{"id":85325,"date":"2015-04-08T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/85325\/muscle-physique-and-fitness-tested\/"},"modified":"2015-04-08T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T06:50:09","slug":"muscle-physique-and-fitness-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/04\/08\/muscle-physique-and-fitness-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscle, physique and fitness tested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Muscles, fitness and physique were among the things tested at the IFBB Millennium Gold Plate Fitness and Bodybuilding Show on March 28.<\/p>\n

Marius Wessels, Masoka Thembani and Juan Branford, all athletes from Germiston’s Unique Physique Gym, took part in the competition which was held at the Kempton Park Civic Centre.<\/p>

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Thembani took part in the u-18 division and was placed fourth while Branford placed fifth in the same division.<\/p>\n

“We are proud of their results, they worked really hard,” said Wessels, who is the main coach at the local gym.<\/p>

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“These are our upcoming stars, and we, at the gym, assist and develop all our young athletes because they are our future.”<\/p>\n

Wessels entered the high standard masters division and faced 11 competitors.<\/p>\n

“It was a bit tough, but I managed to get second position and I am very happy as it is not easy to achieve those results in such a huge competition,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The Millennium Gold Plate also served as a qualifier show for the Arnold Classic, which is scheduled to take place in South Africa next year.<\/p>\n

“I am very excited about the Arnold Classic and I hope I will be among those selected to represent South Africa at this show,” said Wessels.<\/p>\n