Center Stage Magazine August-September | Page 206

fitness Breakthroughs Heraldo Espindola is from Argentina. He is only 29 years old. He is person that when he proposes something, he gets to the end no matter what it costs. He never leaves anything half done and gives his 110% in everything and thanks to his great mental strength. How long you’ve been in the modeling business? “I’m not (laughs). Just did some photo shoots with an Argentine photographer called Guillermo Novaira a year ago and now with Ulrich Oehmen and Luis Rafael. Only that for now but I would like to be in the modeling business of course!” In those span of year/s, who was your inspiration in modeling/fitness business? “I did not know much when I started this fitness world, just knew I wanted to train and improve myself. With the passage of time I met people who were my great inspiration as Sergi Constance, Jaco de Bruyn and Shaun Stafford; and of course when I met my coach Ignacio Torres met a great athlete who taught me a lot, he’s a great example of effort and dedication.” When you were growing up, what was your goal or dream? “My country is a country of football so it is logical that as a kid my dream was to be a football player, in fact I was quite good at it (laughs). I still admire David Beckham and I wanted to be a bit like him: model and football player.” What was/were the experience/s when you first start your first ever modeling gig and fitness business? “Well as I said before, I have little modeling experience but I can say is a mixture of feelings such as nerves, uncertainty, even shyness. You do not know how to work; angles, lighting, different camera lenses ... however is fascinating when you see the pictures and you realize that the photographer got the best of you, you cannot believe you are the person in the picture (laughs).” How do you manage your time with you bus