Adnan Al -Khayal .. The basketball player who has on the throne of building objects

Although his start was in basketball, the Emirati champion Adnan Al -Khayal crowned his distinguished sporting career by harvesting the “Classic Vizax” group in the World Bodybuilding Championship, which was held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, last December.

Imagination began his sporting career through basketball, as he was a player and administrative in the Sharjah Basketball Team, but since his retirement he played basketball in 2015 to the sport of bodybuilding in the hobby level, before the passion of the challenge led him to professionalize this sport, and he won remarkable achievements On the individual level and with the national team.

Al -Khayal told «Emirates Today» that “the passion and the love of the challenge were behind the entry of the bodies that led me quickly for my first achievement by winning the (Middle East) championship that was held in Dubai in 2018, and then gradually shift to regional and international championships.”

He explained: «I entered this sport was by chance and with the encouragement of friends, but adherence to it, and the physical specifications that I gained as a basketball player helped me to specialize in the category (Classic Vizix) that is looking for consistency between all parts of the body. With the encouragement of friends, she was able to quickly turn this hobby into professional sport.

The imagination pointed out the importance of facing the challenges and pressures faced by bodybuilding players in their daily lives, especially those who are associated with jobs that require many working hours. It stands an obstacle to continuing training in the sport of bodybuilding, in which excellence requires daily training at a rate of four and five hours.

He added: «Maintaining a diet is one of the biggest challenges, whether in obtaining high levels of protein to raise weight during regular training, or even in the most difficult stage known as (drying) and lowering fluid rates in the body that precede the participation in the tournament for two months, which imposes on Performing this sport is great difficulties in the ability to find the required balance. ”

The imagination pointed to the importance of the achievement of the Tokyo gold, and said: “ Spain, before I crowned my career in the gold championship gold in Tokyo. ”

He continued: «The injuries are the most painful factor in this sport, and any error in which a mistake in which it may lead to unimaginable consequences may lead to a long time.

On his next entitlement, the imagination concluded, saying: “I am currently working to recover from shoulder and back injuries, and I look forward to reaching the required readiness before the Asian Championship, which will be held in Ajman next June.”