\n Several competitors from Chem’s Gym took part in the UKBFF British Championships in Coventry, with two athletes winning national champion titles.\n<\/p>\n
\n They were coached by Ian Chambers, who has run the gym for more than forty years.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Chambers is now sharing his expertise with the next generation of bodybuilders.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chalit Lomdee won the British Champion title in the Intermediate class, achieved second place in the Men’s Under 80kg bodybuilding category, and has been invited to compete internationally.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ellie Goodfellow from Seaton wowed in her debut season by winning the British Champion title in the Beginners Bodyfit class.\n<\/p>\n
\n She also came third in the Open Bodyfit category.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chris Vallely, another Whitehaven local, took third place in the Men’s Over 60 class in his first year of competing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Seventeen-year-old Joshua Carr, also from Whitehaven, ranked second in the Junior Bodybuilding class, facing athletes up to six years older than him.\n<\/p>\n
\n Other gym members who are not coached by Ian, also received placings across several categories.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson added: “All athletes showcased the dedication and resilience required to complete the demanding competition preparation process, proving themselves among the best in Britain.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Other members of Chem\u2019s Gym, not coached by Ian, also achieved placings across a range of categories.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The UKBFF is part of the largest bodybuilding and fitness organisation in the world.\n<\/p>\n
\n The International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB), which was founded in 1946 by Ben and Joe Weider and has national federations in over 196 countries.\n<\/p>\n
\n The group stages a programme of regional and national events every year.\n<\/p>\n
\n The British Championships are held annually, usually in October.\n<\/p>\n
\n Previous champions include Dorian Yates, Lisa Cross, Flex Lewis, Nina Ross, Nathan De Asha, and Ryan Terry.\n<\/p>\n
\n More details about the competition can be found on the UKBFF website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several competitors from Chem’s Gym took part in the UKBFF British Championships in Coventry, with two athletes winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-239501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}