FREDDIE ABRAHAMS
FREDDIE ABRAHAMS, 30, CHATS MODELLING, WALL CLIMBING AND INSTAGRAM.
WORDS BEN KELLY
READY FREDDIE
PHOTOGRAPHY SIMON TAYLOR
STYLING NICK BYAM
HOW DO YOU KEEP FIT?
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS I DO CLIMBING AND BORING GYM WORK REALLY. MY ACTUAL BACKGROUND IS FOOTBALL, RUGBY AND CRICKET, WHICH I DID AT SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY, BUT ONCE YOU GET INTO THE REAL WORLD, IT IS MUCH HARDER TO DO THESE THINGS. THEN I GOT INTO MODELLING, SO I GO TO THE GYM AND DO SOME RUNNING, JUST TO KEEP THE LOOK TICKING OVER. I DO CROSS FIT AS WELL. I WOULD LOVE TO SAY I GO CANOEING OR KAYAKING, BUT I DON’T!
WHAT DO YOU DEFINE AS ‘BORING’ GYM WORK?
WELL I FIND THE ACT OF GOING TO THE GYM BORING IN ITSELF, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A STALE ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW? I’M LUCKY THAT IN MY JOB I CAN GO AT LESS BUSY TIMES WHEN IT ISN’T AS MOBBED, BUT I JUST FIND THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT DEPRESSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE EVERYBODY IN THERE AFTER THEIR WORKING DAY JUST SWEATING IT OUT FOR AN HOUR. I FIND IT ALL VERY BORING AND STUFFY. I’D RATHER BE OUT IN THE FRESH AIR AND DOING BARS, THAN STUCK INSIDE DOING WEIGHTS.