U-Ben Ahlblad: I-PnV Exclusive Interview
NguChris Chase @ChrisChasePnV
Angisazenzi izingxoxo eziningi ngempela. Kudingeka ngempela isihloko esiphoqayo noma umuntu ukungibuyisela kukhibhodi. Ngakho-ke uyazi uma igama lami linamathiselwe esihlokweni, kuyinto engiyithanda kakhulu. Okusiletha ku-Ben Ahlblad noma ku-Fit Beny njengoba nina nimazi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Ngiqale ngabona u-Ben ehlelweni lokunye ukushicilelwa futhi ngacabanga kimina, unawo wonke amathuluzi okuphumelela. U-Ben unobuso obuhle, ukumamatheka okuhle futhi oh yebo unomzimba omuhle!
Ekwazini naye ubuye abe nobuntu nomoya omuhle. UMichelle Lancaster ungumthwebuli wezithombe osafufusa engahlangana naye ngokuthumela isithombe asithatha sikaBen ku-Instagram.
Savele sazenzakalela futhi sanquma ukuthi inhlolokhono no-Ben ehambisana nezithombe EZINGAPHELELE ezivela kuye izoba umbulali.
Ngakho-ke nansi, ingxoxo yami noBen Ahlblad enesandulelo sikaMichelle mayelana nokuthi kunjani ukusebenza noBen.
“Lapho uBenjamin eqala ukungena emnyango akungabazeki ukuthi ngathathwa ubuhle bakhe obungakholakali.. kodwa engqondweni yami ngangazi ukuthi kwakungeyona yodwa into engangifuna ukuyithwebula. Ukushutha okusekelwe ebuhleni akwanele emsebenzini wami. Bengifuna ukuthwebula ukuthi ungubani nokuthi yini emenza abe ngokoqobo. Ngakho sama maqondana nomunye, uBen ngokumelene nodonga olumhlophe, kungekho midlalo yaseshashalazini, ngaphandle kwemfashini futhi saqala. Engakuthola kwakungomunye wemiphefumulo emihle kakhulu engangingayithumba, ukukhanya okunjalo nothando kwatholakala ngaphakathi komuntu omangalisa kangaka ngokomzimba. U-Benjamin unesibindi futhi uzimisele ukuzama noma yini ukuze adlule imingcele, ukumamatheka kwakhe kuyathathelwana futhi kuningi kakhulu kule ndoda kune-six pack. Ngangizoqhubeka ngimthwebule izinsuku ezimbalwa futhi ngidabuke ngempela ngokuthi umnyuziyamu wami omusha wawuzosuka e-Australia ubuyele eFinland. Angisakwazi ukulinda ukumbona futhi ngolunye usuku ukuze ngibone ukuthi umhlaba umthathephi, ekukhulumeni kwakhe nangamandla akhe. Ngithemba ukuthi uzokujabulela ukubuka ukuthwebula kwethu. “ –UMichelle Lancaster
UChris Chase: Sawubona Ben! Kuhle ekugcineni ukuxhumana. Qala ngokutshela abafundi kancane ngawe.
UBen Ahlblad: Igama lami nginguBenjamin Ahlblad. Njengamanje ngineminyaka engu-22 (owazalwa ngo-31.12.1995). Ngiyimodeli nesibindi ngise-Helsinki, e-Finland!
CC: Ngingasho ngokuqiniseka ukuthi ungumuntu wokuqala engibe nenhlolokhono evela eFinland! Ngitshele ngomndeni wakho nokukhulela khona.
BA: Ngiyingane encane, futhi ngiwukuphela kwendodana ekhaya. Nginodadewethu abadala abathathu, u-Alexandra omdala kunami ngonyaka owodwa nesigamu kuphela futhi nginoSara noLinda - bobabili baneminyaka engaphezu kuka-30. Nabazali bami abangithandayo.
(Ukuzalwa ngosuku lokugcina onyakeni kwangenza ngajwayela ukuba uthunjana cishe kukho konke - emndenini wethu, esikoleni, empini kanye nakubangane bami. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi manje uma ngiseminyakeni yama-20 amatafula ngizophenduka maduze ngakho ngizozazisa izikhathi lapho ngakwazi khona ukuba omncane kunabo bonke!)
CC: Ake ungitshele ngokukhula kwakho eFinland futhi yini oyikhumbula kakhulu?
BA: Ukuchitha isikhathi sobungane bami lapha kube yinto enokuthula nejabulisayo. Ngezikhathi zonyaka ezi-4 ezihluke kakhulu ngiye ngaba neqhwa elingaphansi kuka-40 degrees celsius kanye nehlobo elihloniphekile elingu-+30 degree (Uma siye saba nenhlanhla) - nakho konke okuphakathi.
