Looking at Rimon Al Khoury today one thing that didn’t cross my mind is the fact that he was extremely overweight as a child. Standing in front of me with the gaunt face of a dieting bodybuilder, veins and lines everywhere and the epitome of being in shape....abs, I found it hard to believe until he showed me a photo on his iphone. There was a picture of a fat kid, it seemed impossible to be the same person, but when he told me he was bullied for being overweight I though back to Pumping Iron and what Mike Katz talks about, “You can kick a dog and it will do two things, its either gonna roll over and die or its gonna bite you and attack you”. It makes sense, Rimon bites back and with a nick name like Pit-bull, this guy is locked on and aint letting go.

Deep in Sydney’s south west lies what is probably one the best equipped training facilities in the country, World Gym Bankstown where this Pit-bull has taken his physique to the next level. Just 12 days out from the 2012 IFBB Nationals he is running on less than 50grams of carbs a day and feeling pretty depleted. Its leg day and at his side to push him through hell is his girlfriend Jessica Terzian, who recently won the ANB Central Coast Bikini division.