A Dundee College communications lecturer is about to let his body do the talking.
Bodybuilder David Kaye (29) will be travelling to Washington DC later this month to compete in the International Fitness and Physique Association world championships.
He booked his ticket by scooping the British Professional Grand Prix title last month.
David has been competing in natural bodybuilding events where competitors commit themselves to avoiding steroids, growth hormones and other artificial aids since 2008, but has been training for a lot longer than that.
He said: ”As a teenager I was a competitive swimmer and won medals at national level. Then I took up sprinting where I had national and regional success, and high jump and long jump for which I once held Scottish records.
”Due to injuries I found myself unable to compete so just trained to keep in shape. In 2008 I was persuaded to compete with the British Natural Bodybuilding Federation, which was running qualifying events throughout the UK.
”I won the Mr Scotland title in my first show then, in the same year, took the British championship prize.”
David, who has worked at the college for three years and lives in Dundee, was then competing as an amateur. He now has professional status after winning a pro competition in the Cayman Islands last year.
”It doesn’t matter what shape or size you are on a running track so why should it matter in natural bodybuilding? Biggest is not necessarily the best best is best,” he said.