When Joshua Smith was a kid in the small town of Griffin, Georgia, his dad ran the local gym, Tuck’s Powerdome. Josh’s dad, Tucker Smith, was an ace softball player and a local celebrity who everybody called Big Tuck. His son inherited his nickname: Little Tuck. Somewhere along the way, the ‘c’ was lost and Little Tuck became Tuk. Tuk Smith.
Anyway, the gym. It was the kind of place guys would hit straight after work, deadlifting in their blue jeans and work boots. His dad had a thing for tigers, and its logo was a big cat that looked like it had munched down on a handful of steroids. The young Tuk practically grew up in that gym.
