I was quite an athlete in high school: football, wrestling, Field Events, soccer. Wrestling helped me go from a 319 lbs sophomore to a 234 lbs senior. I took a weightlifting class and often impressed my teacher with the knowledge that I shared with my class mates. Jump to 7 years later, I was back up to 300lbs, a smoker, a drinker, and I ate whatever I wanted. Then I saw Spartacus! I looked at Andy Whitfield, Manu Bennett, Peter Mensah, and Jai Courtney and said "I want a body like that!" I'm not there yet, by any means, but i'm still working on it.

The overall feeling of health and reaching new weights. I love sweating when it comes from a good workout! I love the muscle exhaustion and even a bit of the soreness after a workout. No pain no gain.