Quick stats Name: Leana Viviers Age: 26 Height: 1.74 m Competition weight: 58 kg Current weight: 58 kg (Currently in competition prep) Current city: Benoni, South Africa Occupation: Fitness Bikini Model Have you always been into fitness? How did you get into this lifestyle? No, I’ve always tried to avoid the gym by any means […]
Quick Stats Name: Wourine Brink Age: 31 Height: 1,72 m Competition weight: 52 kg Current weight: 55 kg Current city: Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Student Makeup Stylist / Stay-home wife Tell us a bit about how you got into training: I have been involved in competitive sports from an early age. I have always […]
Quick Stats Name: Brett Richard Palframan Age: 30 Height: 6’1” Competition weight: 95 Kgs Current weight: 98 Kgs Current city: Fourways, JHB, South Africa Occupation: Entrepreneur & Dept Creative Director How did you get started? I walked into the gym for the first time at the ripe young age of 14 and haven’t looked back. […]
With the fitness and health industry rapidly expanding and growing in South Africa and in the world, there are more and more great people following the lifestyle and in turn motivating many others. In part 1 of this series, check out some of the top, and up and coming females in the industry who you […]
Quick Stats Name: Castro Barreira José- Cazé Age: 31 Competition weight: 73 Kgs Current weight: 75 Kgs Current city: Maputo, Mozambique Occupation: Capoeira teacher / Personal Trainer How did you get started? In 2013 to 2014 I was in Durban taking a walk on the beach, and many people complemented me on my physical form. […]
How often do you train your abs? Off season I never do abs, I only introduce abs training 4-5 weeks before comp and then do them 2-3 times a week. How many exercises/sets/reps do you recommend when targeting just abs? I recommend 3-4 different exercises. Reps can range anything from 15-20 reps even to failure. I usually […]
You have been through quite a set back in terms of training and life through your accident, tell us a bit about what happened: Well hahaha, this was a lesson I deserved, I’ll summarise it for you. It was a few months after I had decided to start competing. I was coming off a win […]
Quick Stats Name: François Beya Age: 35 Height: 1.75 m Competition weight: +- 84 Kg Current weight: 90 Kg Current city: Johannesburg, South Africa Occupation: Employee Relations manager / Labour Lawyer Have you always lived a fit and healthy lifestyle? How did you get started? No, I have not always lived a fit lifestyle, in fact […]
Photography Credits: Gilles Crofta Photography Ulrich Oehmen Photography TAZ.K Photographer I believe hard work, perseverance and finding passion will guide you to achieving the things that you dream of. Allow your dreams to become reality by developing a plan of action and tackle it with enthusiasm. I always try to go my heaviest with each […]
Biceps: What are your 3 best go to biceps exercises? Wide Grip Barbell curls Incline dumb bell curls Hammer Curls Which is the most overrated biceps exercise in your opinion? Cable curls. And the most underrated one? Preacher Curls. What are your top 3 tips when training your biceps? Form. Keeping the tension on the […]
