Following a pelvic injury, Wiz Khalifa is recovering.
The 35-year-old rapper behind “See You Again” gave fans a peek at his recovery process on Friday by posting two videos to Twitter. He can be seen in the videos walking slowly with the aid of two canes while sporting kinesiology tape on his back.
He wrote, “Slight rip in the cartilage of my pelvis, but I’ll be right back.”.
The next day, Khalifa posted a new video of himself moving faster and without any help. Four legs were cool, but he said, “I like two better.”.
The Grammy-nominated artist claimed in a series of tweets that while he is “taking my time and recovering slow,” he is still in a lot of pain.
Small rip in the cartilage of my pelvis but I’ll be right back. pic.twitter.com/kufZleHw4X
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) June 24, 2023
He continued, “The pain isn’t from the actual tear so as soon as the spasms stop i should be Gu Wop. ” .
By performing lunges while using his canes in a video clip on Monday, Khalifa gave his fans another glimpse into his rehabilitation process.
He tweeted that he has been walking better every day but is concerned about putting on weight as he recovers. He remarked, “Barely getting out of bed about to have your boy packing on some pounds.
Over the years, Khalifa has been transparent about his mixed martial arts training. The “Black and Yellow” rapper boasted that he gained about 35 pounds when he spoke to Bleacher Report in 2018 about how his training changed the way he looked. has muscle.
After getting his “ass whooped” a few too many times by his cousins, who “train jiu-jitsu and stand-up as well,” Khalifa explained that he first made the decision to start his MMA training. ”.
He remarked, “I just got tired of getting my ass whooped, so I figured I would learn how to fight, and it’s not as easy to beat me up anymore,” adding that he used to be “a practice dummy” for the pair. ”.
In describing his fitness journey, the rapper claimed that although he had initially studied jiu-jitsu for a few months, it wasn’t until he started training in muay thai that his interest in MMA really took off.
At that point, he recalled, “my mind changed to feel like, ‘OK, this is what I want to do. “The climate control is nice. I enjoy how it is standing up. The stance is good. I decided that I would abuse this a little more than jiu-jitsu. ”.
While Khalifa continued that he was never bothered by his thin build, as he got older, he began to enjoy being a little more muscular and now works out for “about two to three hours” every day.
He said, “I liked myself with more weight today.
I was cool with being skinny before. ”.
