I have been participating in some type of sport year-round since I was 5 years old. It is somewhat of a goal of mine to participate in as many sports competitively as I can in my lifetime. Weightlifting, however, has been the one constant for me since I started lifting with my cousin/best friend in the summer of 2002 (110lbs) at a brand new Gold's Gym in Richmond Va., been about them gains ever since. I should probably get him to BodySpace, huh?

It is me versus the weights, that's it. The weights never change. So therefore it is one of the only true measurements of personal progress that you have 100% control over, There are no excuses and no outside forces that you need to compensate for. You can only beat yourself, you can only injure yourself, you can only win by yourself. I am the master and the captain. This is my therapy.