{"id":134721,"date":"2016-10-02T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/134721\/bodybuilder-takes-on-the-sa-championships\/"},"modified":"2016-10-02T20:11:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T18:11:07","slug":"bodybuilder-takes-on-the-sa-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/10\/02\/bodybuilder-takes-on-the-sa-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilder takes on the SA championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local bodybuilder Marius Wessels has made his gym proud again.<\/p>\n<p>The co-owner of and a personal trainer at Unique Physique recently represented Gauteng Central at the IFBBSA South African National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, which were held at the Playhouse Theatre, in Durban.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Wessels competed in the masters over-50 division and proceeded to the finals after the elimination round.<\/p>\n<p>He finally secured fifth position.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe SA\u2019s are always a huge event and the competition is very tough,\u201d Wessels said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thoroughly enjoyed the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetitive bodybuilding and fitness competitions are growing every year and it is exciting times for bodybuilders and fitness models alike, with Wayne Price, the president of IFBB, announcing the launch of the Platinum League, which will see more competitions taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/125257\/arnold-classic-africa-triumph-for-locals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold Classic Africa triumph for locals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/119809\/unique-physique-bodybuilders-shine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unique Physique bodybuilders shine<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f1cfab1ecaec8165e9013896478a0c44'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marius Wessels achieved a fifth position at the IFBBSA South African National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":134722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[3726,979,969,12517,2734,1000,1119],"class_list":["post-134721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-bodybuilding","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-ifbbsa-south-african-national-bodybuilding-and-fitness-championships","tag-melissa-hart","tag-primrose","tag-sport-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["bodybuilding","germiston","germiston city news","IFBBSA South African National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships","melissa hart","primrose","sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}