Henry Lee

Photographers: Paul Mariano & Tim Ricks

Mr. September 2007:

Henry Lee: A Handsome Optimist

by Gene Marie

“It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be.”

What’s up everybody my name is Henry Lee. I’m 21 years old and a full time student at San Francisco State University majoring in Philosophy & Law. Currently, I live in the Bay area.

Gene: What are your personal as well as professional interests?

Henry: My personal interests include fitness & health, investing, real estate, pretty much anything business related. I also love going out partying and clubbing every now and then.

Gene: Before you were a model what did you do?

Henry: I wouldn’t consider myself a professional model. I’m still trying to get my name out there. Before all of this though, I was just your regular college student.

Gene: What inspired you to become a model? Who or what encourages you to be successful?

Henry: I have always been told I should be an actor, especially in Asia. Modeling kind of just came to me. A photographer asked me if I was interested to shoot and I said ‘why not’. After that, I posted my pictures on modelmayhem.com and offers started to pour in. Aside from that, being successful is a journey. I’ve always been a goal oriented person and I aim very high, which is bad sometimes because I feel like I’m never satisfied haha.

Gene: What’s the best part of being a model?

Henry: I would say meeting a lot of great people. I’ve met some of my good friends from doing modeling shows.

Gene: What occupies your time when you are not modeling?

Henry: Aside from modeling, school occupies a lot of my time. I also love to read. When I’m not doing either, I’m just hanging out with my friends.

Gene: What are your most important goals in life?

Henry: My most important goal in life is being satisfied with what I’ve done. I want to have my own business and be wealthy. When I’m old I want to look back at my early years and say that I’ve accomplished what I wanted to do. Aside from that, I want to be happy and always have close ties with my friends and family.

Gene: What is something most people don’t know about you?

Henry: I collect jeans. A lot of my friends collect shoes like Nike’s but I have a thing for expensive jeans.

Gene: As most people would wonder, what is your diet and workout like?

Henry: My current workout is as follows. I’m always changing it so my body doesn’t adapt to one routine.

Day 1: back/ shoulders
Day 2: chest/ biceps
Day 3: rest
Day 4: legs/ triceps

I do abs at the end of my workout. I would do 3 sets of hanging leg raises until failure and then 3 sets of Swiss ball crunches.

Diet wise, I eat pretty clean. I eat every 3 hours. In the morning I’d have a protein shake and oatmeal. My staple food is canned tuna and broccoli.

Gene: What is your favorite exercise?

Henry: I would say biceps curls and crunches are my favorite. My least favorite is doing cardio.

Gene: What is your favorite food to eatl?

Henry: Oh man, when I’m not dieting I eat anything and everything! I have a huge sweet tooth so all you ladies out there, that’s the key to my heart haha. My all time favorite dessert would be the Birthday Cake Ice Cream from Cold Stone.

Gene: What kind of music do you listen to?

Henry: What I listen to depends on my mood. Before I go to the gym I usually bump Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne. When I’m studying I’ll listen to some R&B.

Gene: How do you spend your weekends?

Henry: My weekends are usually taken up by doing homework. Other than that on Friday nights and Saturday nights I usually go clubbing with friends. On Sunday, I like to spend the whole day with my family.

Gene: What’s next? What are your future plans?

Henry: I’m planning to compete in Fitness Model America Championships in November in Hollywood. It depends on how busy I am if I can fit in my schedule. If I don’t do that contest, I’ll probably do another one sometime early next year.

Gene: Anything extra you would like to add?

Henry: First I’d like to thank BuffRx.com for featuring me on their site. I’d like to thank all of you for taking the time to read this. I’ve always believed that anything in life is attainable. Whatever your goal is whether it is fitness & health related or career related, all you have to do is do it and be persistent and someway somehow, you will succeed! Thank you all and God Bless!

Thank you Gene for the interview!

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