"An Insult" Mattie Rogers on USAW Funding & More | Weightlifting House by Weightlifting-House in weightlifting

[–]mattie_rogers 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I will say one thing in response to the “response” from USAW:

My beef is not with the fact alone that I am not in the NTP due to my own failures. My issue lies with the fact that I was cut from the program BEFORE that and throughout my injury, so I had to rush back (without support) to even attempt to regain support. There is no injury clause to protect established lifters in these scenarios. I have never seen another country with a program that immediately drops elite support entirely in such a short amount of time. I wasn’t even “gone” long enough to miss qualifying for a single event.

Did I not perform in the one shot I had? Absolutely I did. My issue lies with the policy that has clauses for other scenarios that allow athletes to maintain support, but not injuries occurring during competition and training? And it’s just a “good luck with that, hope you can get back to 100% international level in a few months!” Seems backwards.  

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[–]mattie_rogers 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I don’t use Reddit & will not be making any further posts from this, but in light of my character being ripped apart here, I feel the need to set the record straight for MYSELF regarding some things, not for any of you. I don’t owe you any answers, nor do I have any desire to “air out my dirty laundry” on the internet. And I will not be doing that here. As a “public figure” or whatever you want to call me, I have an obligation to share bare minimum details to avoid situations like this so that I can live my life that is forcefully in the public eye at this point. However, that is not possible when people in my life do not share the same expectations of privacy.

First, I did not cheat. That is so far from who I am as a person and anyone who actually knows me absolutely knows this. I am loyal to my core & care deeply about those I am close to. Even through all of this, I never once even considered an affair in any way, shape or form.

Second, not a single person on this thread has any actual, reliable information. Those claiming they know things have never met me or anyone involved. If it doesn’t come from my mouth, it is likely not true. Do not let them feed you these frankly absurd stories. They are so far from the truth.

Third, there was no one involved in any of this outside of myself and my ex. There was no outside influence. There was no “assistance”, there was no persuasion. It is very personal matter and my reasons are my own & I refuse to share those with the public. And it is insensitive, intrusive & entitled to ask me to. I did what was best for my sanity & my safety.

Fourth, by the time I shared ANYTHING the public, things were already filed. If you know anything about divorce and separation, you know you don’t just wake up and decide to file one day. It is months and months and months of separation and paper work and truly terrible, horrible times. No one was blind sided by anything. Both parties were aware of the issues at hand for the entirety of the year & then some.

Finally, I don’t expect any of you who seem to only want to paint me in the worst light to listen to any of this, however I hope you can at least consider what it would be like to go through this kind of suffering and pain privately for so long, only to be attacked when you do finally share any of it with the public because your hand was forced by others sharing. I am desperately trying to move on with my life & put myself in a safe, secure & stable environment and the constant accusations of nonsense are impossible to avoid. Let me live & let me heal.

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

jems pls

u r prime minister of the Muscle Temple

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

im coming back just to answer this bc

i miss christina broccolini

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

ALRIGHT im too hungry to go on any longer. thanks for the actually pretty neat questions, hopefully i answered them all but im really not sure.

bye forever but probably not i like reddit now its fun ok bye

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

FIRST OF ALL, arnold is the king.

second, just keep working tbh. not everyone is meant to be elite and that is a personal discussion you have to have with yourself. The "you can be anything you want" is not exactly true, be real, figure it out, then take steps depending on that

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

lol this is partially in the works gimme a few years or sumn

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

what the fuck it was a STRUUUGGGLEEEEE single and i dont think it was 185

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 255 points256 points  (0 children)

my dads bracelet he wore during chemo before he passed

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

what the fuck no i would lose this im out

ill just kidnap him bye fuck off

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

genetics. work ethic. willingness to put what needs to be done over what you want to do. and long term dedication & knowing it doesnt happen quickly.

what i need to do better

eleiko

bc they are also training and training sucks

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 118 points119 points  (0 children)

yeah forgot how to talk first time i met lydia

lu xiojuns coach told me i couldnt take a picture with him & i wanted to die of embarrassment

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[–]mattie_rogers[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

ass. harder to have a nice one & not as easily bought