Growing up in a small town of Midhurst, Ontario, I started my athletic career playing on teams for every sport imaginable. I started playing football at the University of Guelph while obtaining my undergraduate of human kinetics. Football didn’t last long, and I wanted to experience every element of human performance myself before I got into my professional career. This took me to bodybuilding, then to marathon running where I had a personal best of 3:24.

During this time, I became the head strength and conditioning coach for the KW Titans, a professional basketball team in Canada. Despite landing what I thought to be a dream job, I was left wanting to leave more of an impact on the people I worked with.

This took me to Sydney, Australia where I pursued my masters in Exercise Physiology. During my 4 and a half year stint overseas, I found a strength gym and started powerlifting an within six months I won the national championship.

Powerlifting transitioned to strongman, and the rest is history