Ek Khammountry is eyeing off the national bodybuilding name. But he’s come a long way from when he was born in a Thai refugee camp. It all started as a dare, but now newly-crowned NSW bodybuilding champion Ek Khammountry admits he doesn’t realize where he would be without the sport. “I changed into schooling with my mate … and he dared me to do a bodybuilding show. I had no interest at all,” Mr. Khammountry informed SBS News. “We made a %. He did his first competition in (his sport of) cross-healthy, so I needed to back up my phrase. “I entered my first body constructing competition, fell in love with it, and got the Trojan horse.”
Born in a Thai refugee camp in 1985 as his parents fled war-torn Laos, Mr. Khammountry attributes his painting ethic to his difficult upbringing. “My mum became a soldier inside the Laos army,” he stated. “We didn’t have much of a [Laotian] network when we arrived in Australia. “My parents needed to adapt to the Western lifestyle quite fast, and they labored truly tough, which I am very thankful for.” With the lead up to an opposition which includes 12 weeks of excessive education, Mr. Khammountry said bodybuilding can be a “lonely journey.”
“From the time I awaken, the whole thing desires to be best till the time I fall asleep – my training, my cardio, my vitamins,” he said. “I live far away from temptation; you might even position your relationship on preserve – which I have carried out before.” Despite the grueling exercise and strict lifestyle, Mr. Khammountry stated he “truly revel in(s) the so-called ‘torture’ of comp prep. “It’s given me a variety of structure, a whole lot of area,” he said. “I recognize at the end of the day while the comp is finished, I will become a better character [and] I will grow mentally and physically stronger.”
But Mr. Khammountry’s fierce dedication to bodybuilding has helped him in more ways than one. He attributes the strength of will gained through the sport as giving him the power to “say no.” “During my early life, [I] could move in the pathway of going into underground gangs and so forth,” Mr. Khammountry stated. “Or [I] should pass into the fitness course and stay the course. “It [bodybuilding] stored me because it made me unbiased, so I wasn’t motivated by everyone to fall into that course. I made my desire to shrink back from that kind of effect. “If I went the opposite path, I could be in jail, 100 in step with a cent.” Having secured the range-one slot within the NSW State Arnold Qualifier within the guys’ physique division, Mr. Khammountry has his points of interest set on winning a National title.