Body By Struggle is not just a fitness company, it's a fitness 

revolution. Our philosophy and mission is to create a healthy mind that will create a healthy body, which creates a healthier you. 

Erick Graves, who is better known as Struggle E. Stylez is the founder of Body By Struggle. “People always ask me, how did I get the name Struggle. The name was given to me by my older brother. He said I was always an under dog and fought my way through any kind of Struggle. I was born a breech birth, I was underweight at birth, I had a stuttering challenge, I was told that I was special education and had a difficult time learning and should be placed in special classes.  From a child I would look at everything as a challenge. Within a month of some teachers saying I was special education, I went from the bottom of the reading level to the top of the gifted and talented class.  It took an out of the normal teaching method by a very dedicated teacher to help me succeed.   I overcame stuttering and went on to be a public speaker, and poet that spread my poetry all over the world. I became the fastest sprinter of the varsity track team my sophomore year in high school.