My girlfriend started competing in women's figure competitions this past year, and in her first ever competition she won the Class A Novice class at the NPC Derby Championships. After personally seeing all the blood (not a whole lot), sweat and tears, and seeing her win at something she dedicated herself to after many months of training, it motivated and inspired me to want to follow in her footsteps and do something extra that I believe I can succeed in.

It's an opportunity to put words into real-life in the sense of what effort and passion you put into being at the gym and training, to see the results first hand and embrace personal success. For any hardship life throws my way outside of the gym, I can always seek refuge and find peace in the training and dedication in the weight room.