Early Life
Anderson was born in Toccoa, Georgia, United States of America.
As a teenager, he began his early weight training on his own in his family's backyard at Toccoa, Georgia to increase his size and strength so that he would be able to play on the Toccoa High School football team, where Anderson earned a position as first-team blocking back.
Anderson later attended Furman University for one year on a football scholarship before moving to Elizabethton, Tennessee with his parents. In Elizabethton, Anderson met weightlifter Bob Peoples, who would greatly influence him in squat training and introduce him around weightlifting circles.
Read more about this topic: Paul Anderson (weightlifter)
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