Where were you born and when?
Johnstone, Scotland on the 22nd of May 1962.
What is your height and usual bodyweight?
6' 2" and now over 17 stone (240 lb).
What is the length of your hand from fingertip to wrist?
7 7/8 inches.
How many children do you have?
have 3 sons, Jason Horne b.20/2/86, Oliver Horne b. 29/6/87 and Alexander Horne b. 20/11/91. I also have a baby due to be born in September of this year.
When did you start training?
My mum and dad got me a 140k weights-set, and a sturdy homemade wooden bench made by my dad, for my 17th birthday. I wanted to put size on so I did nearly every exercise in the booklet that came with the set. Needless to say that not much bodyweight increase happened, even with the raw egg drinks my dad whisked up for me. That alone put me off egg and milk drinks for a long time! But I seemed to be initially strong on feats that required hand strength, as when I was handed a nail to bend at work when some bodybuilders couldn't bend it, I easily did it and got back to the job of knocking posts in. I trained like this for a while, including a few visits to a local gym, and later gave it up to go out looking for girls! The weights were used here-and-there with brief periods of running till I really got back into training in 1985, aged 23. I have all of my training books right back to this period and it is fascinating to see my progress and what I did right, and what I did wrong!
