Who – August 10, 2019

TwinsMattandLukeFilippihailfromthe

SunshineCoast,soit’snosurprisethey

don’thaveanyquarrelsaboutgettingtheir

kitoffonourphotoshoot.

“Myfavouriteexerciseisprobably

chin-ups.Bodyweightexercises,”Mattsays.

AndLukeisonthesamepage,admitting

heenjoys“probablychest,too.”Whenit

comestotheirdiet,Mattrevealshe’sbeen

“smashinga coupleofcansoftuna,”inthe

lead-uptothecontest.

Althoughthebrothershavebothbeen

ontheshowonSeason2,Matt,whoisa

formersoldierandisa personaltrainerby

trade,sayshe’shappytolifthiselectrician

brother’sspiritwhenneededduringthe

competition.Provingthereisnosibling

rivalrybetweenthetwotheyadmitthey’re

closerthaneversin

they’veturned

33.“It’sa healthy

rivalry,wewant

eachotherboth

todominatethe

course...the

competition,but

webothwantto

getthrough,”

saysMatt.

Whetherornot

theymakeit tothe

grandfinal,Luke

saysthetwowill

stillbeinseparable

“Weactuallyliveo

thesamestreet.We

livefourdoors

down.”

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BROTHERS

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Matt (left) and

Luke are ready

to give the

competition their

best shot.

ONES TO

WATCH

Ninja

Warrior

Photographed for WHO by LAWRENCE FURZEY

Matt looks

pretty

confident

on

the course.