Whanganui personal trainers and partners Kyle Murray and Amanda Foulkes are willing to travel to different points of the compass to test themselves against the best in the globe.
The owners of Wanganui Bootcamp will both entering international competitions over the next month.
Bodybuilder Murray will be supported by Foulkesas he heads to the Natural Olympia competition in Las Vegas on November 10-12, and then he in turn will support his powerlifting girlfriend at the Oceania Raw Powerlifting Championships in Christchurch, December 5-10.
Murray qualified for Natural Olympia after coming third in his division at the South Pacific Natural Bodybuilding Championship held in Taupo in August.
Having been weight training for 15 years, this is his second season of competing and Las Vegas will be his first overseas event.
"Even single things like fruit, we're pulling the carbohydrates out."
After Las Vegas, the couple will be heading to New York as Murray will look to finally indulge in some of his favourite foods that he has long had to sacrifice - specifically pizza.
To finish in the top three at Las Vegas would be "fantastic", he said.
"It really depends on who turns up on the day. But I'm going to be at my best.
"I'm quite a fighter, quite a scrapper."
Kyle Murray and Amanda Foulkes have pushed each other to get ready for international competitions in November and early December.
Foulkes earned her ticket to Christchurch to compete in the Open 57kg class of the Oceania Raw by coming in second place at the Raw Powerlifting Nationals in August - which was her first national event.
A relative newcomer to powerlifting, she has been seriously training for just over a year.
The nationals saw Foulkes fighting for a New Zealand record in the deadlift, narrowly missing out after holding the record twice for a few short minutes against the winner.
She will be vying to make the record her own in Christchurch.
"I am incredibly proud to be competing in an international competition for New Zealand at the Oceania's in December, especially after being in the sport for such a short period of time," Foulkes said.
