I've been active my whole life. I started swimming when I was three & dancing when I six. I learned how to lift while I ran track in high school but started getting serious about it about four years ago.

I love it because it's like accomplishing a small victory each day. I look forward to putting all I have into my workout and feeling completely spent when I'm done. It's reassuring in a way to know that I get out of it, what I out into it. Weights, distances, & time in the gym always make sense when the rest of life doesn't. It's really it's own reward.