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Quick stats: Age: 25 Height: 5’5” – 165cm Weight: 123lbs. – 55kg How did you get started with bodybuilding? After the birth of my son I decided that I wanted to get into shape. I had gained a relatively normal amount of weight during pregnancy - about 40lbs) but it was still bothersome for me to be considered “skinny fat.” So I decided to [...]

Photography © www.charleslowthian.com Quick Stats: Age: 30 Height: 165 cm – 5'5" Weight: 58 kg – 128 lbs. How did you get started with bodybuilding? From a very young age, I was always the skinny kid. Leading into high school, I was often accused of being anorexic. This embarrassed me, especially considering I ate like a horse! I then proceeded [...]

Quick stats: Age: 27 Weight: 135lbs. Height: 5’8” How did you get started? I discovered the world of fitness when I was in high school. At first I did aerobics classes, and little by little after I gained more confidence I moved to the weight room. I remember flipping through a fitness magazine and thinking that “One day I want to look like thes[...]

Everyone knows the difference between dirty and clean foods, so I don’t have to explain the obvious…or do I? My favorite response to questions about how to eat clean is, “Wash your food.” The biggest problem with discussing foods in these terms is that there’s no clear definition of clean or dirty. The difference might seem obvious, but a closer lo[...]

Quick stats: Age: 24 Height: 5’5” - 165cm Weight: 120lbs. - 54kgs How did you get started with bodybuilding? I was a Personal Chef in Houston TX at a private training studio. Many of my clients were competitors and I had learned very quickly how clean and strict their diets were. I thought they were all crazy for what they did. Although all of the[...]

Quick Stats: Age: 30 Height: 5’8” – 173 cm Weight: 138 lbs. - 63 kg SimplyShreddedTV Episode 2 How it all began: I have always been a particularly active person. I love anything that involves extreme sports. Prior to my transformation, when I wasn’t at the gym training or working as a Paramedic, I was either wake boarding or chasing powder [...]

Quick Stats: Age: 42 Height: 6’ 4” Weight: 220 lbs. How did you get started with bodybuilding? I was first introduced to training with weights in the 9th grade while on the freshman football team. I was so intimidated to step in the gym! We had an old school hardcore gym and some pretty big boys on our team. At 5'2 105 lbs. as a wide receiver my j[...]

Quick stats: Age: 30 Height: 5'6" Weight: 108 lbs. How did you get started? My mother was an avid weightlifter because of a car accident in her 20s, she had to go to the gym to keep herself strong and aligned. From her inspiration I began strength training with weights when I was 15. The private gym was full of professional competitors, and when I cam[...]

Quick stats: Age: 28 Height: 5’4” Contest Weight: 122 lbs. Off-Season Weight: 129 lbs. How did you get started with bodybuilding? I started out on my journey of living a healthy life style long ago. In high school, I remember watching my mom in our home slowly changing her lifestyle and in return changing mine. She cut out soda, switched to skim [...]

Quick Stats: Age: 18 Height: 6'0 – 183 cm Weight: 185 lbs. 84 kgs How did you get started with bodybuilding? Well pretty much I started training when I was 12 years old. I can remember I asked my parents for a weight set for my 12th birthday. They gave me a bench press, pair of dumbbells, 50 pounds of weights, a 30 pound barbell and my first trainin[...]