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WORDS: BEN KELLY STYLING : NICK BYAM

PHOTOGRAPHY : SIMON TAYLOR
ATTITUDE MEETS 26-YEAR-OLD USN AMBASSADOR LEE CONSTANTINOU FROM LONDON TO TALK ABOUT TRAINING WELL, EATING WELL, AND THE SUPPLEMENTS THAT HELP ALONG THE WAY.
WORK HARD, TRAIN HARD
HOW DID YOU FIRST GET INTO FITNESS?
I WAS OUT OF SHAPE WHEN I WAS YOUNG, AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13 I STARTED GOING TO KARATE. I DEDICATED MYSELF TO THAT AND GOT TO BLACK BELT. THEN I WANTED TO DEVELOP MY PHYSIQUE FURTHER SO I GOT INTO THE GYM AND STARTED LIFTING WEIGHTS. I JUST LET IT BUILD INTO MY LIFESTYLE FROM THERE. IT’S SECOND NATURE NOW. I GOT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT IT AT UNIVERSITY, WHEN YOU’VE GOT TIME TO GO WORK OUT. I JUST KEPT IT GOING AND THEN STARTED GETTING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE FITNESS INDUSTRY AND COMPETING IN FITNESS COMPETITIONS AS WELL.
DID YOU HAVE A COACH WHEN YOU WERE FIRST STARTING OUT?
NO, I JUST TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND STARTED READING A LOT AND GETTING INTO UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE BEHIND EXERCISE AND NUTRITION.I DID A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR WITH CLIENTS AND MYSELF. IT’S JUST A LEARNING PROCESS, AND CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MY KNOWLEDGE, AND TRYING NEW TRAINING SYSTEMS AND EXERCISES.