I have always been the classic case of the skinny kid at school, always the shortest and skinniest in the year but very athletic due to football (soccer). I started going to the gym about 2 and a bit years ago at 9st (126lb) at the age of 18, i didnt know what i was doing or how to eat properly and soon quit after not going enough. I bought a bench for my garage at home after quitting and very inc... more.

My battle with gaining weight has been a problem since the day I was born, as a child I was always a very skinny kid. For a long time I had health problems due to malnourishment. My parents were instructed to immediately put me on a better well-rounded diet. Its actually funny because most of the foods that they were instructed to feed me are the ones that I still eat on a daily basis. I got bette... more.

Going in to high school I was one of the smallest guys in the year. At 5’3 and 110lbs, it wasn’t long before I realised that I needed to start growing, and fast! A little bit on my background...I’ve always been relatively fit from competing in distance running events with my late Grandfather. We used to train regularly, and it wasn’t uncommon for us to play tennis for hours on end on week... more.

Kane Sumabat aka "Timberwolf" is a Controlled Labs sponsored athlete. At the age of 42, he has one of the most ripped and amazing bodies that I have yet seen in my time running this site, making his accomplishments all that more due to his long dedication to the sport of bodybuilding. Below is an interview I conducted with Kane in which he gives a little background story of himself, gives his diet... more.

At the young age of fourteen, Scott applied for his first job at Gold’s Gym in Methuen, MA. By the age of fifteen he was performing gym maintenance, running the front desk, and selling memberships. When Gold’s Gym was relocated to a new 65,000 sq. ft. facility, Scott was promoted to a manager’s position. At eighteen he became a personal trainer and has been training men and woman from the ag... more.

My name is Alon Gabbay. I was born in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany, on March 28, 1987. My parents moved to Jerusalem, Israel when I was at the age of 3. I have 1 younger brother. I moved back to Germany in 2005; my parents and brother remain in Israel. Sports were always big part of my life. As a child I liked swimming, running, and I played basketball, football along with other sports. I also trai... more.

My name is Roger "ROCK" Lockridge. I am from Lewisburg, West Virginia. I started my bodybuilding on March 9, 1999. I treasure that day almost as much as I do my birthday. It means that much to me. I started at 125 lbs. and had virtually NO supporters. My family thought I was wasting my time, my mom signed up for me because she thought it was a phase, my doctor told me it was impossible, my P.E. te... more.

I used to race motocross professionally and after a serious crash I ended up in the hospital with 4 compression fractured vertebras in my back broken ribs and a bruised heart. After being in basically a body cast for 4 months I weighed in at a whopping 135lbs being 6ft tall! After stepping out of the professional motocross scene I looked at myself one day in the mirror and knew I needed to make a ... more.

I started out at 150 before I ever touched a weight in my life. I was very skinny and bony and not the strongest. A bunch of my friends started the gym and I would always hear them talk about it and wonder what was so great about it. One night I was out snowboarding with my buddy and there was this big snow/rock ball in the way so I tried to move it...wasn't gonna happen so my friend (who we... more.

I started off with lifting weights in 2006 when I was just about to turn 17. I was not even your "average joe". Skinny, bony, and weighing around 110 pounds. Really low on self-esteem and self-confidence. Everywhere I went, I felt uncomfortable. I got respect from no one. They all treated me like a kid. I got picked around and lets face it, no attention from the girls. Good at studies, good ... more.

Recovered anorexic here; longer story can be found in the beginning of my workout log which is updated daily. Feel free to check it out! June 4, 2008 - Hospitalized due to Anorexia Nervosa. This started during wrestling in 7th grade (sophomore in highschool now) when I had to lose some weight to make the next weight group under me, so I did that easy. Just ran 20 minutes every day. I have pre... more.