SHAUN STAFFORD
MALE FITNESS MODEL—CLASS A
SNAPSHOT
NAME: Shaun Stafford DATE OF BIRTH: 16th March 1983 PLACE OF BIRTH: Naples, Italy LIVES: London HEIGHT: 183 cm (6’ 0”) WEIGHT: 86 kgs (190 pounds)
COMPETITION HIGHLIGHT: 2011 FAME UK Fitness Model—Class A winner
AMBITION: To raise my profile in the industry and win more competitions
TRAINING ADVICE: Go hard, or go home! There are no short cuts to anywhere worth going.
TO CONTACT:
www.shaunstaffordtraining.com
WHO IS HE? Shaun’s fitness odyssey began when he was a student at Oxford University and wanted to beef up his physique for rugby union. “I had ambitions of playing top level rugby,” he says. “But at 19 years old I weighed a little under 70 kg. My coach at Oxford told me that I needed to get in the gym so I joined up over the holidays and hit it hard. I trained every day— sometimes twice a day—and ate like a horse for four solid months.” When Shaun turned up for pre-season
training he was a man transformed. He had added 18 kg, nearly all of it muscle. “It showed how hard I had worked and I was drafted into the 1st XV squad as a fresher but I was hooked on the gym from then on.” He continued to play rugby for several
years, despite some serious injuries. When he finally quit he wanted to maintain his passion for the gym so he qualified as a personal trainer. Like many Oxford graduates, he headed for the City but instead of seeking his fortune from a career in banking or finance he wanted to help other people get fit through his job as a personal trainer. “I haven’t looked back since,” says Shaun. “I still love my job and love being in the gym environment as opposed to an office.” This year he took his training to new
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levels. “I decided to enter FAME because with my background in sport I craved competition and a new focus for my training,” he says. “I had always liked bodybuilding but knew that with my frame and genetics I wasn’t that well suited to it. When a client and friend of mine won the FAME bikini class in 2010 I thought it would be a good focus for me the next year.” He entered the fitness model class and despite the deep line-up he was a deserving winner. “I loved getting up on stage and meeting all the other athletes,” he says. “It is so addictive and I will definitely be doing it again soon.”
HOW HE GOT THE BODY Shaun weighed 93 kg at 16% bodyfat in January when he started his prepara- tions for FAME. On contest day six months later he weighed 86 kg at 6% bodyfat. Now that’s impressive. But there were plenty of tough points along the way.
One of them was dealing with the shock he received when he attended the FAME camp. “When I saw the condition some of the guys were in it gave me a real kick up the backside,” he says. “I knew that I had to drop about 10% bodyfat and hold on to as much muscle as possible to stand anywhere near a chance of doing well.”
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