Thank you to EVERYONE for showing your support for me winning teen of the week on bodybuilding.com. I sincerely appreciate all the great comments! I have not been online so I have not been ignoring people thanks SO MUCH for the support and I will help answer any questions I can for anyone! I played basketball in highschool and I was never a tall guy. I figured if I wanted to succeed I might as well be strong if not tall! I beefed up from 150 to 178 over the summer from my junior to senior year. I considered quitting basketball to continue lifting because I loved lifting so much, however I continued to play ball. I lost 20 pounds over the season and touched a weight maybe once every two weeks to my disappointment. I moved out after my senior year and began college that fall. Needless to say i didn't have much spare time. In July of 2007 I began hitting the weights pretty hard again and started to slowly see my size return. VERY slowly. In October the owner of an Anytime Fitness had suggested I compete in a show he was promoting 2 weeks later. I declined because I was in no condition for that, but made it a goal to compete in 2008. After training hard for 6 months I gave it my first shot at the Mr. Natural Minnesota competition in April, and I've been hooked ever since.

It is a competition of health and fitness, which is my passion, my career, and my life.