Category: Bio/Athlete interviews

One On One With Fitness And Sports Enthusiast And Personal Trainer, Faheem Patel

Name: Faheem Patel Age: 28 Height: 1,79 m Competition weight: 82-86 Kgs Current weight: 92 Kgs Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Personal Trainer I’m a fitness and sports enthusiast who is extremely passionate about the two. I’m a personal trainer at Virgin Active.     How did you get started in bodybuilding and fitness […]

Chest And Shoulder Training With Jason Dunning

Name: Jason Dunning Height: 1,74 m Current weight: 83 kg Occupation: Exercise physiologist / Student Read Jason’s Full interview here!     What are your 3 best go to chest exercises? Incline barbell chest press Pec deck Dumbbell chest press (incline) Which are your favourite chest exercises that provide the best pump? Definitely cable cross-overs […]

One On One With 18 Yr Old Fitness Competitor, Gabi Barras

Name: Gabi Barras Age: 18 Competition weight: 54 – 56 Kgs Current weight: 55,2 kgs Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Au Pair/ Personal Assistant, currently taking a gap year.     How did you get started in the fitness industry so young and where does your energy and motivation for it come from? I […]

One On One With WBFF Pro, Matthew Larkins

Name: Matthew Larkins Age: 25 Height: 1,84 m Current weight: 87 kgs Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Attorney Tell us a bit about growing up and what you had to go through with your open heart surgery? I was very active growing up and participated in every single sport at school. I started wrestling at […]

One On One With 21 Year Old Indian Fitness Model, Jinni Shaikh

Name: Jinni Shaikh Age: 21 Height: 5’4 Current weight: 49 Kgs Current city: Mumbai, India Occupation: Fitness Model And Sponspored By Btn     Tell us a bit about your life growing up: My childhood days were in Bandra and I did my schooling from ST. ALOYSIUS. I was average in my academics but I […]

Leg Training And Tips With Tarryn Zelow

Name: Tarryn Zelow Age: 27 Height: 1,63 m How often do you train your legs and do you train everything on one day or split them up? Twice a week, I split them up and do Quads alone and Hammies and glutes together.     What are your 3 best go to Quad/thigh exercises? Leg […]

One On One With Exercise physiologist And Bodybuilder, Jason Dunning

Name: Jason Dunning Age: 26 Height: 1,74 m Competition weight: 75 kg Current weight: 83 kg Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Exercise physiologist / Student How did you get started in bodybuilding and fitness? I started my training about 9 years ago. I began like many others, initially trying to gain some weight. I […]

Shoulder Training And Tips With Hayley T-Rex Wright

Name: Hayley T-Rex Wright Age: 33 Height: 1,72 m Current weight: 60 kgs Current city: Kloof, Durban, South Africa   Read Hayley’s Full interview here!   I love training shoulders. They used to be my weakest point by far so I’ve learned to love training them. Watching them grow has been frustrating and exciting at […]

One On One With Fitness Coach And Athlete, Tarryn Zelow

Name: Tarryn Zelow Age: 27 Height: 1,63 m Competition weight: 58 kgs – 60 kgs Current weight: 59 kgs Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Essie Aesthetics Fitness Coach How long have you been training consistently for and what got you started? I have been training for the last four years consistently taking only around […]