SEPTEMBER 2025 — PRESENT

The Journey

I spent years using strength to get the job done. In September 2025, I began training it on purpose.

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This is the record of what followed: a changing body, measurable strength, a first competition, and the work between one event and the next.

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The Starting Point

I began this phase at 360 pounds.

Earlier attempts to improve my health centered primarily on cardio and weight loss. That work taught me how to show up consistently, but this time I needed a goal large enough to organize the work around it.

Strongman became that goal.

The sport gave the process a structure: press, pull, carry, load, condition, recover, and return. The question was no longer only how much weight I could lose. It was what I could build.

The Scale Changed. So Did the Goal.

My bodyweight has not followed a simple transformation arc.

I began at 360 pounds and eventually reached 305. I currently weigh 332.

Viewed only as a weight-loss chart, moving away from the lowest number could look like moving backward. That is not the full story.

As training shifted toward strongman, so did the demands. I began training, eating, and recovering for strength, performance, and competition rather than treating the smallest number on the scale as the only successful outcome.

The scale remains part of the record. It is not the verdict.

• Starting bodyweight: 360 lbs
• Lowest Recorded Weight: 302.4 lbs
• Current Bodyweight: 325 lbs

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FALL 2025 — SPRING 2026

Building the Base

The first stage was not about looking like a strongman. It was about learning how to train like one.

That meant learning to brace, judge effort, manage recovery, refine movement, respond to setbacks, and distinguish between working hard and directing that work effectively.

There was no single moment when I stopped being a beginner. There was only more work I could do than before.

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One Thousand Pounds

Seven months after beginning the strength-focused phase, I recorded a squat, bench press, and deadlift total for the 1,000-Pound Club.

The lifts were a 355-pound high-bar back squat, a 265-pound bench press, and a 380-pound deadlift.

Exactly 1,000 pounds.

The number mattered because it turned strength from a general idea into something measurable.

Combined Total: 1,000 lbs

• Bench Press: 265 lbs
• Deadlift: 380 lbs
• High-Bar Back Squat: 355 lbs

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FIRST BLOOD STRONGMAN SHOWDOWN…RELOADED

The First Competition

I entered my first strongman competition in the Novice Men’s Heavyweight division with months of training, limited access to event-specific equipment, and no real way to know how the preparation would translate once the clock started.

I finished second overall.

The result established the first competitive baseline for the journey: not a finished product, but evidence that the work belonged on the field.

Results

• Overall: 2nd Place — Novice Men’s Heavyweight
• Axle Clean & Press: 12 reps
• Conan Wheel (+270 lbs): 4 rotations
• Sandbag Toss (3 bags): 26 seconds
• Nissan Versa Deadlift: 10 reps

Nissan Frontier Truck Pull:

The final event became the defining moment of the day.

I completed the truck pull in 10.36 seconds, winning the event outright and recording the fastest pull of the competition.

It became my signature event because it created the clearest bridge between the strength I had used for work and the athlete I was becoming.

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What the First Competition Changed

The first competition answered the most basic question: I belonged there.

More importantly, it provided a real baseline. Better event-specific preparation, more technical experience, and a full competition cycle now have something concrete to build from.

The result did not complete the transformation. It gave the next phase a direction.

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CURRENT CHAPTER

The Road to Wisconsin

I am now preparing for the Wisconsin State Strongman and Strongwoman Competition.

The current phase is focused on converting first-competition experience into better preparation: stronger events, better conditioning, cleaner technique, and the ability to perform across the full contest.

The work is being documented through daily training videos and written Dispatches.

Latest Journey Dispatches

Training logs, competition preparation, video dispatches, milestones, setbacks, and reflections from the current build.

Follow the Next Phase

The record continues between competitions: one session, one adjustment, and one piece of evidence at a time.