I was over weight with no confidence in myself or my physical abilities inside and outside of the gym. I never had the motivation to stick to a diet and training plan for an acceptable amount of time to see changes in myself, so when my friend asked me to train with him for moral support I used the opportunity to get myself into shape.

Before I started training I was in a pretty strange place, I would lie to myself and say everything was ok and that I was happy. I would avoid looking too deeply at myself…