CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE SEPTEMBER || ISSUE 38 | Page 67

THE POWER OF LOVE
INTERVIEW WITH IFBB PRO ROBIN STRAND
where the overall winner
would be crowned, it was
down to Tyler Cohen from
the USA and Ontario’s very
own Robin Strand. They
were both battling it out on
stage and from every
quarter turn and every pose
being hit, they looked like
giants. After a very exciting
battle, Robin Strand came
BY JUAN ROJAS
out victorious with his
who won their class, square
off against each other. Even
in the lightest weight
classes, the physiques
With hundreds of athletes looked massive and the
competing for the coveted quality of conditioning and
overall title winner at the symmetry were of world-
2018 Toronto Pro Show class caliber. One thing was
Qualifier, you can imagine common amongst these
that things were tense. The great men: they all spent
quality of the physiques hours, weeks, years, and
were remarkable and we even decades forging their
had international athletes craft and chiseling away at
coming to compete for one their masterpieces to
pro card. It was an amazing display in front of the world.
sight to see these warriors, As the final battle came to 
elegant lines, world-class
conditioning, and a vacuum
that not many super
heavyweights can hit.
On stage we see somebody
smiling and displaying their
absolute best, but we don’t
see all the factors that drive
them to become the
absolute best bodybuilders
possible. When I first saw
Robin backstage, he seemed
like he was in a constant
state of meditation. It was
almost as if he was
completely alone in the