Wakefield teenager ready to celebrate after winning bodybuilding titles
Wakefield bodybuilder Emmett Fearn is pleased that the show in which he came top in two categories took place in November so that he can now launch himself fully into the pre-Christmas partygoing excess, which requires training to be put on hold.
Emmett won both the teenage and junior men’s physique titles in his second year of competing and now holds three Mr UK titles.
“It’s all about what you can achieve with training and dieting in the three months before you get judged as you pose,” said Emmett, 18, a sports science and exercise nutrition student at Leeds Beckett University.
“You work so hard to build muscle bulk that’s well-defined. Then you turn up and get spray-tanned with a final coat of glaze oil. Then you walk on and pose.
"You’re judged on body mass and symmetry and how lean you are but also on how confident you are standing there in very small posing trunks. I won so I must have oozed confidence.”
A former student of Outwood Grange Academy, Fearn was introduced to bodybuilding by a family friend who had competed.
“I found it all a bit amusing at first watching all this posing but then I thought about the training and decided to give it a go.
"Our friend coached me helping me exercise to bulk up and most importantly get the diet right. That’s crucial.
"Some say bodybuilding isn’t a sport. Believe me it most definitely is. Just like chess and angling are. Bodybuilding requires physical prowess and mental resilience and you pose to show you’re the one who best fits the judging criteria.”
Emmett competed on the NABBA bodybuilding show at Pudsey Civic Centre. The next Yorkshire show is planned for May 16.
If wanting to take part contact NABBA on Instagram @nabbanortheastarea or e-mail [email protected] or call Paul Jeffreys on 01274 730718.
Emmett is working with Warrior Supplements but would appreciate other offers of sponsorship to enable him to compete further afield. Potential sponsors should contact him on Instagram @exfearny or e-mail [email protected].