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MBABANE – The numbers continue to grow in bodybuilding, as the youth has come forward to show their interest in having an association that will grow the sport locally and internationally.
“We really need an association because most of us bodybuilders have limited options in the code; most of the time we are hired at clubs to be bouncers, which puts us at a very high risk of injury. If we had an association in place, we would have better options,” expressed Wiseman Mavuso. The youngster mentioned a few areas in Matsapha where they were usually hired. However, he preferred not to mention the names of the places for ethical reasons.
“My father was a bodybuilder; I got to love the sport through him,” Mavuso cited.
The youngster currently resides in Matsapha and uses the Kwaluseni University campus gym, which is stocked with the right equipment for their discipline. He mentioned prolific bodybuilders who included the likes of
Simanga Maziya, citing that someone like him could head the association as he boasted vast experience in the sport. “We have a couple of guys here at the Kwaluseni Campus, who take the sport seriously and have competed outside the country before,” expressed Mavuso.
He mentioned that when they travelled outside the country, South Africa to be exact, they had to join other teams because Eswatini did not have a body-building association.
He expressed that as a country this affected them as they were now identified as South African competitors. Mavuso also cited that as they were building their bodies in an effort to compete under the code like Maziya and Arnaldo Barbosa, who are two of the most prolific bodybuilders in the country right now.
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