BEFORE	AFTER

I have always been a “short/stocky” kind of guy. I have always been an athlete and football was my favorite one. That being the case I was always more concerned with being bigger and stronger not so much leaner.

I am a personal training manager and have been in the field for almost five years now. I love working out and helping people achieve their goals. My current gym has a program we do every year called the “12 Week Body Transformation”. The main focus of this program is to help educate and motivate people at the busiest time of year when people are “ready” to make the change, January through March for those of you that don’t know. The perfect time to implement those “New Year’s Resolutions” and provide the guidance needed to follow through.

As a trainer and the training manager I find it important to participate myself, even though many of my clients told me I didn’t need it. Looking back I am very happy I didn’t listen to them. I had made up my mind that there was no need for me to be big and strong anymore and that getting “ripped” was my new goal. Having gotten clients to that point already I knew I had the tools and knew what to do, it was just time to put it to action myself.

Long story short, over the course of two transformations while still focusing on my clients, I was able to drop from 210lbs 18% bodyfat down to 170lbs 6.5% bodyfat! I honestly never knew I had that much fat to lose. Now that I have done it I will never go back to where I was physically, I feel like a new person and have a brand new sense of pride. I have since competed in my first bodybuilding show, the NPC Dutchess Classic in Poughkeepsie NY placing 2nd place in the open middleweight class. The competitor that beat me out went on to win the overall of the show! I walked away from that show feeling great but feeling like there was something else I should do. That is when I really started pursuing fitness modeling. I have a long road ahead of me and I cannot wait for it!