Introduction
Some male models that wear menswear items have interesting lives in addition to muscular physiques. Diego Sechi, a WBFF pro male fitness model from Italy is an example. Diego has a strong brain as well as a fit body. Diego lives in London, UK.
Diego became a citizen of the UK in December 2021.
According to Diego’s Instagram, he is an online fitness coach and registered nutritionist. In addition to his gym training, Diego has a bachelor’s degree, human nutrition, from King’s College London. Diego holds MSc sports nutrition degree from St. Mary’s University, Twickenham.
Later, I learned that he also enjoys choreography. The choreography assists Diego in creating posing routines with a nice flow.
Do you want to be a fitness model like Diego? Check out his advice in his book.
Photos by Miki Merisi
Miki Merisi is a photographer based in Italy.
Diego’s Background
Diego provides his background on his website. There is also a video that provides background information on Fit Media Channel on YouTube.
In August 2020, Diego posted a video answering questions from his subscribers, followers, and fans.
Diego returned to YouTube on April 10, 2020.
In November 2021, Diego had a podcast interview with Renars Latkovskis. The 2 and one-half hours interview covered topics from Diego’s background, his view on various topics, and his fitness career (as a coach and as a physique competitor).
Birthdate and Zodiac Sign
Birthday: 11-June (Gemini).
Workout from Home or Outdoors
Diego is an online trainer and exercise enthusiast. He provided a metabolic bodyweight workout that people new to fitness could perform at home.
The interval workout is the following:
40 seconds work, 20 seconds rest
Nine Exercises
- High Knees
- Half Burpees
- Squat Jumps
- Alternated Lunges
- Knee to elbow
- Butt Kicks
- Push Ups
- Hip Thrusts
- Plank
Workout until Failure
Diego did a challenge-type workout for the “Workout until Failure” YouTube channel. The purpose of the YouTube channel is to show physique athletes challenging themselves with exercise in a heated room. The athletes on the channel are well-trained fitness models.
While the workouts would be challenging and exhausting to typical people, the featured athletes seem to be challenged but the viewer can tell that their bodies were hungry for the exercise and welcomed the challenge.
Diego did not disappoint in his video. Even with the challenging pandemic times during 2020, Diego maintained his pro-level muscular physique. Diego started with his morning cardio (featured on his Instagram) and then after that did a circuit style workout–three rounds of squats, lateral raises, and biceps curls, all with a set of dumbbells. Diego ended with planks for the abdominals.
Even with this hard workout, Diego seemed to be able to workout more.
Athletics
According to the Greatest Physiques blog, Diego participated in Greco-Roman wrestling as a child. According to his website, he participated in other sports as well.
Sport has been with me since my childhood, especially thanks to my natural physical form, already in charge of sports. So, I had the opportunity to explore various sports: fencing, boxing, horseback, riding, hockey, skiing, athletics. Especially in the latter, I attracted the attention during the youth school championship of 100-meters without hurdles, where I recorded a time of 11:04 seconds!
Diego’s website
Fitness Modeling Competition History
- Las Vegas, 2013, European Fitness Model Champion at WBFF and attainment PRO Card
- Toronto, 2016, first 5 positions during the World Fitness Model at WBFF
- London, 2017, first 5 positions during the World Fitness Model al WBFF
- Rome, 2016, Premio Personalità Europea for Sport Merit
Source: Diego Sechi.
Diego’s Fitness Modeling Projects
Diego and BioTechUSA
Diego is sponsored by a bodybuilding supplement company, BioTechUSA. Diego did some videos for them discussing how to start one’s own fitness journey.
Diego also was featured in a BioTech USA commercial by Visione Pro.
Diego and a Video by Visione Pro
The video below was filmed before Diego’s 2019 WBFF Pro competition in the Bahamas.
Diego on Fit Media Channel
Diego’s Stretching Routine by Fit Media Channel
Diego demonstrated his stretching routine for Fit Media Channel on YouTube while in the Bahamas for his WBFF contest.
Diego Demonstrates Best Muscle Building Exercises
Also on Fit Media Channel, Diego demonstrates the channel’s selection of muscle building exercises.
The exercises that Diego Demonstrated are below.
| Fit Media Channel’s Best Exercises | |
| Muscle Group | Exercise |
| Warm Up | |
| Chest | Incline Press |
| Standing Cable Flyes | |
| Machine Press | |
| Pec Deck Flyes | |
| Barbell Pullovers | |
| Shoulders | Seated Dumbbell Press |
| Incline Bench Front Raise | |
| Dumbbell Front Raise | |
| Machine Press | |
| Cable Lateral Raise with Incline | |
| Arms | E-Z Bar Curl |
| Cable Concentration Curl | |
| Kneeling High Cable Curls | |
| Single Arm Triceps Extension | |
| Triceps Dips | |
| Back | Wide Grip Pullups |
| Single Arm Cable Pulldown | |
| Bent-Over Machine Row | |
| Legs | Barbell Squats |
| Stiff Leg Deadlift | |
| Leg Extension | |
| Lying Hamstring Curl | |
| Treadmill Lunges | |
| Calf Raises | |
| Abs and Core | Crunches-Alternating |
| Incline Bench Russian Twist | |
| Hanging Knee Raises | |
| Stretches |
Diego and Pietro Boselli, Ph.D
I remember seeing Diego with fellow Italian model, Pietro Boselli, who was studying for a Ph.D. at University College, London, when one of his students posted a photo of him on social media. Diego and Pietro did a workout series for Fit Media Channel on YouTube in 2016.
Diego in Wire Magazine, February 2019
Diego provided an interview with Rafa Carvajal with Wire Magazine in February 2019. Asked by Rafa to use three words to describe himself, Diego responded: “curious, dreamer, and ambitious”.
According to the interview, Diego is a frequent traveler and enjoys playing the saxophone while at home in Italy or reading when he is traveling.
For underwear, Diego stated that he was once a boxers guy. Then he became a briefs guy to show off his leg muscles.
In the article, Diego wore a variety of briefs. I could make out the brand of one of them: Danny Miami. From his social media, Diego has worn briefs from Little Rok, too.
Follow Diego on his social media channels—LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | website |
Conclusion
Diego is a muscle physique pro that takes care of his muscles and develops his brain with educational pursuits.
Be sure to follow Diego’s social media pages.
It was interesting to review his social media and physique work for this article. I hope there will be more. I will definitely update the blog post if I discover any new developments.
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