1ST
Free Fit Championship
Egypt · Sep 2026
SourceThe story
From a one-and-a-half-pound gymto runner-up in Africa.
The whole story in my own words, from the podcast «Ma Wara El-Bar» on the Informa channel and from my own videos.
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From a one-and-a-half-pound gym to the African stage.
Stops from my story, in my own words from the podcast and my videos. Quotes are translated from Egyptian Arabic.
2013Captain Younis’s gym
After school I’d go to the gym to sit with Captain Younis, a man with a disability who was a role model, literally. The fee was about one and a half Egyptian pounds, and the first machine I ever trained on was the pec deck.
“A role model in the literal sense.”
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Age 12–13Stronger than everyone around me
I wasn’t the most muscular of my friends, but I was the strongest. And the first coach I signed up with always had powerlifters around him.
“I’m not the most muscular one.”
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The startThe camera I sold
My last job before the sport was assistant to a wedding photographer. Things happened, so I sold the camera, spent part of the money on the sport and signed up with a coach.
“So I sold the camera I had.”
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TikTokBodybuilder size, powerlifter strength
Captain Mohamed Shalaby saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself, and pushed me to film. I posted on TikTok so he wouldn’t be upset with me, and after that people started stopping me in the street.
“To be famous, you have to stand out.”
Hear it from me (Arabic)- Since 2019
The sport became my income
Since 2019 bodybuilding has been my only income. It’s how I got married and moved my mother and siblings to a better place. Thank God.
“To stand on my own two feet.”
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2023The 7th place that taught me
At the Arab Championship I placed 7th in bodybuilding. The judges told me I lost because of my general pose, so I decided to make it my most distinctive pose.
“I decided to make it my most distinctive pose.”
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2026The season
1st at Free Fit, 1st at Kafouri Classic, then 2nd at the African Championships in classic physique. With Coach Mohamed Khairy.
“Two titles secured, but we aren’t done yet.”
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NowCoach, brand and app
Online coaching for anyone in the world, my brand BD Grip, and an app that launched after the African Championships. Now it’s your turn.
“Worldwide online coach”
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Every placing here has a source.
Every placing links to its source. Even the 7th, because it taught me the most.
Ma Wara El-Bar.
The first podcast I was a guest on, where I told the whole story from the beginning. Next to it: my contest prep vlogs, and BD Grip. All in Egyptian Arabic.
BD GRIP
My brand.
“Building strength, mindset and legacy.” Training wear I made for people who lift heavy, with the same spirit I train with.
