I came from a family of 4 boys, my dad died when I was 10 yrs old. Before he died he bought my brothers a weight set (I was the youngest). I used to sit there and listen to how enthusiastically he would talk about how great this sport was and how it taught things like, discipline,determination, to set goals, and how to push your body past its limits. I was hooked. I used to watch my brothers lift and paid special attention to techniques. I also began reading up on bodybuilding. when I was 14 yrs old I started lifting, I made a lot of mistakes,but never gave up. The more I learned the better I got,I kept lifting up to the age of 25,when I got married.I had not touched a weight until about 5 yrs ago.I decided to start working out with my own kids and like a good drug ……..i was hooked again

Bodybuilding,I believe, is a sport where I compete against the most:fierce,tough,determined,relentless,push you to the limit,extremely critical,never satisfied,yes almost insane person I know…………myself. Bodybuilding teaches, sacrifice,discipline,how to push through pain,and shows you there is no such thing as age or limits to what you can do I believe these are qualitys that any good parent or human being could not argue with