C.T. Fletcher  (born June 8, 1959) is an American powerlifting  vlogger , media personality, actor, personal trainer, and former powerlifter and bodybuilder. He is a three-time World Bench Press Champion and three-time World Strict Curl Champion. [1] [2] [3] [4] [ Biography Fletcher was born in  Pine Bluff, Arkansas  on June 8, 1959, the son of Walter and Ogie Rea Fletcher. He has an older brother, Walt. During the time of his birth, his father was a field worker and his mother was a housewife. Approximately one year after his birth, he and his family moved to  Watts, California  and later to  Compton, California , where he resided during his youth. He grew up with an abusive father who at the time was preaching in a four-car garage. When he began junior high, they had moved to  Lakewood, California , where his father invested in his own church. At age 12, Fletcher acquired a job at a gas station. [6]  In 1977, aged 18, he joined the  U.S. Army . He was stationed in Germany. S