The lede is great:
He is 15 years old, 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds of cartoonish muscles on top of muscles. He had six-pack abs when he was 6. Today, he bench-presses one-and-a-half times his body weight and can leap from a standing position to the top of a car. He averages four touchdowns per game and hasn't lost a wrestling match since 2012, making him the nation's top-ranked football player and wrestler for his grade. And even though he doesn't begin high school for another two weeks, he already is one of the most talked about athletes in New Jersey.
And the story is off and away.
His uncle took Josh and his older brother, Matt, in to help them out because their mother (his sister) had a drug and alcohol problem. I get that. It's a lovely story and demonstrates a kind heart.
That's not the problem I have with the situation.
It's all of the money being spent on the training and coaching and nutritionists and wearing a "Darth Vader" like mask to restrict breathing while training and hanging upside down on a table in search of an elusive three inches so Josh reaches a magical height of six feet.
It leads me to ask the questions:
How much is too much?
When should all-in begin?
