JULY 2019/MUSCLE & FITNESS 137FOREVER YOUNGunder contract with him to also have
a nap after lunchtime like we do in the
south of France! I didn’t follow my friends
who liked to party and get drunk, smoke
and eat junk food. Instead my goal was
to become the greatest bodybuilder
I could be.”
PASSION
“The passion I had for bodybuilding was
incredible. This is the main reason for my
success. I sincerely believe that my
passion today is as strong as ever. My
strength is that I allow myself to live my
passion fully. I have never been influenced
by people who try to discourage me from
pursuing my goal of becoming a
champion.”
CHOICE
“I have never stopped bodybuilding. I
always knew that I would be able to keep
on training for a very long period of time.
The Spanish bodybuilder I saw as a kid
was 40-years-old and he inspired and
motivated me. He enjoyed training hard
and was the only bodybuilder who would
whistle in the shower after his workouts.
He was happy because he was training
hard and intense. All I wanted then was to
be happy, but in order to achieve I had to
do something. I had to make the right
choice.”
PRICE
“Today, at 61, I realise that bodybuilding
makes me a happier and healthier human
being. Not only training, but also eating
correctly and consuming the right amount
of food. Bodybuilding to me is an art form,
a sport and a science. These three
elements help me to organise all of my
training, nutrition and supplementation.
“Today, I sincerely believe that in order
to look young and to feel young I have to
suffer. Let’s take, for instance, training,
which is the essential and I believe the
most important component of all in my
lifestyle. In fact training creates the need
for all the other elements that are part of
bodybuilding preparation, because when
you train hard and intense you create the
need for proper nutrition and
supplementation. Training efficiently and
productively creates the need for the right
quality and amount of food and this in turn
enables us to look and feel good and
appear younger. But the price we have to
pay is suffering. There is, in my opinion, no
other recipe for longevity.” FLEX
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