Fan Honghua 16 years old began to engage in judo, a competitive sport. At that time, he was training in a shabby sports school in Shinan District, Shanghai. After a period of training, his elbow was seriously dislocated in the first actual training. In order to strengthen physical fitness and improve overall physical fitness, Fan Honghua walked into the gym after three months' rest.

When he first walked into the gym, he was fascinated by the muscular man on the wall. Although he couldn't name them, this heartfelt shock stayed in Fan Honghua's heart.

It was also from that time that the dream of fitness planted seeds in his heart, and then he joined the 10th Air Force Division of Nanjing Military Region in 2003. Life in the army at that time was very hard, but during his two years in the army, he never stopped loving bodybuilding.