain injury association. A thanks for all of the help and encouragement they’ve given me throughout my recovery journey. After that I’d like to maybe get another solar panel and a 300 ah lithium ion battery. I want to travel the west coast in my bus; surf, workout on cool beaches to inspire health and fitness. The rest I’d probably put into a tfsa, maybe buy a house someday:)