[2][3] Faires played as a lineman in high school football, and also participated in baseball and wrestling.

He excelled in wrestling and while in high school developed his dedication to strength training after discovering it helped him overcome a relative lack of size.

[1] In his debut year Faires won the 2016 U105 Strongman World Championship held in Kokkola, Finland.

He repeated his success in the U105 division winning the 2017 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships.

[4] Five years later, Faires won his third title at the 2022 Cerberus Strength Presents The Depth Before Dishonor Winter Wasteland Classic held in Orem, Utah where he bench-pressed 529 lbs.