minutes he was quiet. Then with
some emotion he started to thank
Jordan and me for all we had
done for him, for having him stay
with us—he praised Jordan’s
great cooking in particular—and
believing in him as no one else
did. Then he broke into a medley
of country music—yeah, Big
Country loved country music. He
sung the songs at the top of his
lungs, finishing with his favorite,
Sammy Kershaw’s ‘Queen of My
Double Wide Trailer.’”
INTO 2017
In 2016, Dallas moved to Boca
Raton to be nearer his sponsor,
Redcon, headed by Aaron
Singerman. He began to work out
regularly at Flex Lewis’ Project
Flex Gym, and the two were
frequent training partners. “With
me and Flex, it’s like Boca against
Kuwait,” Dallas said.
In 2017 he gained runner-up
spots to Cedric McMillan at the
Arnold Classic in Columbus
and to Brandon Curry at the New
Zealand Pro a week later. Seven
days later he collapsed during the
Australian Arnold because of an
upper-chest respiratory problem
and had to drop out of the contest
and indeed out of contest action
for the year.
Matt: “As a teenager, Dallas
was an accomplished footballer,
so he was an athlete who ended
up being a bodybuilder. He didn’t
bodybuild to make up for lack of
size or poor body image or
because anyone made fun of him.
That was never part of his inner
2012 North
American
2015
Cal Pro
2017
Arnold