( InvestigateTV ) — There’s no amount of training, or strength, or padding, to soften certain blows life has in store. A former Arizona State University gymnast is facing a twist he never saw coming.

“It’s the worst news you could ever hear,” says Rob Survick. “I wish I had cancer instead. That’s how crazy a diagnosis it is. You really mourn your own death kind of, at the beginning of it.”

Survick was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease , in 2020. The Valley gymnastics coach says that with the encouragement of those around him, he decided to get back to living life. And most of his life has been spent at Aspire Kids Sports Center in Chandler.

“He just says, ‘I got to get in,’” says Aspire owner and head coach of the Arizona State University men’s club gymnastics

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