As a kid in the US, I wasn't very athletic. I always wore long clothes trying to hide how skinny I was. But I was into comic books and I wanted to be like Superman. My uncle inspired me - he gave me my first dumbbells and I've trained regularly since I was 16.
- And this led you to work with young people?
I was going to join the military, but was sick on the day and never went back. I worked in a summer camp, then got a job with an after-school programme on the strength of a phone discussion. The person said: "you sound really committed". At 19, I was running the scheme.
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