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00:08 TROY: Just a warm up. Lightweight, two more.
Last one.
00:12 COMM: Daveon Hill is obsessed with bodybuilding.
00:19 COMM: He has an impressive count of medals
and championship trophies to his name despite being only eighteen years old.
00:26 DAVEON: Started playing with weights when
I was twelve, At fourteen a found myself in my first bodybuilding show.
00:31 COMM: But while other teens are hanging out
or going on dates, Daveon spends most of his time in the gym.
00:37 DAVEON: It's hard but when you love something
so much it don't matter how hard it gets.
00:42 COMM: Daveon's father Troy, a former bodybuilder,
has been training his son since her was twelve, and is determined to make him a star of the
bodybuilding competition circuit.
00:56 TROY: Daveon's first interest of training
was at the age of ten when he saw my first competition. He came home and wanted to start
doing push ups and sit ups. When he turned twelve then we started to incorporate weights.
01:07 COMM: Despite worries about Daveon's tender
years, Troy believes his special workout program, devised especially for his son, is totally
safe.
01:16 TROY: I would disagree with the thought that
a teen shouldn't be lifting weights because it's gonna stunt their growth or hurt their
muscles, if anything it's gonna strengthen their muscles.
01:28 COMM: Now at age 18 Daveon is undergoing a
gruelling workout program.
01:32 DAVEON: I wake up at four, four thirty, do
my cardio, and then I got school after, and then after that y'know I come home, do homework
if I have homework and then know back to the gym.
01:46 COMM: Daveon also sticks to a strict diet
which includes 12lbs of steak, 40lbs of chicken, 10lbs of sweet potatoes, and 20lbs of fish
every week.
01:57 COMM: While some experts are sceptical that
teens can achieve such results without the aid of steroids, Troy insists it's down to
hard work and supplements.
02:06 TROY: He will not do steroids, that's just
out of the question. There's just zero tolerance, this is all Daveon takes. Roughly $600 a month
is what we spend on Daveon for his supplements.
02:17 COMM: Daveon recently won three gold medals
are the world championships in greece. One as a junior, one as an adult, and one against
grown men much older. and her became the youngest competitor to ever win a pro card at the gateway
naturals event in Missouri, aged just 18.
02:37 TROY: I know a lot of professional athletes,
Daveon has surpassed quite a few of them. and these are pros that have been doing this
for 20 or 30 years. He just loves to compete.
02:48 COMM: But Daveon's commitment to his sport
means he often misses out on being a normal teenager.
03:01 DAVEON: That was on purpose.
03:02 DAVEON: Because I am so focussed on achieving
my goals I don't really have that much time for serious relationships.
03:12 COMM: Now back in the gym, the dedicated teen
is busy training, hoping to win his fourth natural olympia title at the event in November.
03:20 DAVEON: My goal is to compete as a pro and
go on stage as a pro and be very very successful.
03:30 TROY: There are no limitations, y'know the
sky's the limit because of his discipline that he displays.
03:36 DAVEON: All right man.