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Identity
Before going to Iraq, Kluver was training for the Olympics. He was ranked eighth in the U.S. for weight lifting in 2006. With only a couple of qualifying competitions before going to Colorado Springs to train, he was deployed. Returning home a changed, and out of shape, man, he realized how much a part of his identity weight lifting had been. “I would lift eight times a day in college. It defined me. When I got back and realized how out of shape I was, I felt like half the man I was.” Kluver had seen fellow combatants lose limbs and have to completely remake their identity upon their return.
Kluver now lives in downtown Las Vegas with this view from his weight room.
Identity
Before going to Iraq, Kluver was training for the Olympics. He was ranked eighth in the U.S. for weight lifting in 2006. With only a couple of qualifying competitions before going to Colorado Springs to train, he was deployed. Returning home a changed, and out of shape, man, he realized how much a part of his identity weight lifting had been. “I would lift eight times a day in college. It defined me. When I got back and realized how out of shape I was, I felt like half the man I was.” Kluver had seen fellow combatants lose limbs and have to completely remake their identity upon their return.
Kluver now lives in downtown Las Vegas with this view from his weight room.