I got into weight training for football as a teenager and fell in love with it. When I started a rock band in high school and did the starving musician thing for a few years, my healthy lifestyle kinda went in a downward spiral. I started excercising again in 2003 and kept in good shape; but I really decided to get back into weightlifting about October 2007, after my band broke up, I needed an outlet and bodybuilding/powerlifting seemed perfect. Started using protein supps in Dec 2007 to add much needed muscle. However, i didn't join a gym 'till April 2008 and decided to get REALLY serious!

For years I suffered from soul cushing depression and a drug addiction, body building gave me a new direction but it wasn't until I REPENTED of my sins and was baptized in the name of Jesus in June 2008 that my life truly began. Deciding to live through God was the EASILY the best decision I ever made!

I love the feeling of being strong when lifting heavy. Especially being a smaller guy, even though I'll never be massive, I can still be pound for pound as strong as I a human could be. I also grew up a comic book geek, so to be built like one of the X-Men is a nice bonus.