ADVERTISEMENT:

 
 

Absolom Mfumadi is seen in this picture with one of his many awards, the WFF Gauteng Provincial Championship (2011).

Absalom was born to be a bodybuilder

 

The multi-award winning bodybuilder Absolom Mfumadi (35) ascribes his success and achievements to hard work and striving for the best in a career that demands more discipline and determination.

As a youngster growing up in a dusty Muduluni village, Mfumadi would get comments from his peers that he had strong muscles. He also was fascinated by hero characters with big muscles, such as Mr T and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Today, Mfumadi has pursued his love of bodybuilding and he is happy about his journey.

“The thrill of picking up heavy weights and continuously working towards shaping the body by living a disciplined, healthy lifestyle leads me to become competitive and to excel in becoming number one in my category,” he says. Mfumadi's weight category is 85kg.

He says that bodybuilding is a lifestyle that requires commitment and staying away from alcohol and other toxic substances. He agrees that bodybuilding is a tough sport and adds that it requires discipline to continue training hard and always perfecting the body. The diet on its own is challenging as he always has to stick to healthy food and stay away from junk and other tasteful food.

“It's not easy having to resist good food,” he says. “But because I know what I have to achieve as a bodybuilder, I never get to be distracted from my goals. The life of a bodybuilder is costly and demands a lot of financial support, which is always a challenge.”

Mfumadi sometimes visits school to give motivational talks, where he touches on the importance of discipline and encourages students to remain focused and not be interrupted from their academic commitments.

He decries the national Department of Sport's lack of support for body building. “They shun us when we need sponsorship and other kinds of support,” he expresses his disappointment. “If the government could look at the benefit of supporting bodybuilding as opposed to the negative perception around it, they will realise the value in investing in bodybuilding as a sport.”

He says that there is a wider audience for bodybuilding. Children love and aspire to muscling up. “It will be better to inspire them at young age, coach them and steer their passion in the right direction,” he says. “Children need to be given bodybuilding as an option and not only be restricted to soccer, because bodybuilding can be done parallel to any career and studies, just like in my situation where I recently received an honours degree in marketing.”

Sometimes this field of sport is associated with arrogance, bullying and negative pride - which is all a bad mentality. Mfumadi agrees the sport is also associated with heavy use of steroids. “That is the perception I am trying to change,” he says. “Not all bodybuilders use steroids; just like not all cyclists use illegal substances.”

At the moment, Mfumadi is inviting possible sponsors who wish to drive their brand by making him brand ambassador in return of financial support to assist him in realising his dream to continue being the best and competing in the world championships.

“Their brand will receive further mileage as I am always being invited to various public platforms,” he says.

Mfumadi is currently based in Johannesburg, where he works for a telecommunications company as WASP business consultant. 

Mfumadi sometimes visits school to give motivational talks, where he touches on the importance of discipline and encourages students to remain focused and not be interrupted from their academic commitments.

 

Date:12 September 2014

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

Read: 4176

 

ADVERTISEMENT

 

ADVERTISEMENT:

ADVERTISEMENT:

 

Recent Articles

ADVERTISEMENT

 

Popular Articles