Leo Stronda

How it started.

Before the gym videos, there was Bonde da Stronda. Leo and his friends began recording songs at home and sharing them online in 2006. What started casually became a music career, with tracks such as “Nossa Química” and “Mansão Thug Stronda” bringing the group to a wider audience.

Finding his audience.

Leo began lifting as a teenager because he felt small beside his peers. Music and training eventually met in “Bonde da Maromba,” released in 2012. Fábrica de Monstros followed in 2014, making his enthusiasm for bodybuilding the center of his work.

The athletes behind the physiques.

For Leo, interviewing bodybuilders was a way to share the artistry he saw in their dedication. He told Folha that he treated guests on Convidado Monstro like artists on a television show because that was how he thought of them.