Noma kunjalo bengilokhu nginesifiso sokuhambela endaweni ekude - ukuveza umhloli wami wangaphakathi futhi ngibone imibono ehlukile futhi ngijabulele ihlobo elide. Ngakho konke ukuthula nokuminyana kwabantu okuncane bengifuna ukubona ''umhlaba wangempela'' - kunjani ukuvele uziphonse laphaya?
Inkumbulo yami emnandi kusukela ebuntwaneni bami kwaba umuzwa kaKhisimusi esasinawo ngo-December. Sasihlobisa ingadi yethu ngezibani zikaKhisimusi futhi ubaba athenge amahyacinth anephunga elinamandla. Umama wenza ukudla kukakhisimusi okungcono kakhulu futhi sonke sasindawonye ngobusuku obuzwakala buhlala phakade.
Ngemva kwesikole sebanga eliphezulu imikhosi yethu kaKhisimusi yayingasafani. Udadewethu, u-Alexandra wayelishiyile izwe ukuze ahambele umhlaba (kumele kube segazini lethu ukuze ahlole lol). Kodwa ngomunye unyaka, ngicabanga ukuthi kwakungu-2015, umndeni wethu wathola isipho sikaKhisimusi esingcono kakhulu ngaphandle kokwazi muntu. U-Alexandra ungena emnyango, aqonde ngqo emgubhweni wethu kaKhisimusi… akudingekile ukusho, sonke sikhala izinyembezi zenjabulo.
CC: Yini obuyifisa ukukhula?
BA: Lo ngumbuzo onzima ngoba angikaze ngibizwe kunoma yiliphi igatsha noma umsebenzi othile. Kodwa bengilokhu nginazo lezi zithombe. Lapho ngiseyingane ngangihlale ngiphupha ngokuwina uhlobo oluthile lomncintiswano wezemidlalo. Ngesikhathi ngenza ubuciko bokulwa ngangiphupha ngokuba umlwi ongcono kakhulu emhlabeni. Izinto zashintsha futhi ngaqala ukwenza ukujima okwengeziwe okugxile kokufaneleka. Lapho ngithola i-abs I low key ngifisa ukuba imodeli - Ngakho ngawina i-IFBB men's physique jr Finnish nationals futhi ngangena ekumodeleni. Konke kuhamba kahle uma wenza okuthandayo futhi ulandela indlela yakho.
CC: Uyini umgomo wakho wempilo manje?
BA: Angivamile ukuxoxa ngezinhlelo zami. Umuntu usebenzisa amandla amancane avela ephusheni lakhe noma nini lapho ekhuluma ngalo.
Ngokukhuluma ngemigomo yami ngizifaka engcupheni yokusebenzisa wonke amandla engiwadingayo ukuze ngenze lelo phupho lisebenze. Ngiwafundile amandla amagama.
Kodwa ngizokunikeza iseluleko esincane: Inkululeko.
CC: Bangakuchaza kanjani abangani bakho?
BA: Nokho, ngokuvamile umbono womunye umuntu ukhuluma kakhulu ngaye kunomuntu okukhulunywa ngaye. Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi abangani bami beqiniso bangangichaza njengomuntu ojabule, oyihippie futhi onethemba ?
CC: Kulungile, isikhathi sesiqhingi sasogwadule. Iyiphi incwadi oyithandayo, ukudla kanye nemuvi?
BA: Mmmm uthe iDessert island?! Ngihamba nepizza kashokoledi!
Ngingathi I-Alchemist kaPaulo Coelho, kodwa sengiyifunde izikhathi eziningi ngiyazi ngekhanda. Ngakho-ke ngizohamba ne-The Master Key System ka-Charles F. Haanel. Lena incwadi efundisayo, ngiyifunda kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze ngigcine ingqondo yami inethemba, futhi ivumelane nengqondo yendawo yonke. Kuhlanganisa nokuzivocavoca okungu-24 ukuze ngihlale ngimatasa kuleso siqhingi!
Namuhla ngibabi kakhulu ekubukeni amafilimu. Noma nini lapho ngibuka ifilimu ngizithola sengithatha isiginci sami futhi ngivele ngiduke wumculo. Ngakho-ke impendulo yami ithi ngizoshintsha imuvi ngenze isiginci (noma i-pizza kashokoledi).
CC: Iyiphi into oyithandayo?
BA: Hhayi-ke ngiye ngayithanda inkululeko yokuvele ngizilolonge ejimini ngokwami. Ngiyathanda nokudlala isiginci - kimina kufana nendiza ekude nomhlaba. Ngakho-ke ngihamba nokufaneleka nokudlala isiginci.
CC: Usuku oluphelele ku-Ben?
