Team Oxygen Gym Introduction

Hello MD readers! Many of you have heard about Oxygen Gym by now, and you might know me as the owner of the four locations in Kuwait, with a fifth one opening up very soon. Oxygen Gym has quickly earned a reputation as one of the very best bodybuilding gyms in the world, so please allow me to tell you how it all started.

The best known location is our gym in Jabriya, which opened in 2004. From the start, I wanted it to have absolutely everything anyone could ever want or need to reach all their physical fitness and physique goals. I handpicked the very best equipment, selecting pieces from many different manufacturers. Also, I did not limit the selection to new equipment. As any serious trainer knows, some of the best pieces were made two or more decades ago. These were all refurbished and made good as new.

But I wanted to do even more for my members. I had visited Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach, and one thing I always found tremendously motivating was to be able to train side by side with some of the best pro bodybuilders in the world. So in 2006, I brought 8-Time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman over to train at Oxygen Gym. I had the idea that instead of just having the pro do an appearance or a seminar, why not invite them to stay and train for anywhere from a week to a month, with all expenses paid? I began bringing top athletes over to do just that, and soon we had stars like Dennis James, Dennis Wolf, Branch Warren, Melvin Anthony, Hide Yamagishi, Toney Freeman, Troy Alves, and Johnnie Jackson coming over to stay and prepare for contests. Later on, Phil Heath and Kai Greene also made the journey out to Kuwait. The members loved having the Pro’s around to inspire them, and the Pro’s enjoyed being able to focus 100% on bodybuilding.

Just this year, we have had a truly amazing group of Pro’s training at Oxygen Gym. New Pro Nathan DeAsha actually spends more time here than he does back home in the UK now, and Roelly Winklaar has been out for two different stays of six weeks each. Jonathan Delarosa was with us for six weeks, and after three weeks at Oxygen, Victor Martinez won his first contest in two years.

 Of course, our most famous member is Mamdouh Elssbiay, better known as Big Ramy. He had come from his native Egypt to be a fisherman in Kuwait, but he also was very interested in training. Ramy started working at the Jabriya location in 2010 as a trainer. I didn’t even meet him until late 2011, when he was just 200 pounds. Even at that size, his potential was very obvious. He was also making truly incredible progress. The next year, he won the amateur Mr. Olympia, and six months later, won his IFBB debut at the 2013 New York Pro. It’s been a privilege to watch him working so hard and improving all the time. Now he is one of the top favorites to win the Mr. Olympia contest!

Next month, more about Oxygen Gym and some of the top champions who train here.

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