40%

This project, for me, was all about connecting with the people I was photographing in the gym, it was
about gaining a relationship in order to be able to get the photographs I wanted. Through gaining this friendship and relationship with the people I was then able to capture that ‘moment’ after they had finished an intense round or sparring when the adrenaline was still rushing through their bodies as they glance up and without having a second to prepare themselves. Without gaining the relationship with these people they would have had almost a confrontational look. The idea of the name ‘40%’ comes from the navy seal idea which states, the point in which your mind believes you are done with pushing yourself, your bodystill has the capacity to push an extra 40%.