{"id":228240,"date":"2026-01-05T08:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228240\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:49:13","slug":"waterford-bodybuilder-reflects-on-world-medal-only-five-years-after-joining-tipperary-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228240\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterford bodybuilder reflects on world medal only five years after joining Tipperary gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Angela Walsh talks about her diet, lifestyle, goals and her experience on the world stage at the Los Angeles competition\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tipperary-based bodybuilder Angela Walsh came third place in the Masters Figure WNBF World Championships in Los Angeles on November 22, 2025.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767602953_804_RG Angela Walsh 1.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Tipperary-based bodybuilder Angela Walsh came third place in the Masters Figure WNBF World Championships in Los Angeles on November 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">January is the month of fresh starts, and for many, that means stepping into the gym for the very first time. It can feel daunting, but every seasoned athlete once stood where you are now. Just ask Angela Walsh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Five years ago, during the quiet days of Covid, she picked up her first weights on a suggestion from her sister. Today, she\u2019s a world-class bodybuilder who placed third at the WNBF World Championships in Los Angeles at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angela Walsh talks about her diet, lifestyle, goals and her experience on the world stage at the Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[37898,499,103,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-228240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-eoin-kelleher","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}