Aaron Marino of alpha m. answers viewer questions about his body building career. He shares a picture of himself when he was body building at 140 pounds and shredded. He is now about 152 pounds and relatively lean.
When he was around 11 years old, he started working out. At 12 years old, he received a gym membership as gift from his Mom. By the time he got to high school, he had as much muscle mass as a 13 – 14 year old could have. By the time he went to college, he was still working-out and decided to be a personal trainer. He opened a nutrition store and seriously started considering body building by learning about diet and supplementation.
He started competing in natural body building with polygraph testing and pee-testing. He wasn’t allow to take anything– including andro. He did well competing as a novice during his first competiton by earning 2nd place. He was very symmetrical, lean, and, good at posing. He competed in 12 competitions total and eventually won the natural nationals for his height class. That was the top of what he could do.
So around that time, he open his own gym. His priorities changed and stopped competing. Now he enjoys staying in shape and looking good as it’s essential to image. Body building takes a lot of hard work and discipline.