BA: Ukuvuka nemisebe yokuqala yelanga kanye nomsindo womoya ohelezayo wasolwandle. Ukuya ejimini ngemva kokudla kwasekuseni okunempilo, futhi ngemva kokujima ngizithola ngisebhishi ngiphelezelwa abangane abahle noma umndeni, noma mhlawumbe incwadi enhle. Lapho ulwandle luba nesithukuthezi ngifisa ukuhlola imvelo.
Lapho usuku lukhula ngangiya endlini ethokomele phakathi kwabantu abasha nabajwayelekile futhi sonke singanyakaza ngokudla okumnandi nezindaba ezihlekisayo!
Lolo usuku oluhle kakhulu kimi! Nginenhlanhla ukuthi awubuzanga ngobusuku.
CC: Ngizokugcinela lokho kwinhlolokhono elandelayo! Ungene kanjani ekumodeleni?
BA: Ngemva kokuwina umncintiswano weFitness, ngathintwa umthwebuli wendawo (@esakapila), futhi sahlela ukuthwebula. Izithombe zishicilelwe ku-Adon Magazine. Angizange ngikuqaphele ekuqaleni, ngisanda kuvuka ku-instagram yami ngisuka ku-500 kuya ku-3k ngobusuku obubodwa.
Kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho ngisuka eFinland ngiyohlola e-Australia. E-Australia ngathola ithuba lokusebenzisana nabathwebuli bezithombe abaphezulu, njengo-Michelle Lancaster.
CC: Ngabe yini isipiliyoni sakho kuze kube manje?
BA: Hhayi-ke, ngisazozibona njengomuntu osanda kuzalwa njengoba kade ngikwenza lokhu cishe unyaka kuphela. Kodwa kwaba ukuqhuma! Kuwo wonke ama-photoshoot ngifunda okuthile okusha, futhi kuhlale kumnandi ukuxhumana nomthwebuli wezithombe - uma uthola uxhumano uthola nezithombe ezinhle kakhulu!
Ngaba nenhlanhla yokwenza iviki le-Miami Swim njengombukiso wami wokuqala omkhulu we-runway futhi kwaba ukuzizwisa okuhle kakhulu - ukuhlangana neqembu labantu abamangalisayo, ukuxhuma nabaphezulu kulo mkhakha nokuthola izeluleko ezibalulekile ezivela kwabahamba phambili.
CC: Ngitshele ngokusebenzisana noMichelle ngoba uyakuthanda kakhulu.
BA: Hawu mfana, lokho bekuwushintsho lomdlalo. Ngaphandle kukaMichelle ngabe ngisazoba i-rookie enobuso betshe phambi kwekhamera.
Ngesikhathi ngihlangana naye ngathola le vibe ekhululeke ngokuphelele futhi elula evela kuye. Ngesikhathi siqala ukushutha wangiyeka ngenze izinto zami kodwa wangikhomba njalo. Ungenze ngabona ukuthi kumayelana nani ukumodela. Ngangingasami phambi kwekhamera - ngangibonisa imizwa futhi ngivula umphefumulo wami. Kufana nokulingisa ngiyacabanga.
Ingasaphathwa eyokuba ngijabule kakhulu ngokudubula noMichelle! Sagcina sidubula izinsuku ezintathu ezahlukene. Umqondo wakhe ugcwele imibono yokudala, futhi ubona ithuba lokudubula kunoma yisiphi isimo. Senza ubuciko ngokoqobo ngosizo lokukhanya kwemvelo nodonga olumhlophe - olulula njengalokho.
CC: Ngitshele into ngawe engaziwa muntu?
BA: Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu abaningi bangibona njengalo muntu othanda ukuhlalisana nabanye abantu, kodwa ukukhuluma iqiniso elincane kungenza ngizizwe ngingakhululekile izikhathi eziningi. Ngiyathanda ukuba nezingxoxo ezijulile futhi nje ngibe yinqaba nabantu abasontekile ngokulinganayo.
CC: Ithini ifilosofi yakho yokuthi ungaphila kanjani impilo egcwele nejabulisayo?
BA: Ungamoshi impilo yakho ngokuhamba nokugeleza. Yenza izinto ezikujabulisa ngempela nalokho okujabulela ngempela ukuzenza. Vumelana nendawo yonke futhi ngalokho ngiqonde - yiba muhle. Yiba ngumuntu olungile kwabanye abantu, okwemvelo kanye nawe ngokwakho - ngaleyo ndlela uzozizwa ungcono futhi uzokwenza konke okusemandleni akho ekwenzeni lo mhlaba ube indawo engcono.
Isithombe ngu UMichelle Lancaster @lanefotograf
Imodeli Ben Ahlblad @fitbeny