The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Cerebral Palsy and Coaching

The gist

1. Gregorek says therapists act as recoverers who return people to a prior state, but people with cerebral palsy must progress forward like athletes.
2. Tajin couldn't unrack a 15-pound bar, so Gregorek started at 3 pounds with tiny increases; he eventually benched 170 pounds at about 140 body weight.
3. Lowering the squat box from about 20 to 23 inches down to 16 inches let Tajin squat and turn, so he could use the restroom alone.
4. Gregorek paired training with math homework, tutors, and poetry; Tajin finished elementary and high school in about two years each and has 57 college units.
5. Gregorek proposes a five-year study adding five people a year, trained twice weekly and assessed on physical, math, language, philosophy and belief levels.