5 minutes with Ryan: Fitness fanatic looking to settle down

Ryan is looking to find a partner to settle down with. He loves his friends, his family and his fitness, with the Islander referring to his training routine as being "like another job".

Find out more about Ryan in his Q&A below:

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Why Love Island? 

A lot of my mates are having kids right now. So many of them. I love kids, I have always had. But I've never really been able to find someone, so I thought I'd give this a try. A couple of the boys just said just do it, so I thought why not? 

What was it like when you got the call to say you had made it? 

I was stoked. But at the same time, I'm just a normal dude who likes to train. I'm not a fancy real estate dude. I'm a tradie. I'm a fitness freak. I love my mates; I love my family. I'm an honest dude.

Tell us about your training? 

It is a lot of work. It's like another job. I train morning and night. In the morning I do cardio and abs, which will be like 5km running. In the evening I do weights.  

When did all start for you, the training? 

I started when I was about 16. I used to be short, fat and ugly. Up until year 10 I was one of the shortest five kids in high school. I was sick of getting picked on and being treated like s---, and sick of being a little fat Xbox and PlayStation player and a nerd.

I enjoyed rugby union, and I got out of that and started getting into the gym. I was good at it. It gave me conformity in life, it gave me a routine.

I have lot of my plate all the time, but if work was stressing me out, instead of getting angry, I would go to the gym. If I have a blow up with my parents or anything like that, I will let myself go at the gym and go hard. That's when I do my own thing. Working on myself for myself, not for anyone else but just me.

What are you looking for in a girl? 

I am a sucker for a blondie. My main thing is I want them to be intelligent where I can talk to them and have a decent conversation. Have a conversation where it's not ditzy, a bit of banter and quick wit. A little bit more depth to it.

That and I'm into my fitness, I would love for them to be into their fitness. Something we can do together and by ourselves.

How would you go if you became mates with one of the guys  in the Villa and you were interested in the same girl?

It's called fair play. Let it play out. 

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