Zyzz's Early Life

Zyzz was born on March 24th 1989 in Moscow, then in the Soviet Union, to Maiane Iboian,who works in Hospital Human Resources, and Sergei Shavershian, currently residing in Ukraine. Aziz was raised in Eastwood, New South Wales and attended Marist College High School where he was awarded the title of Dux of the school. The title of Dux is awarded to the highest ranking students in either academic or sporting achievements. Surprisingly he received it for academic prowess.

A self described “extreme ectomorph” Zyzz felt throughout his high school days that he was too thin. He hated going out with girls and feeling like he was the same size they were. He always held a passing interest in bodybuilding. It wasn’t until the summer after he completed his studies, when out clubbing that he noticed the different way that buff guys were treated by the people around them. Noting their “presence”, as he put it, and spurred on by the results his older brother, Said Shavershian, was getting at the gym Zyzz signed up and began pumping in earnest.