WORK HARD
Play Hard
Holly Fanthom is a 28 year old Bikini Pro Champion. She talks all things training, juggling a career & fitness and being a Pure Elite Bikini Pro Champion…
Sometimes it can be hard to find the time and motivation to juggle a career as well as a regular fitness routine. However, Holly has learnt to do just that while also managing to push herself further and train to become the UK Pure Elite Pro Champion. We spoke to her about her fitness journey, becoming a Pro Champion and how she is now juggling a career and fitness... So Holly, when did you start your fitness journey? “I started my fitness journey in the middle of 2017. I had an unhealthy relationship with food and alcohol. I suffered with Body Dysmorphia and was extremely unhappy. I fell into a depression and needed to adopt a better mindset and decided to make a change. I had an epiphany at work, called my Dad and told him I wanted to become a bodybuilder and give myself a challenge.” How does weight training make you feel? “I feel powerful, confident and dedicated. I always felt that determination was something I lacked
however when it came to training and after seeing my results it pushed me to continue because I was reaping the benefits. It makes me feel better mentally.” How do you juggle a career and training? “At the beginning I found it a lot easier as I was working part time as a dental nurse. Now I’m studying as a dental hygienist and paediatric dentist at university it’s a lot more difficult. My course is intense and requires a lot of study. I still find time to train but not to the standard of how I would in an off season or a prep. I like to train 4 times a week and my sessions are much shorter. More an hour and a half. I will be doing one last show in April at the Pure Elite UK Championships which will be my pro debut and I think after that I will have a short hiatus to focus on my final year of study and have 3-4 years off competing.” What made you want to become a bikini competitor? “That was my goal initially when wanting to
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