When I was 23 years old I was 6'4" and weighed 140 lbs. In 1978 I bought Arnold Schwarzenegger's book on bodybuilding. A friend told me that I would never be able to gain more than 10 to 15 pounds - that motivated me to workout even harder and prove him wrong. I stuck with Arnold's routines and diet and gained 75 pounds over a five year period.

I owned a gym for 4 years and also built gym equipment for other gyms, high schools and YMCA's.

I quit working out in my 40's (big mistake) and now trying to make a comeback.

It's a way of life - discipline, self-motivation, eating clean food and passing on what I have learned to the younger guys at the gym.

When it comes to food, remember the words of the great Jack LaLanne, "If it's man made throw it out, if it taste good spit it out!"