debra haley, source youtube.com, july 7, 2007….biography source debrahaley.net:
“I started bodybuilding during my sophomore year in high school. I played on the soccer, softball and volleyball teams. I started playing soccer when I was 8 years old and continued to play through high school. By the time I started high school, all the years of soccer had built my legs like tree trunks! When I walked down the halls of the school people would stare at my legs. Some guys didn’t like the idea that my legs where bigger than theirs but other guys who were into it would ask me to flex for them, so I always did! I wanted to body build to balance out my legs. My upper body grew fast and I only worked my legs lightly to shape them. On occasion, some of the male jocks would challenge me to leg pressing competitions but that stopped when I finally did it and maxed the leg press 10 reps more than one of the strongest guys on the football varsity team. He was strong but I had years of endurance.”