I started lifting when I was 15 but it wasn't consistent. When I was 17 my friend's dad took us to a local gym to see a local bodybuilder train. The guy looked like one of the Steiner Brothers from the old WWF! I told myself I wanted to look like that. I never did the roids to get there (tempted a few times!) like he did but now at age 47 I'm a lean 210 in the off season and compete at around 190...ironic that at 17 I weighed 150lbs!