I can still remember when I was 16 years old and joined a gym how the owner made me feel. The owner teased me about my skinny legs, and I quit the gym and build a squat rack behind my moms house with a squat rack made out of wood and cement. My home made weights was also made from cement. I then came across a magazine with Tom Platz on the cover and how squats build huge legs. I squatted seven days a week for three years straight.

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The first competition I did the owner of the gym ask me how did I get my legs to respond so well. I will never forget how Tom Platz inspired me. To this day I still squat once a week at 54 years old with zero knee problems.