started working out when I was 15 to get in shape for football. The only thing I had to work out on was a Bowflex machine that my parents had bought. I only worked out in the off season, and so I was kind of off and on until I was 18. At 19 I joined the Marine Corps and pretty much stopped working out altogether until I went to Iraq in 2009. I got in pretty good shape while in Iraq, but then let myself go after returning to the states. Last year, I deployed to Afghanistan where I only had a small tent with freeweights to work out in. I started working out rigorously and I am still going. right now I am in the best shape of my life, and I am just beginning.

It's hard to explain, I love the feeling of getting back from the gym and knowing that I pushed myself to my limit. I also just love being in the gym and lifting, it's a fulfilling experience.