MARK HENRY
POWERLIFTER AND FORMER PRO WRESTLER
FIVE OR SIX YE ARS AGO, I was in a grocery store, and this little kid said, “Mama, he’s fat.” I told the kid, “No, I’m big and I’m strong.” The embarrassment on the mother’s face was undeniable. But my response to the kid was healing, because when I told the kid that, the kid said, “I’m strong, too.”
I’ve been judged about my weight since the first or second grade. But in my childhood photos, I was always
