Micah Lacerte started working out when he was 18 years old. Lacerte had just got to college and was always known as a skinny kid. Instantly, he loved the way his body started changing and how great he felt. The harder Micah worked and ate the better he felt and looked. Lacerte went from a 6 ’00″ 150 lb kid at age 18 to now weighing 205-225 lean year round.
Joe Wilson – known to the NANBF and Arkansas as “Big” Joe Wilson promotes NW Arkansas Natural Championships for Bodybuilding, Figure, and Bikini competitors held in June of every year. In conjunction with his competition, Joe Wilson promotes the NW Arkansas Fitness and Health Expo along with the NWA Pump N Run 5K. Joe Wilson is an IFPA pro Bodybuilder, father of two and husband of his bride Kelly, youth leader and men’s ministry leader at his Nazarene church and math teacher in Northwest Arkansas. Read the rest of this entry »
How did you get started?
A friend of mine was a national powerlifting champion and he introduced me to strength training. I got the iron bug rather quickly and kept on training. Originally I come from gymnastics, which I practiced all through my childhood and adolescence. But I really got hooked on strength training once I started. Read the rest of this entry »
Kane Sumabat’s father bought weights for his oldest brother back when Sumabat was 12 years old. It was those old plastic and concrete plates with plastic collars by York. Kane Sumabat’s father began his day with a routine of calisthenics, and that was his inspiration. Sumabat has blasted onto the fitness scene being an inspiration to many people for his muscle mass and extreme leanness. Kane Sumabat interviews with Fit Universe where he talks about his training, dieting, and much more! Read the rest of this entry »
Lowell Gloeckl played sports for most of his life and this is where he developed the passion for fitness and lifting weights. Gloeckl stopped playing school sports midway through high school when the gym became more important to him. That is when he began doing powerlifting competitions. Gloeckl won several competitions and also holds an American record bench press for his weight and age. Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Loewy has trained for six years and at only 20 years of age has already attained pro status with the IFPA. Jason Loewy has had a great start to his natural bodybuilding career thus far with an overall win at the 2009 OCB Natural Steel Championships where he received his IFPA Natural Pro Card, Heavyweight victories in the Novice and Open divisions at the 2009 OCB Mid Atlantic Classic and a teenage class win at the 2007 OCB Spirit of America. Loewy hopes to continue his success with his pro debut coming up within the next year. Jason Loewy interviews with Fit Universe where he talks more about himself. Read the rest of this entry »
In high school, Aaron Williamson began reading all the muscle magazines and studying material on weight training. It wasn’t until joining the US Marine Corps (and being deployed to Okinawa) that he fell in love with bodybuilding; he was “bitten by the bug!”
Vance Varian, as a kid, always admired people with muscular physiques; it was like a symbol of power to him. In fifth grade, Varian’s uncle gave him some workout equipment that went right in his room: a few dumbbells, a small barbell, and a less than stable bench that would sit around and collect dust for weeks at a time. Read the rest of this entry »
