B.M: In 2008 I was the first guy Charter House
called to part take in the Korea Cross Country
games and I was discovered in one of my un-
cle’s gym in Gbawe, Accra, I trained for it but
unfortunately things didn’t go as planned and
I’ll say am the first to do a lot of things, to be on
the international stage and win Gold medal for
Ghana within my category. I do big things unex-
pectedly. Man Ghana, I won the ultimate price
from the 2010-2018 which was first place. I am
the finest and the best personal trainer you can
ever get because I believe in results.
M.A: Results oriented, huh?!
B.M: Yeah, pretty much.
M.A: What is Bike Mike currently work-
ing on?
B.M: There’s a project am working on cur-
rently which is called “After the Storm”. It has
to do with something that happened in South
Africa. I was supposed to compete in this year’s
Arnold Classic Competition to defend my title;
I came across a lot of issues from the stage, I
was crazily prepared and that was one of my
best preparation ever, that really hit me which I
believe would be my greatest breakthrough for
a lot of contract I have been dreaming of all this
while. As a body builder if you face any kind of
disappointment it takes a lot of time for you to
bounce back i.e your dieting, constant training
and all that. It became a storm in my life.
M.A: It must have been hard for you.
B.M: Yeah it was, I would cry hidden in my
room but I’m trying to come back, that is it -
“AFTER THE STORM” am still Big Mike
nothing shakes me.
M.A: I must commend you for your
bravery. Many don’t bounce back after
a fall. At what point did you decide to
go into body building?
B.M: I grew up in the United Kingdom where
I was in all kind of sports back then. I attended
Voxhull College in the UK, I enrolled in a lot of
courses and discovered “Health & Fitness”. I
used to train just to look good and fit, my mom
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was even against the courses I enrolled in at col-
lege. I did those courses so I could help people
with health issues like obesity and the likes of
others; and I like to see the changes in people
when I train them.
M.A: That is to say you are more than
a body builder. Health & Fitness in-
structor, perhaps? Do you work with
celebrities or just about anyone?
B.M: I’ve worked with a lot of clients the likes
of Athletes, Footballers, Musicians, Actors,
these are some few of my clients; the late Cas-
tro, Tiffany,4X4, Majid Michel, John Dumelo,
Fred Nuamah, Van Vicker, Abeiku Santana,
they used to come to the Branche Health & Fit-
ness Center for me to train them. With my ca-
reer I have met a lot of people and still meeting
them, I had the privilege to meet the Ex-Presi-
dent H.E John Agyekum Kuffour in his Kumasi
residence to talk about fitness.
M.A: Let me ask you this. Do you ever
feel sick? I mean, you're training every
single day. The last time I was here,
you were training - today is no differ-
ent either.
B.M: I feel heathy each and every day of my life,
though I get malaria sometimes hahaha. Being
a fitness person doesn’t mean you wouldn’t get
sick once in a while. However, I feel healthy
throughout.
M.A: Any expectations when you come
to the gym to train?
B.M: My Expectations when I hit the gym is to
be a better than the previous day, to perform
more well in terms of strength, stamina and
energy level, I also enjoy being at the gym trying
to be me.
M.A: What would you say is your great-
est achievement so far?
B.M: Bike Mike is the current champion now,
the best personal trainer around and in Ghana,
when you mention Big Mike am everywhere and
that is my greatest achievement so far.