Biography
Birth Place: Berkeley California
Favorite foods:
Bar-B Cue Pork ribs, Chinese food (Shrimp Fried Rice), Sweet Potato Cheese Cake (At Gladys Night's restaurant in Atlanta, Ga.) Strawberry Cheese Cake (the whole cake) & Orange Sherbet.
Training since:
Summer of 1979 in the back yards of Los Angeles, no gym.
How training began:
In the summer of 1979 I saw my cousins Tony, & Tommy, sporting the biggest 16 inch arms I'd ever seen! I asked them to show me how to make my arms like theirs, so they took me to the back yard of our neighbor Micheal's house, where they showed me how to curl and bench press and I was on my way...
Hobbies:
Going to the gym with my wife Karen (so she can kick the crap out of me during training) & going to the movies and spending time with my family.
Goals:
To live life a happy and successful life.
Training Program:
I train on a 5 day rotation. It takes me 5 days to train my entire body; then I take a day off. if I'm feeling good, I might not take a day off until 10 or 11 days down the road. Remember, this sport is from the HEART; not the books!
Heaviest lifts:
Bent over rows-- 505lbs.
Squats-- 655lbs.x's 4 reps (700lb.coming before 12/31/05)
Bench press 515lb. for reps
Contest Record:
NPC Nationals(IFBB Pro Qualifier)
6th Place Super Heavyweight
November 2007
NPC North American Championships (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
3st Place Heavyweight Masters Division
August 2007
NPC Masters Nationals(IFBB Pro Qualifier)
3st Place Super Heavyweight Masters Division
July 2007
NPC North American Bodybuilding Figure & Fitness Championships (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
2st Place Heavyweight Masters Division
11st Place Heavyweight Division
September 2006
Europa Supershow Pro/Am - Bodybuilding Figure & Fitness Championships (NPC National Qualifier)
1st Place Masters Division
1st Place Heavyweight Division
& Overall Champion
August 2006
Ronnie Coleman Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Figure Classic (NPC National Qualifier)
3rd Place Masters Division
3rd Place Super Heavyweight Division
May 2006
Nationals (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
Competed, Did not Place in Super Heavyweight Division
November 2003
Tournament of Champions (NPC National Qualifier)
1st Place and Overall Super Heavyweight Division
September 2003
Nationals (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
12th Place Super Heavyweight Division
November 2001
Border States XXIII Bodybuilding Championships (National Qualifier)
1st Place and Overall Champion Super Heavyweight Division
September 2001
USA Bodybuilding Championship (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
12th Place Heavyweight Division
July 2001
Nationals (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
13th Place Heavyweight Division
October 1999
Tournament of Champions (NPC National Qualifier)
1st Place and Overall Heavyweight Division
August 1999
Orange County Bodybuilding Championship (National Qualifier)
1st. Place Heavyweight Division
April 1998
Tournament of Championship (National Qualifier)
1st. Place & Overall Heavyweight Novice Division
August 1997
Natural U.S. Armed Forces Bodybuilding Championship
2nd Place
September 1994
Natural World Bodybuilding Championship
1st Place & Overall Novice Tall Division
July 1994
Natural Mr. California Bodybuilding Championship
1st. Place Novice Tall Division
June 1994
