It started out when I was around 13 years old in summer camp, when a couple of old friends of mine said to me, look at the rolls on your stomach as we were sitting on the side by the pool. I felt out of shape. Also freshman year in HS when I was taking weight training class, I saw these upper classmen benching with 45's on each side, and I thought that was a lot and I just barely did 25's. This made me feel weaker than the others. I wanted to be strong as them.

I believe when I work out, all my stress is released and my body feels healthy. At times when I'm angry or depressed, or even just loaded with school work, the gym makes me take my mind off things and really keeps me focused on just my body.

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