BUILDING A MUSCLE MOUNTAIN
It was when he was 10, while stood watching his uncle compete as a bodybuilder, that it all began for JC.
He was in complete awe of the freak-like physiques that stood before him on stage. This young boy knew exactly how he wanted to look. It was at this age he could see the other boys at school changing.
“As we started getting into our teen years at school, I noticed the other guy’s bodies starting to change. I wanted abs like them as well. I knew from speaking to my uncle that I needed to start lifting and working out,” recalls JC.
Then at 14, like many other teens of that time, he discovered the movie ‘PUMPING IRON’.
“I remember watching Pumping Iron with Arnie in it. I used to go into the family conservatory and smash out a session on the weight set that I had in there,” reflects JC.
It wasn’t long before his strength was apparently making a difference to his performance at school- he was winning titles like County Champion Shot Putter at only 15 years of age. Even though he excelled in sports at school, the desire to become a bodybuilder was still there.
“As I became more serious about training, I would pay my gym membership and after a hard session, I would pick up a copy of FLEX, hoping to find an article on ‘Adding 10lb of Shredded Muscle in Secret’,” he laughs.
But it was a long time before JC felt that he was ready to compete in a bodybuilding show.
This story is from the May 2018 edition of Flex Magazine UK Edition.
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