Serious athlete! That is the first impression you get when you see Ahmed Tohamy working out at the gym. You can’t miss the new ‘monster of the screen’ wa7sh el shasha” as the gym members like to call him, as do his colleagues behind the scenes. You quickly notice how hard he works out and spends time to maintain his sports athletic physique.

Tohamy, the tough wellbuilt soldier in Ferket Nagy Atalha which was shown on TV during Ramadan 2012, was a perfect match for Ahmed’s personality and character; it seems that the army lifestyle inherited from his father is a perfect fit as he loves the army workout and army sports gear.

“I started working out in 1988 when I was eight years old and my father noticed my good physique and shape,” Tohamy says. “My father was an army General in the Special Forces and Egyptian Marines and he was my first inspiration to pursue sports and fitness as he encouraged me to play, run, jump and lift weights. He would count pushups for me and challenge me to lift the spare tire of an army tank,“ he added and so we know now where Ahmed got the tight, well built physique everyone admires.

At the age of 10, Ahmed began to join sports teams as a track and field athlete as well as a swimmer. At aged 14 Ahmed developed a passion for lifting weights and building up his body. When he joined a gym near to his home, the coaches encouraged him to work on bodybuilding and that was the first step to building a national and regional bodybuilding champion.

“As a professional actor it’s hard to be a professional athlete and compete in national and international championships, as acting requires a lot of time, effort and concentration, therefore, I decided to focus on my acting career.  For example the shooting of the Nagy Atalha series took almost two years to complete. During those two years I worked out intensely, at 6 am daily to maintain the shape you saw on the TV screen” Ahmed explained.

Tohamy has a dream for his country as well as for himself; he wishes to see Egypt on the top of the world. Tohamy believes that will happen with the power of our young people, therefore, he hopes all of the new generation will practice sport and fitness. As a fitness ambassador, most of Tohamy’s generation envies his physique and they look to him as a role model. He recognises this is a responsibility and that is his motivation to keep working out and staying in great shape.

Tohamy believes that sports and fitness will protect Egyptian youth from violence and terrorism which is why he aims to start a new project investing his money and skills in the sports and fitness industry to help develop a more healthy and fit future generation. Thinking of his four year old daughter Khadigia touches him and inspires him to exert more effort to be a health and sports role model for her and others of Egypt’s younger generation.

Sports and Fitness magazine wishes Ahmed Tohamy the best of luck in his future career and hopes to see him akin to Hollywood stars such as Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), as the type of athlete who went to Hollywood and inspired million of young people to perform sport and fitness; he is well and truly on that route.