By BRENT STUBBS
Senor Sports Reporter
WITH the World Beauty and Fitness Fashion (WBFF) again on the town to stage the Bahamas International Pro-Am present on Saturday on the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, Bahamian Bodybuilders Jason Johnson and Wellington Miller made good use of their alternative to show their abilities.
Johnson gained the Male Fitness Model title and he earned his skilled card within the course of, whereas Miller bought second within the muscular male class and third within the male health mannequin class.
The duo have been the one two Bahamians to compete within the present, which attracted numerous worldwide opponents, however only a few followers due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
“It was a very good expertise. It’s the primary time I competed within the WBFF. It was completely different from the lads’s physique within the IBFF (International Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation). I had an exquisite time. It was quite a lot of enjoyable,” Johnson, who indicated that if he’s given the chance to compete once more, he would do it once more.
“I simply went on the market to compete. It got here all the way down to conditioning. I had quite a lot of enjoyable. I didn’t know I used to be going to come back first. I simply needed to have some enjoyable and compete. I actually loved it. My power was completely different.”
Competing at house within the COVID-19 setting didn’t actually have an effect on Johnson, who famous that being at house, he felt comfy on stage, though he wished there have been extra spectators within the stands.
“Ain’t nothing we will do about it,” stated Johnson, who has competed in greater crowds since he first began in 2019 within the males’s physique within the IFBB.
Johnson, a bodily health teacher on the Gaines for Life Gym on Soldier Road, operated by himself and LaFleur, stated no matter present comes up, he might be competing, whether or not it’s within the WBFF or the IFBB.
During the present, the 30-year-old Johnson stated he and Miller made a dedication to help one another on and off the stage, offering the ethical assist to get by means of the competitors.
Miller, 40, concurred with Johnson that the present was utterly completely different from the lads’s physique within the IFBB as he bought to mannequin in a go well with.
“It was a distinct expertise, good publicity. We actually didn’t have a crowd as a result of it was a small present, however I bought an opportunity to do some good networking,” stated Miller, who can be a private coach at Gaines for Life Gym.
“I bought to put on a go well with and did extra modelling. The poses have been a bit of extra suttle.
“It wasn’t as robust as the lads’s physique posing. I nonetheless bought an opportunity to indicate my physique,” added Miller.
If given the chance to return subsequent yr, Miller stated he would nonetheless wish to compete. He stated he simply needed to check the waters within the WBFF and to see how nicely he may carry out.
