I was born June 12th, 1994 in Renton, Washington, United States.  Growing up in my hometown of Renton, I began playing sports at the age of 5 and it essentially was the beginning of what has become an awesome fitness journey.  I was always a very athletic person and I soon realized that being physically strong and in great cardiovascular shape gave me an even greater advantage over the competition.  This desire and overwhelming passion to be different than everybody around me inspired me to begin lifting weights at the age of 12. It is this passion to be unique that gives me the drive and motivation to be the best and accomplish all that I can now so that my name will endure long after death for my great accomplishments.  If I am remembered for being average or the same as everybody else then I have failed, so I strive everyday to excel in everything I do and the fitness world has provided me the opportunity to live my dream.  My senior year in High school was a major turning point in my life.  I was prepared to be be a Division I college athlete and have my college education paid for through sports and then life threw we a curve ball when I tore my ACL in my first football game of the year.  It was then that I realized that I was not invincible.  Not only was my dream of playing sports in college shattered but my scholarship offers were gone.  Fortunately, through this very difficult time in my life I still had the one thing I knew I could always fall back on and that was lifting weights.  A few days prior to my surgery, I was on the site bodybuilding.com and I stumbled across something very interesting that got my attention.  There was a new category in bodybuilding called “Mens’s Physique.”  I knew immediately that this was my calling and that I would devote myself to compete in this category and be the best.  Needless to say, a few months later I won the overall title in my very first show.  Since then, this incredible journey has continued and taken me to new and exciting places and introduced me to a great network of people that can help propel me to the next level and beyond.  I am definitely excited about the next chapter in my life and to see what this fitness world has in store for me.  The quest for Immortality continues....      - Jeff Seid