Day job: diagnostic medical sonographer, specializing in echocardiography. I do ultrasound exams on the heart.
Hobbies: home audio, home theater, and powerlifting. It was an easier hobby when I first started..its pretty easy to get strong when you are very weak. As in literally, I got stronger every workout, 3x/week. Now, it takes several months of smart training, good nutrition, good recovery(sleep), and a little luck(not getting sick), to add a very small amount of weight. Very much a multi faceted hobby that requires tremendous dedication, commitment, physical and mental will power. So basically I find it very challenging not only physically but mentally and also intellectually due to the intricacies of programming and nutrition as you become a more advanced lifter. Being strong is also a very healthy lifestyle as it keeps ones metabolism high, prevents injury, and keeps one independent into very advanced age. I was inspired in part by a Canadian powerlifter who is now well past 80 years old, just a little skinny old man, about 150 lbs soaking wet who can still lift over 400 lbs!
I currently compete in the 183 lb weight class at a height of 5'8" tall. Yep, I'm about 30 lbs overweight according to BMI haha.
The main reason I took up this hobby is so that buying clothes would be the most excruciatingly difficult task one could ever imagine. Just bought a pair of dress pants...its an hour drive away and just made my third trip to attempt getting them tailored to fit properly.