“I appreciate it when people ask me for fitness advice and I get to share my experiences,” he adds. He also enjoys traveling, learning, trying new things, and meeting new people.
“That’s the goal!” JP loves swimming and going to the beach. “I might be old, but I was inspired by Hakim, who started competing when he was 43,” says John Paul. “I have always wanted to be be a bodybuilder since college,” John Paul shares, “but work and schedule did not permit it.”
John Paul has been working out since college, but only seriously got into bodybuilding last year. John Paul Melosantos, 37, Paul Melosantos lives in Paranaque and works in Quezon City as a freelance scriptwriter. He is a photographer and filmmaker/cinematographer, as well as a huge gamer. Cholo Isungga, 29, Isungga has been bodybuilding for 9 years, mainly for improvement when he plays sports, but also for overall health wellness. Before bodybuilding, Jed was into sports like rugby and football, where he was part of the local team. In 2016, Jed joined the Shawn Roden Classic. One day, his friend Je Torio noticed the improvements in his body and invited him to join competitions. Eventually, he started going to the gym religiously, even waiting outside the gym in the morning for it to open. At first, he was only doing it to gain some muscle. Apparently, his friends used to bully him for his weight, so he decided to lift weights. Jed Encarnacion has been bodybuilding for 3 years now, but he actually started going to the gym at 20 years old because of how thin he used to be. He is a project manager/system support for ISSCORP. While he is still into lifting weights, his programs are mostly for strength, endurance and power. He’s actually a blue belt under Deftac Makati. Right now, Ronald is into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. However, once he realized he was good at it, he decided to set a goal to achieve a better physique. At first, he just wanted to lose some weight. Ronald Lorenzo, 41, Lorenzo started bodybuilding back in January 2003. Joshua has recently started experimenting in the kitchen, as well, all thanks to binge-watching Masterchef episodes. Nevertheless, he says the progress and process has been extremely fulfilling. 65 pounds and 5 years later, he still thinks he has a long way to go. This is where bodybuilding came in.Joshua started going through the process of bodybuilding seriously in late 2013, and he has embraced the slow, up-and-down grind ever since.Ĭonsidering that Joshua was only at 145 pounds when he started lifting weights, his humble goal was to just put on decent mass. Joshua Pusta, 30, suffering from two unfortunate injuries from playing basketball-a dislocated elbow and a fractured finger-Joshua Pusta’s mind temporarily checked out from the sport and he ended up looking for other ways to maintain an active lifestyle. He is also a stock trader and a financial consultant for Pru Life UK.Ģ7. His passion for fitness and nutrition has also led him to various business ventures including opening a gym in Cavite (BARS Fitness Center) and delving into the retail business by producing wrist wraps for athletes across the board (Muscle Wraps). “I have been religiously tracking my macros to ensure optimal aesthetic results,” he says.Īpart from strength training, Edric is also a CrossFit L1 trainer and I teach at CrossFit Salcedo and CrossFit Taft. While it is an art form, he was also motivated to continuously study the science behind bodybuilding-human anatomy, hypertrophy, and most importantly, nutrition. “It became an art form for me to do movements that would define the parts of my body that I wanted to work on,” he shares.
That’s where he developed a real passion for working out and transforming his body. Edric started his journey by going to their neighborhood gym to get fit. For the most part, he considers himself a casual lifter aiming to achieve the highest amount of muscle mass with the least body fat percentage. Edric Barcenas started bodybuilding early at 16 years old, but he has yet to compete on stage.