Christo Jose struggling for funding.

Christo Jose hails from Thrissur, India. He emigrated to Charlottetown Canada in 2016 with his family and earned the best poser award at the 2016 Prince Edward’s Island Regionals.

Since then he has been on a competitive tear, winning Maritime Overall Champion in 2017, Naturals Classic Champion and Best Poser in 2018, silver medals in the Senior and Novice categories at the 2018 Atlantic Classic and then a bronze medal at the 2018 PEI regionals.

Jose has qualified for the Open division of the GNC Allmax Supershow set for June 2-3 in Toronto, but will need to come up with the $3,000-$4,000 needed to compete. Jose curretntly works as a dishwasher at an Ale House in Charlottetown, and is seeking sponsorship to cover the costs. He told Journal Pioneer:

“The fee for tanning is $160 for one day. If I don’t get any sponsorship, I can’t go.”

Jose also said that the Lightweight class is where he prefers to compete:

“A lot of people go to the heavyweight. The lightweight class is very easy for me. Hard work, strict diet and I don’t go on social media. I have no time. The most important thing is time, and I don’t waste my time.”

These days he trains six days a week along with working his day job, pursuing the career if a personal trainer that he had in India. Jose’s wife was a champion powerlifter in India and says that at least such practices are better received in Canada.

Jose is age 36 and has been training since the age of 16. He claims to be all-natural and is extremely proud of the fact. He says that PEI’s small scale approach to local and sustainable farming makes it easy to get proper nutrition.

“I eat natural food. The food’s really good (here).”

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