Name:
Fivos Averkiou
Age:
39
Occupation:
Group IT Manager KLM
Years training:
17
Sum yourself up in one sentence:
Hard working and relentless on achieving my goals.
Strengths:
I am a very focused person especially when I get into competition dieting.
Weaknesses:
Sometimes I can over complicate things when the solution is very simple.
Favourite exercise in the gym:
Deadlifts
Least favourite exercise:
Actually I have none! All exercises have a purpose.
Most satisfying sporting achievement:
2004 was a great year for me. Winning the EFBB Mansfield Intermediates and competing at the EFBB Finals together with winning the NPA UK and British Finals.
Contest history:
ANB 2002 HW 1st
EFBB Mansfield 2004 INT>80 1st
EFBB Britain Finalist 2004
NPA UK > 78kg 1st and Overall UK 2004
NPA ProAm 3rd 2005
NPA Britain > 78kg 1st 2004
UIBBN World Champs <80kg 4th 2004
As a lifelong natural athlete, you’ve built a tremendous physique within a sport where performance and physique-enhancing drugs are prevalent. Why did you remain a natural athlete and do you see yourself and the sport of natural body building as a role model/lifestyle model for young aspiring athletes:
As a non drinker and non smoker I was always into a “Healthy” lifestyle as a teenager. I played a lot of sports at school (actually I represented my school in nearly all sports). I ran 800m and played football for Redbridge District up to the age of 15. So taking sport enhancing drugs was never a question. The more I got into training the more I realised that I didn’t need enhancing drugs to succeed. I always knew that I was never going to make a living out of bodybuilding to I didn’t see the need to take drugs. I also was very determined to succeed in my career and knew that my career would always come first. As for being a role model, well I hope I am. There is no point in being a champion if you are not prepared to help others.
Why you chose PhD Nutrition to officially endorse:
I’ve been in bodybuilding for 17years and without sounding big headed I’ve had a few companies offer me sponsorship, but unless I use there products and feel they will benefit me I wont endorse them. PhD Nutrition contacted me asking if I would be interested sampling some of there new range of products and wanted me to give them my honest opinion. So I agreed and was very impressed with what I was sent. I was then contacted by PhD Nutrition asking if I would be interested in becoming one of the first endorsed athletes explaining that the company would be helping out all Natural Body building federations. I agreed straight away and I look forward to working closely with PhD Nutrition in 2006 where I will looking at winning more natural and non-natural titles!
Describe your training style:
Heavy, Compound no nonsense training.
Future aims and objectives within your chosen sport:
I would like to compete in the new UKFBB and maybe BNBF and Musclemania.
Thanks very much Fivos, anyone you’d like to thank for their help and guidance throughout the years, please do so:
Obviously my family have helped me out tremendously from the age of 20. Fellow bodybuilders I would like to mention are Peter Chown, Dean Garret, Lee Williams and yourself Jason for all the help and support that I received in 2004. Also I would like to thank PhD nutrition for selecting me as an endorsed athlete.
Quads and Calves
2 sets leg ext.
4 sets leg press
4 sets hack squats
3 sets front squats
3 sets standing calve raises
3 sets seated calves raises
Tuesday
Chest & Biceps
3 Sets Incline Bench/DB Press
2 Sets Bench Press/DB Press
2 Sets Cable Press
3 Sets Barbell Curl
3 Sets DB Curl
Wed
Hamstrings and Calves
3*Superset Seated Leg Curl and DB Deadlifts
3 sets standing calve raises
3 sets seated calves raises
Thursday
Back
4 sets Deadlifts
3 sets Bent Over Rowing
2 sets chins
Friday
Shoulders & Triceps
Tri Set-Clean and Press, Side Lateral Raises, Bent Over Lateral Raises *4
Superset Overhead Rope Push Downs, Push Downs
Pharma-Whey™: This is my bread and butter, my life source. I use 4 servings daily (one of them being a double-serving) supplying 100 grams of whey protein.
Wired™: This is like rocket-fuel before the early morning sessions and what’s more it contains basically zero-carbs. It gives me all my creatine, Glutamine and BCAA’s I need in 1 serving. It also tastes really refreshing, which is ideal on a summer’s morning.
Lean Degree™: As a competitive body builder I need to be shredded, Lean Degree™ is easily the most effective fat-loss agent I’ve used in 15 years of competing. I use 4 caps daily, two in the morning and two in the mid-afternoon or before cardio.
Smart bars™: Beautiful, the perfect between-meal snack for me.
