Name: Prishen Sivanarain – “The Vegetarian Bodybuilder” Age: 29 Height: 1,86 m Off-season weight: 120 kgs Contest weight: 110-115 kgs Current city: Durban, South Africa Occupation: Nutritional & Supplement Advisor and Online Transformation Coach How and when did you get started in training and fitness? I started my fitness journey at the age of 17. […]
Name: Leandre Van Zyl Age: 23 Height: 1,85 m Current weight: 92 kg Arms What are your 3 best go to bicep exercises? Concentration curls 7’s Ez Bar Curls Wide grip barbell curls Do you prefer to go very heavy when training triceps and What are some of your favourite triceps exercises? I believe in form over […]
Name: Leandre Van Zyl Age: 23 Height: 1,85 m Competition weight: 87 kg Current weight: 92 kg Current city: Pretoria, South Africa Occupation: Candidate Attorney How long have you been training for bodybuilding and what made you get started in it? I am relatively new in the sport, I only started competing in September 2016. I […]
Name: Devan Dippenaar Age: 34 Height: 1,77 m Competition weight: 80 kgs Current weight: 88 kgs Current city: Durban, South Africa Occupation: Personal Trainer / Head Rugby Coach How did you get started in bodybuilding and fitness and what do you love about it? I recently only got into it last year March, where I […]
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 […]
Name: Devonshire Pillay Age: 33 Height: 1.79 m Competition weight: 80 kg Current weight: 84 kg Current city: Port Elizabeth, South Africa Occupation: Contracted courier work Were you always into training, how did you get started? I have been involved in sport since a young age, competing in athletics and soccer at school level. At the age of […]
Many people want to compete but are so unsure how to do it or where to start, and what to do along the way. The day of competing can also be quite overwhelming, more so if you go at it alone, so I thought I would just detail what I did in regards to training […]
Quick stats Name: Damian Wade du Plessis Age: 25 Height: 1.74 m Competition weight: 80-82 kg Current weight: 90 kg Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Buyer in procurement How did you get started? I used to play football all of my life and a few years ago suffered 2 terrible knee injuries and as a […]
Read Matt’s Full interview. For someone getting into the basics of calisthenics training, How would someone start off and what sort of programme could they follow? Much like conventional methods of gym that have your compound movements such as squats, bench press, dead lifts etc., body weight too has its own. The foundation movements are push-ups, pull-ups, […]
Quick stats Name: Matt Curran Age: 25 Height: 1.81 m Current weight: 80 kgs Current city: The land of gold, JHB South Africa Occupation: HR consultant and aspiring entrepreneur How long have you been training in calisthenics and how did you get started in it? Roughly a year now, but competitively for 6 months. What […]
