General Member Information:
My Introduction:
What is your training style?
No hype, no B.S., no contracts. The Training Station has an 80's back-to-basics atmosphere, which you will see reflected in my workouts. I feel this was a time when bodybuilding & fitness weren't all about money or the "in thing", people trained hard for them selves and the love of the sport, and bodybuilders were like a family.
Why have you become a trainer?
I started weight training in my basement the summer of 1979 at the age of 12, inspired by a neighbor who trained in his garage in the alley behind my house. Weighing only 80 lbs. and having no idea what I was doing, I started memorizing articles and cutting pictures out of every bodybuilding magazine I could get my hands on.
In general, please describe your experience?
In 1987 and again in 1988, I attended bodybuilding camps at Loyola Marymount University in California, where I met and trained with bodybuilding legends Tom Platz, Lee Labrada, Shawn Ray, Ms. Olympia Rachel McLish, Mr. Olympia Samir Banout, Gary Strydom, Dr. Tom Deeters and many others. Each year I returned home with new inspiration and began using what I had learned.
In 1994, I began plans to open my own gym, and to make it official I traveled to Chicago for N.A.S.M.
