14 DAY TRIAL // When glamour girl Jodie Marsh, one of the most high profile celebrities of the kind, announced that she’d be ditching her previous career to give bodybuilding a go, some fans were in disbelief. She’s now proved them wrong.
Marsh entered the Natural Physique Association (NPA) Mike Williams Classic and Pro-Am Bodybuilding Championships last month and, just the other day, came out fifth, the Daily Mail reports.
Speaking with the media after the event, the former glamour girl, looking more ripped than ever, hinted that she believed she could have won first place, but she didn’t have enough time to train.
Nevertheless, for these events, she trained only about 5 weeks so, for a first, she’s happy with the results she got because she knows she can push herself harder next time.
“This is the best I’ve ever felt, and the best my body has ever felt too,” she is quoted as saying. She dropped from a size 10 to a size 6 and packed on a lot of muscle mass.
“In just 50 days I have gone from 25 per cent body fat to 10 per cent body fat, gained 8 pounds [approximately 3.5kg] of muscle, and lost 20 pounds [9kg] of fat,” she says.
“In 8 weeks I have achieved what normally takes 6 to 9 months,” Marsh adds, feeling understandably proud of her achievement.
Photos of her at the competition show that, indeed, she has every reason to be proud, as she’s barely recognizable: well defined abs, ripped arms and legs, and a back any professional bodybuilder would be jealous of.
And more is yet to come.
“I’m really happy I’m going home with a trophy. If I can do this in eight weeks, competing against the best of the best in the UK, then what else can I achieve with more training time?” she says.
“I’m 100 per cent confident that if I had more time to train I could have placed in the top three and go through to finals. We’ll have to see what happens next year!” Marsh adds.
To check out her Twitter pictures snapped at the competition, see here.