I became fascinated with bodybuilding at the early age of 4. I remember watching my dad in the garage lifting and thinking he was the strongest man alive. He used to show me pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger and tell me how I could be like him one day. I would steal my dads novel "Education of a Bodybuilder" by Arnold Schwarzenegger and try to draw the pictures of Arnold. As time passed, I would train in my dads homemade gym, trying to be more and more like Arnold. While excelling through sports in high school, I always remembered the wisdom Arnold shared in that book. Always eat clean and train hard. After high school, I went on to play Tight End and Line Backer in the NCAA for Pacific Lutheran University. Once college was over, it became time to focus on bodybuilding.

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