Brian Kahrs

Brian Edward Kahrs was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in 1963 . His father Freddy was a truck driver also known as "Freeway Freddy ". His mother June was a factory worker and house cleaner. At the age of 8 he and his family relocated to the New York City suburbs of Long Island . While attending elementary school on Long Island he excelled in art and sports . He began lifting weights at age 8 after an older neighborhood kid informed him that by lifting weights everyday he could quickly become "the toughest kid on the block ". He immediately hurried home to dig up and old rusty set of weights that his father had stored in his basement and he began lifting . At a young age he began achieving some noticeable results in muscle size and strength that would later help him survive the tough streets of New York . Brian spent very little time indoors during his childhood. He devoted all of his free time to the outdoors playing street sports and exploring small patches forest