Robert Carlson

Male

23

San Diego, California, United States

Busser at a restaurant.

Sep, 1999

When I was in middle school I watched a World's Strongest Man marathon on ESPN, and was inspired to be BIG. Being half Filipino, I've always been the shortest amongst my peers and realized that I probably will always be on the short side. At 13, I found out that my middle school had an weight room that was open after school. I was the only one in there everyday, training hard. In High School I got into heavy power lifting because of football. Going into University I lifted off and on, and only gained about 20% more strength, while getting quite fat. I plan on joining the Navy soon so I have to lose a bit of fat, and get into better shape overall while hopefully maintaining most of my muscle mass.

I love lifting because I love knowing that I am strong and knowing that it's due to the hard work and suffering I've put in. It's also helped me in my personal battle against severe depression, the agony of a hard lift is my catharsis.

I appreciate every comment about my muscularity or strength. When nicknames are garnered from it, such as "The Baby Rhino", "The Animal","Bob The Beast", and "The Mini-Hulk." Or when people ask me to flex for them so they can feel and appreciate the size of my muscles. It's vain but it motivates me.

Je suis fort pour etre utile.