Thankfully, the 30-year-old has always loved the spotlight-just not the weight. So one morning, he woke up and decided it was time to get fit.
I've always been sort of a gigantic, Upshaw told Men's Health. I think I was 511 in the eighth grade.
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As a kid, Upshaw used that height to his advantage, playing football and taking center stage in his schools theater program. But in college, his size started to take a different turn.