4 Top Fitness Models Gym Session

Four of Britian's top sponsored athletes and fitness models together for the first time at a special shoot for 'Muscle & Fitness' magazine: The series, 'It's a Hardcore Life' profiles these elite athletes, and looks at their diet and training regimes. The guys are Jamie Alderton, MuscleMania novice champion and member of Team Grenade; Shaun Stafford, WBFF European Champion; Ryan Ginsberg, cover model and Reflex sponsored athlete, and Olly Foster, eight times Men's Health cover model. Thanks to MuscleWorks Gym in Bethnal Green, the home of British bodybuilding, and to Dr Dan Reardon of Muscle & Fitness magazine.

Shaun Stafford: Amazing Transformation

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"I didn't realize how big and fat I was until I saw the video", Shaun laughs and hardly believes his eyes how he looked five months earlier. Since then the fitness model has stunningly transformed and improved his physique: much leaner, more muscular, extremely proportioned. This is the inspiring story of Shaun Stafford, who lost 10 kilos (22 lbs) to win the FAME UK Fitness Model competition. The 27 year old personal trainer from London carried more of a rugby build at the start of 2011, but when he decided to enter the FAME Fitness Model category, he set himself the goal of becoming the leanest he's ever been by getting down to 6% body fat. The new look, combined with the blonde hair, confidence and conditioning that make him look like he'd been dipped in bronze, easily wowed the judges and the audience, and Shaun walked away with the Male Fitness Model title. In the video he discloses how he achieved that highly ripped and winning physique.

Matt Dunford & Shaun Stafford: High Intensity Training

Strength and endurance, passion and fun: Two top British fitness models work out just two weeks before the WBFF European championships in Iceland. Matt Dunford and Shaun Stafford prepare for the competition with a high intensity workout, challenging each other to keep up the pace. At this stage in the game, it's all about fat-burning, to get that lean, sharp look. Keep up with Matt and Shaun who are running, lifting and laughing much in this rousing video.