Within six months he landed a significiant contract with a nutrition company and a cover on one of bodybuilding’s major publications.Īlthough Sagi continues to spend most of his time on his personal-training business, his newfound popularity has brought him international recognition, five more magazine covers, guest-posing appearances, video and theater opportunities and sponsorships and partnerships with several fitness-related companies. His consuming passion to become a top-level physique model, however, didn’t kick in until the spring of 2003.
Sagi Kalev, a 33-year-old native of Israel, has charted his own course with determination and creativity since he began modeling and competing as a teenager. He also chooses to live in Dallas, Texas, rather than in the one or more traditional bodybuilding and modeling meccas’New York, Los Angeles or Las Vegas. Unlike most competitive bodybuilders, he manages to keep his weight within a 10-pound range year-round. He hasn’t competed in a bodybuilding show since 1999, but he’s one of the most sought-after cover models in the business today.
