I played sports and we grew up with I nice weight set in my basement. I had minor surgery on my back at 16. When I stopped playing hoops I gained a lot of weight. A year later and a trip to the doctors made me aware that I was up to 200lbs. Lost a little that year and then my senior year, in my dorm room at boarding school, with weights from home and a bench I made with milk crates and towels, I began.

Feeling strong. The overall sense of well being. Is just a part of who I am.