Amir Rahimi: from 70 kg to 96 kg in eight years, training after a desk job

He started at 70 kg (154 lb) with narrow shoulders and thin arms. Eight years later he weighs 96 kg (212 lb) at an estimated 9–10% body fat, pulls 250 kg (551 lb) from the floor and says he did it natural. He told Men's Active exactly how.

Amir Rahimi spends most of his working day at a desk. He is 28, a construction project manager in Sydney, and the job is mostly emails, schedules and site reports. The training happens after that, in the evening, six days a week.

The result is a 183 cm (6'0") frame carrying 96 kg (212 lb), with a 126 cm (49.6 in) chest over an 82 cm (32.3 in) waist. The …