How Did You Get Started?
I actually started lifting weights in high school, joined my first gym at age 17. In college and the subsequent years after that I strayed from the gym and took to the road running marathons and competing in triathlons.

Six years ago in an effort to improve my race time I went back into the gym to train. I forgot how much I enjoyed training with weights. In 2009, I competed in my first Figure competition, placed 2nd in the 35+ category, and 3rd in the Open D class. I haven't looked back since.

I love bodybuilding because there is truly no limit. There is always something you can strive to make better, stronger. The combination of training and diet is a true science, dangling the carrot of challenge that keeps me motivated to push for that extra rep, add 10 more pounds to the bar, and press through an extra 10 minutes of HIIT on the stair climber.