Early Career
A star athlete in high school, Kazmaier played American football for two years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison before dropping out in 1974 to concentrate on lifting weights at the Madison YMCA. There, he learned the fundamentals of powerlifting. But before Kazmaier rose to national rankings as a powerlifter he was struggling to earn a living as an oil rigger, a bouncer, and a lumberjack.
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