I always had a desire to look and feel respectful and healthy. I started doing basement work on an old multi-purpose and body-weight machine back in middle school. From there I went to different gyms until I settled into Fleck's Gym my sophomore year of high school. Bodybuilding and working out became a passion - a way for me to release stress and get away from real life in a healthy way for an hour a day..

Bodybuilding is great because the only one you are competing against is yourself. You can set goals and challenge yourself to meet them. Others could care less how well you are doing because the sport is individual. It builds mental toughness and tests your self-will. That is why I love it. It builds character, your body, and makes you a better person overall. Plus, the feeling after a good workout is like none other