About the Author

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I live in southwest Wisconsin, not far from the Baraboo Hills.

Hiking and exploring Wisconsin's state parks and wilderness areas, and working out (especially lifting things!) make for good times.

I was a teacher for 17 years. I'm now a personal fitness trainer and an "Olympic-style" weightlifting coach who runs a gym in his garage.

My wife, Tammy, and I have three kids -- Brian, Ben, and Abby. We also have a chubby old cat named Ringo, ex-stray kittens (now grown up) named Kitten and Oscar, and my son has a great big sweetheart of a dog named Rocky.