CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Bryan Ballard has had struggles in his life.

From a significant gallbladder surgery, to a nasty recent bout with COVID.

“Gallbladder was wrapped around my small intestine,” said Ballard. “They had to call two surgeons with another doctor, and they said it was the worst one they’ve ever seen. They weren’t sure I was gonna make it through the surgery.”

After a hip replacement surgery, he couldn’t take it anymore.

“I couldn’t envision myself in a walker or wheelchair, and that’s where I was heading,” he said.

So the 70-year-old Ballard - for the first time in his life - started hitting the weights.

“I could feel my hip, but it got better, it started getting better,” he said. “I’d move up on weights, then I’d add a machine, and then I’d add another machine. Pr

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