An Interview with Lepomir Bakic, Bodybuilder

Thank you, Tose, for having me here. It's a pleasure. Lepomir Bakic is the father of one son and a bodybuilding champion.

All my life, I have aimed to be a person that others recognize and remember by good. Also, I want to inspire and motivate people who want to improve their lives.

My biggest successes are Mr. Universe, three times champion of the Arnold Classic, Champion of Europe, and Absolute Champion of Serbia. Still, I would name Mr. Universe from Italy the most special one for me.

I have had unfortunate and dramatic experiences at Arnold Classic. I got first place three times, but three times I got second, which made me sad. You know how it goes with high expectations. Essentially, it's a great success. No one, especially from the Balkans, has managed to achieve such success.

Above all, it's a huge accomplishment, both for me and for Serbia. In a way, it will stay forever; I will remain enrolled in sports and history with three Arnold Classic titles. To be honest, those three Arnold Classics changed my life.

Something that is most difficult for an athlete is getting injured. My injury happened in 2016, and my body hasn't been the same since. Still, it was a turning point in my career. Who knows how far I would have reached regarding competitions and successes if the injury had not happened? Ever since the injury, I have had an operation. I also competed once after that, but I always had a problem with my left side.

Since then, it was never been the same again. Last year, I tried to have surgery again, but nothing helped. Now, I just pray to God that it never happens to me again and does not happen to anyone else. It's the hardest thing to happen to an athlete, and I would not want it to happen to my worst enemy.

Milos Sharchev is one of the most outstanding professionals I have ever met. We became good friends, then became very close, and soon after, he became my mentor. He is recognizable due to his gigantic series and pieces of training that he designed himself.

The training truly takes your last breath. Therefore, I have my training with him posted on my YouTube channel, so you can watch it there. It was genuinely a struggle for every breath and a battle for life.

Tose, it's true that you and I have known each other for a long time. I am glad that you have spotted the change in me, and you are right. But what has changed?

I guess it was my outlook on life that has changed primarily. I threw all the doping out of my life, which makes me a much better person. At the same time, I turned to the Serbian Orthodox Church, which is the purest and best faith in the world. Since I turned to it, it has brought me a much better life.

That's why I think I will stay for many more years and never retake anabolics. Unfortunately, many athletes use this big evil, but it does not make them bad people.

My diet is now vegan, as I no longer eat meat. I am in a completely different bodybuilding world, and I completely discarded the meat.

Currently, I live as a vegan and have a good figure as a vegetarian because I have been in sports for a long time. I sometimes use a little vega protein when it comes to supplementation, and I use creatine because I do not consume meat.

I never looked for inspiration and motivation in someone else. Instead, I looked for it in every possible field in my life. Sometimes, I found motivation in bad happenings; other times, I felt inspired when I was sad and often from happy moments.

No doubt, it is challenging to remain a professional competitor and balance it with your private life. Therefore, I believe that something always has to endure, and you cannot professionally do both. Or at least I could not. I almost don't have free time.

My whole day is filled with activities, so I can freely state that I rarely have time for anything else.

How my channel came about… The idea arose as a suggestion from people who were already successful in the niche. I am talking about my team of Gjorgji and Bojan. They run my YouTube channel and essentially the whole project. Additionally, they spotted that I was the ideal person for this position. So, therefore, they suggested that I pursue it.

That's how it came about last year. I began my YouTube career on the 4th of February last year. I aim to have quality content where people get to learn something valuable and positive at all times. I'm not too fond of the nonsense present on many other channels.

Don't get me wrong; I don't want to offend anyone. My goal is to emphasize that YouTube is primarily for healthy people, athletes, and ones who strive towards progress and work on themselves. Internet presence is essential today, and it's much needed for anyone that wants to succeed.

Follow your dreams, dream and wish a lot, but always be smart on the way. Don't make mistakes, and don't be carried away by weights, steroids, and muscles in particular. In other words, preserve your health.

Health and time spent on wrong or unimportant things are the only things we can never get back in life. We can buy and find everything else. Therefore, take care of your health and plan your time carefully.