“The toughest man on the planet”

A man weighed around 300 pounds, reduced weight and completed 4 thousands pull ups in 17 hours. A boy who had a difficult childhood became the toughest man on the planet. David Goggins is an American motivational speaker, author, and retired United States Navy SEAL. He is also an ultra marathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, tri-athlete, public speaker and the author of two memoirs, and was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame for his achievements in sports.

David Goggins was born on February 17, 1975, in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in a challenging environment with an abusive father, poverty and racism. His father beat his mom and when Goggins tried to stop him, he was also beaten up heavily. After seeing her son getting beaten up, his mother finally found the courage to leave his father. With an 8 years old son, she moved to a small town in Brazil and that’s when real life started for Goggins. He was one of the few black kids in that area and he was threatened. Someone wrote in his notebook, “You know we were going to kill you.” It just got worse and everything together haunted him. His mother was working hard in 3 different jobs as a single mother. David Goggins was not good in studies, he copied assignments. He missed 25 percent of school and then dropped out.