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Hey there, welcome to my page!  Lots of people ask me about my background so heres a bit about me for those of you that want to know!
 
This is me at 15, I started bodybuilding the day after this picture was taken and it was also the holiday I met my wife Samantha on (thought I better put something in for the ladies awww), I bought some weights and trained at home, I then moved on to train at a spit and sawdust gym in Thetford, Norfolk, the lads in that gym really gave me a hard time but I kept going back for more....
 
I have had times where keeping to a diet and training became hard, moving in together and lack of money, then getting married and also the birth of our daughter Paige, who was born 4 months premature, during all these times I have found bodybuilding to be a strength in my life.
 
I consider myself a very lucky guy, Samantha is a huge rock to me, she makes sure I have everything I need to grow and takes as much stress from me as she can, she drives me when I feel down and even shouts at me if I don't feel like training!  My training is rarely done without her nearby to encourage and shout at me.  She goes through all the dieting with me and cuts me an unbelievable amount of slack.  Without her I wouldn't be half the person I am now or have half the muscle I have now!  She is an amazing woman.


So here I am now, we moved up to Lancashire to be nearer to 'the knowledge' and also there was a lack of competitive bodybuilding in the gym where I trained, so Sam and I bought the Body Temple.
 
Again I have been lucky in finding my current training partner Julie, man is she strong!  A good training partner is to me like a good marriage and just as important.  She really pushes me and turns up no matter what to train.  As you can see, I haven't been given the best genetics in the world to work with but I'm weighing 16 stone 6 lb at the moment and don't carry much body fat.  (Check out my recent photo shoot pictures on our forums, in Darrens Corner).
 
Just a quick thank you to some of the people that have helped me so far (no particular order):
 
Dennis Francis, Brian Connolly, John Hodgson, my wife and her huge supportive family, my daughter Paige, every one of my training partners, especially Julie and anyone that has ever wished me good luck!
 
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy the chat forums, I pop in there all the time, so if you want to chat, feel free to say hi or make a post.
 
Bye for now and keep checking the site for updates!
 
Darren :O)



Competitions to date:
 
1991 - East Anglian Bodybuilding Championships - Teenage - 3rd.
1998 - North Staffs Open - Beginner - Did not place.
1999 - Kent Open Bodybuilding Championships - Beginner - 3rd.
2000 - NABBA Novice Mr Britain - Class 2 - 1st (overall 2nd).
2000 - EFBB South East Qualifier - Intermediate - 2nd.
2001 - EFBB East of England Qualifier - Under 90kg - 1st.
2001 - EFBB British Championships - Did not place in top 6.
2004 - EFBB East of England Qualifier - Under 90kg - 1st.
2004 - EFBB British Championships - Did not place in top 5.


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