Center Stage Magazine August-September | Page 200

fitness Breakthroughs Brian Andraos has been in the modeling and fitness business for about three years. Since he won the bodybuilding championship in Lebanon 2011, he started getting lots of offers after his break. He is a 28 year old American Syrian living in Lebanon. He has got some good reputation after winning some Facebook voting contest then best motivational transformation picture and later on he won the best male fitness model in UK 2014. In those span of year/s, who was your inspiration in modeling/fitness business? “Since I was a kid and I did have only one hero, or an inspiration, his name is Dwayne Johnson aka the Rock, not because of his muscles for sure. But because he was penniless with no hope yet he didn’t give up.” When you were growing up, what was your goal/s or perhaps dream? “Well you might find it weird a bit, but when I was a little kid I wanted to be an astronaut. When I grew older, I wanted to be a video game designer. Later on, I wanted to be an actor. Now, I am an international fitness model. I think that is the beauty of life. You never know what years are hiding for now.” What was/were the experience/s when you first start your first ever modeling gig and fitness business? “Actually I still remember my first day standing in front of the camera. I don’t even know what to do or how to pose. I was quite embarrassed but luckily things went amazingly well that from my first modeling cast I was called to do an acting role on TV.” How do you manage your time with you busy schedule? “Well, I guess I have lost some or let me be honest, I have lost that normal relaxing lifestyle where I can go and hang out with friends. I do set my priorities as starting in preparing my 7 meals a day. Then, I do reply to the hundreds of messages I receive from the fans. Then I work as in an engineering office in the morning. Then I do my first workout session. During my break I plan some diet and workout programs for clients or do some interviews. And on my weekend I usually do my outdoor jogging then I try to make my photo shoots session weekend. So basically my week is fully busy with minimal free time. And if I do I’d rather watch a movie.” How do you maintain your physical physique? “Every night I prepare the meals of the next days which provide me what I need to eat every three hours. This is the most important tip not to get indulge is some junk food if you kept yourself unprepared. I do cardio daily. And I never compromise on my intense weight lifting workouts. I sleep every day at the same time. Wake up at the same time. Eat my meals at the same time. I try to eat clean 90% of the week allowing myself to have a cheat meal on Sunday. Most of the time, my cheat meal would be Nutella, Crepe and ice cream.” How many times do you work out in a week? “Usually, I work out seven times a week, unless I’m preparing for a contest or a photo shoot, then I might go up to 10 times a week.” Do you have any favorite workout? “In general , my strong