Charles "Rok" Dixon has always been an athlete, excelling in football, basketball, baseball and track in high school. At the end of his high school career, he earned a scholarship to Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, to play Football. Charles had an outstanding college record starting as a red shirt freshman. Charles won awards, such as freshman of the year, rushing for many 100 yard games. After playing with Carson Newman, he went on to the Canadian Football League to be placed with the Toronto Argonauts. After being placed on their reserve list for one season, Charles decided to devote his attention to his family and returned to school, completing his education and earning an Associates Degree in Public Relations.

When asked how he got his start in bodybuilding, Charles says it was completely by accident and due to his curiosity. Coming out of high school, Charles was asked if he had ever thought about bodybuilding. At that time, he thought it was a bit too much for him. In the fall of 2001, Charles was approached by Mark Hudson, a personal trainer at the Local Gold's Gym where Charles was a member. Mark asked Charles if he had ever thought about competing in bodybuilding. Up until that point, Charles really never had the desire to be that big. He had a great physique at 186 pounds, which was already big on his five-foot-five frame. Mark was a NPC competitor at that time and curiosity got the best of Charles. After that, he was hooked on the sport.

One thing about the sport of bodybuilding that was a big challenge for Charles was adjusting his eating schedule and the amount of food that he had to take in. Charles had become accustomed to eating maybe once or twice. Upon getting into bodybuilding, he had to schedule his eating, and increase the amount of times he ate. He already had a solid foundation with his build and with proper eating, which is required by the sport, allowed him to put on more muscle which, ultimately, allowed him to move up the ranks as a competitive bodybuilder in a fairly short amount of time. Aside from teaching Charles things of a physical nature, it has also enhanced him personally as well. Bodybuilding has conditioned him to be more focused. It has taught him a new level of discipline and self sacrifice. It has also fed his fierce determination to become the best competitor he could be, and given him a new appreciation of all of those things. Playing football taught Charles how to be part of a team. In that arena, your team mates are your support system and your coaches and their staff provide a game plan that not only prepares you, provides safety within your competitions. In bodybuilding you are your team, your coach and your success depends on your ability to provide the game plan and structure to reach victory.

Charles claims one of the best moves he has made in his sport was getting a bodybuilding coach to oversee his diet and make changes, as needed, to his training, cardio, nutrition and supplementation. Chad Schaive works with Charles on all of these things, and has fostered a clearly visible enhancement of Charles' conditioning and size. Charles says, "I oversee 95% of my weight training routines. Training sessions are short and intense. I'm not a huge fan of rest periods in between sets. They tend to hinder your focus and can make your workouts seem much longer. Though my bodybuilding career has had its ups and downs, overall it has been very rewarding. Coming from a 176 pound amateur middleweight to a 200 pound IFBB professional has been my biggest lifetime achievement, next to my two sons. I am most thankful to God for blessing me with the gift of a solid, healthy foundation that I have been able to condition to a winning physique. I thank my parents and closest family and friends for supporting me in pursuing a career in this sport. I, especially, would like to thank my fans for their support."