Started in 1984 after winning a bet on stopping smoking for a week. went from smoking to the gym and entered first contest a year later and took 2nd place. In 2 more yrs, went to personal training and owning a store selling all an athlete would need in supplements and gym clothing and accessories. 4th year, successfully trained a girl to first place in her first contest. She took 10 months to go from plain to near perfect. Continued my training and won 6 2nd places and 1 third place to guys half my age on the juice and also won 3 of the Masters events at the same shows. Moved my store to a bigger place and did the PT from the small gym I built in the back. Had 3 more winning clients and others that did not compete. Made the oversize smaller and the undersized bigger. One could not pass the physical for the local PD and after 9 months he went to State Highway patrol and passed their PT requirements and became a Trooper.