# @nicksantonastasso on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Da1TcUWCvx9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67998937-nicksantonastasso-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6579a10687.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16T00:00:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nick Santonastasso (@nicksantonastasso) — https://gondola.cc/nicksantonastasso

## Caption

I was the chubby kid. 
Pushed in a wheelchair. 
Couldn’t run as fast. 
Felt like I didn’t belong. 

Then I chose to amputate my arm at 17 to wrestle, because I had a vision and I’d do whatever it took. 

The gym became the place I proved to myself that the body I was given wasn’t the body I was limited to. 

I placed third in my first bodybuilding competition. 

I still train every day, currently on a 13-week cut. 

People look at me now and assume this is just how I showed up. It’s not. 

Every single pound of this was earned in private. You get praised in public for what you do in private. That’s not a motivational quote, it’s what I live. 

Swipe through. This is what the operating system actually looks like.

#Discipline #EarnedNotGiven #Mindset #Resilience #AdaptAndOvercome

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## Tags

mindset, adaptandovercome, earnednotgiven, resilience, discipline

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