Sandro Mota is off to his home country of Brazil to compete for New Zealand at the Word Fitness Federation Pro Athlete Competition.

A Waikato man is heading to his home country of Brazil to compete for New Zealand.

Sandro Mota of Cambridge heads to Brazil in June to compete at the Mr Universe show, representing New Zealand as a World Fitness Federation Pro Athlete.

He moved to New Zealand about six years ago, and is excited to be heading home.

"I think it's kind of funny to be representing a different country in my home country," he laughed.

His main goal for the competition is to prove sports enhancements are not needed.

"My aim is to show the younger generation that you can do this sort of thing without the drugs and without the steroids.

"I want to show that this can be a clean sport," he said.

Mota started preparation five and a half weeks out from the competition, which takes place on June 24.

He said he kept lean and fit all year round so his preparation wasn't as difficult.

"It means I can adjust my nutrition and training sessions as I need.

"And I'm not one to believe in carb loading or depletion, I think that either extreme can end up going wrong if you're not careful."

He owns S.T.M Fit in Cambridge and said the other goal was to use the competition as a way of getting into the Chinese market.

"They have a very green fitness market, it's just starting over there so I want to inspire them."

He was planning a trip to China in September later this year.