Ironman Cover, July 2004

The photo on the cover of Australian Ironman magazine was from a photo shoot I organized with the sole purpose of getting some good shots to send to Muscle & Fitness magazine in the US. I wanted to be on the cover of Muscle & Fitness so bad and felt I had finally built a physique worthy. The photo shoot took place 1 week after the Queensland championships and 1 week before the Australia championships in October of 2003. So I had to peak 3 weeks in a row, it wasn't easy but you do what you have to. It was fun though and I learnt some valuable lessons about my body during those 3 weeks.

Some of the pictures turned out as good as I could have ever hoped for so I knew I could send them to Muscle & Fitness with confidence. I got a prompt reply from them saying they did want to shoot me, WOW!!!

With the confidence that gave me I sent the same pictures to Australian Ironman magazine hoping for the same thing, thinking if they wanted to shoot me as well they'd organise a shoot with one of their photographers. They came back asking if they could use the picture I sent them for the cover, WOW again!!!

It felt pretty cool knowing that photos I had worked to get on my own would be used on the cover of a major bodybuilding magazine. This was my very first cover!!!