Member 00001: fat wilhelm
My real name is Kurt, middle name, Wilhelm, which, coupled with my love for large quantities of food, was the inspiration for my nickname, given to me by my friends during my college years.
I’m a 31 year old native of the Detroit area and currently live in Plymouth, Michigan with my wife, Courtney, my beautiful daughter, Tannah, and my Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Rudy. I now understand that life truly begins when you have children.
I graduated from The University of Michigan in 1997 and work as an architectural engineer for a large international architectural firm, though one day I hope to open my own niche gym/athletic training center and work for myself doing what I truly love.
I started lifting weights around age 15. My first outlet for the work I put in was bodybuilding [gasp], in which I competed three times as a teenager. I have long since seen the error of my ways and now train primarily for strength and athletic betterment. I use powerlifting, strongman and Olympic techniques in my training and would love to compete in all three of those sports at some point in my life, though oly is a clear long shot.
I’ve been training with my friend, Tayon, since around March of 2006. I taught him everything I know and he absorbed it like a sponge. His hard work and persistence has truly been a tremendous motivation to me, leading to some of the best progress I've made in my sixteen years of lifting.
Beyond strength training, I love to cook, draw, remodel old houses, build anything, backpack, bike, play sports (especially soccer) and, of course, hang out with my wife, daughter and pooch.
