It all started as a young kid watching He-man, Hercules, and Superman cartoons. I wanted to be strong. I was a huge wrestling fan during the era where most of the guys were big and ripped. Jimmy Superfly Snuka, Ricky Steamboat, The Road Warriors, Ivan Putski, Tony Atlas, Randy Savage, guys like that. I wanted to be big.
In junior high school, my older brother's good friend Alberto would chill at our house. He had about 15.75 arms that were peaked and looked huge to me at the time. He only weighed about 175 lbs in grade 11. He always brought some cute girl along with him. I wanted big arms.
A friend had a Flex magazine with Dorian Yates doing 150 lbs dumbell presses stating '150 lbs dumbell presses, will Yates dominate the 90s?' I was 18 at the time, had done conditioning and body weight exercises for sports, and thought with a bit of protein powder, and some dedicated training I would also hit 250 with 20 inch arms. No Getbig back then. Bought a weight set for 400 bucks, and trained like an animal. Very lucky not to sustain any serious injuries because I was doing some unsafe shit. I gained 2 inches on my arms and I was hooked!
Today I continue training over 22 years later. No person or image inspires me to train. I just like the feeling of being bigger and stronger then most. I'm addicted to it, and will train until the day I die. I want to be healthy, and full of energy.
