Rajil Jagdish Pahuja

Male

30

dubai, dubai, United Arab Emirates

jewellery manufaturer

Apr, 2006

well in college i had a nice overall physique,i would work out at the local gym in my home city for three hours(was overtraining), but hey i was 17 so loads of energy and besides that time info on nutrition and work out was low in india, then after college i joined my dad's business maintained my physique for a year or so and then the decline started from 72 kgs i went straight to 94 kgs lost a lot of muscle gained a lot of fat lot of stress at work and tea and cofee loaded with sugar, then i moved to dubai and one day on the scale when i saw 96 kgs, i told myself that if i can't do it now, i will never do it, so i started initially i started with cardio, as i had very less knowledge of training and techique, but i had the "eye of the tiger" i was like the rock(rocky movies are my favorite) didn't have the tech and the know how but i had heart, would run for ten k's on the treadmill and on the road, my knees would hurt in the morning but i would still go for another run in the evening, i swam too came down to 78 kgs, but what i noticed was that i was losing shape so started with some weights at my building gym, but my nutrition was haywire i would starve myself and that wasn't good, then i joined the nautilus academy, and i met my mentor "Victoria Thorpe" she was a former wnso figure champ i joined up for the body for life program offered by EAS, went through it came down to 17 percent bodyfat, but still i couldn't find the shape i was looking for, vicky guided me through those rough patches where results were not good, she also encouraged me to see bodybuilding.com where i found a lot of answers, about myself, what body type was i, what should be my nutrition, it has been a learning curve for me, reading how people have overcome genetics, and nutrition, workout plans, i learnt how to feel good about my body and how to patiently pursue my goals, its been a long road of self discovery although i don't train now with Vicky i owe her a lot, i can still hear her words ringing, with weights "less is more" and cardio "more is less", i understand today what she meant, the way she pushed me "get that other one out of ya" and i would do it, when she would push me i would remember a scene from rocky when mickey tells rock "one more round cause mickey loves you" for me my mick was vicky i miss her a lot, but i have learned now to train alone, and i feel today i am on a road that will get me my dream, the shape i want to be in, and one day i want to honor her by competing her just once in life at a natural bodybuilding competition, its not for money or recognition, it is for a sport i have come to love, a sport of so much dedication, a sport that teaches you to live healthy and positively. and now my knees don't hurt on the treadmill, cause on my way i found my answers why they were aching.

well its a stress buster for me basically, and i have the core of a fighter and the want to be physically fit always in good health, so there you go thats why i like bodybuilding, your body is a reflection of what you are inside, i love the dedication and discipline that comes with it.

well i keep telling myself never give up i am bit like the rock "just dunno how to give up" i am a fighter to the core so i keep on fighting, sometimes results come fast some times slow, and sometimes zero, but i keep on going. ever heard the song from hercules "go the distance". i am that kind of guy, i wanna go the distance no matter what it takes, no retreat no surrender.

till now none, would like to compete sometime in the future, just for the thrill of it, cause i am happy with my business, and i love it too.