G’day Folks.

My Name is Ian Hales. I have been bodybuilding for over 11yrs, personal training for 2yrs and writing for the web for 1yr. This is a journal of my training, dieting and anything that’s going on in the bodybuilding world. You can follow my trials and tribulations here.

If you have a question just drop me a line. I can’t say I know everything but if we all give each other a hand to climb this never ending ladder of knowledge then the climb will be a little easier…

This is me at my off season weight of 105kgs. When I first started training I was a skinny 21yr old that nobody would have looked at twice. My stomach stuck out further than his chest, pleasant I hear you say. Well I decided to do something about it. I joined a local gym and the rest was pain ,suffering, self-denial and immense satisfaction. It's not all bad and I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Welcome to 'A Life of Iron'.

Eat well, sleep well and train hard because “Life is to short to be small”

Ian Hales.