Raging Love (eBook)

Raging Love is about athlete and Powerlifting National Champion Jimmie D. King's rise to fame as an angry, chronically injured powerlifting champion to a happy, healthy cyclist and bodybuilder. Readers will witness a man who learns to be at ease with himself through mentoring and coaching others to become better versions of themselves. With stunning candor, King shares his intimate and deeply personal perspective-including his challenges and struggles with bullies, physical limitations, childhood abuse, disappointments, oppression, and racism-and how he evolved and adapted over seven decades to stay as close to the ball as possible while learning to serve and develop the talents of others. Far more than a sports memoir, Raging Love is a gripping tale of perseverance and purpose and a reminder that finding one's path is, above all, an evolution from psychological discipline and mental toughness to forgiveness, spiritual peace, self-knowledge, and self-love. In this book, King tells how he learned to focus his anger and channel it in a more positive direction to finally understand that athletic success does not always bring fulfillment, but rather forgiveness and mentoring others can help a person to evolve, find love, quality relationships, and live a more balanced life of purpose. Raging Love is a must-read source of inspiration for everyone. Even non-sports fans will cheer for King as he wrestles his rage, learns to forgive, and turns his focus to the love and service of others.

Jimmie D. King was a certified personal trainer for 21 years and a group fitness instructor for 5 years. He is a certified sports nutritionist. He was a photojournalist for Female Bodybuilding Magazine and a manager/engineer for Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Avon Cosmetics, and Mobil Oil. Jim is also a successful athlete and has set the US national deadlift record (635 lb.) and has spent years as a player and coach for various sports. He was a 2017 IsaBody Challenge Finalist and Runner-Up. Lori Ann King is the author of Come Back Strong, Balanced Wellness After Surgical Menopause, and a two-time contributor to the Chicken Soup For the Soul series. She is the creator of the online bite-size course Balanced Wellness During Menopause. King has an undergraduate degree in Recreation from Western State College of Colorado and an advanced certificate in Information Management from Syracuse University. She was a 2019 IsaBody Challenge Finalist.