{"id":18260,"date":"2022-08-01T09:21:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-fitness-guru-who-dared-to-dream"},"modified":"2022-08-01T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:20:58","slug":"the-fitness-guru-who-dared-to-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-fitness-guru-who-dared-to-dream","title":{"rendered":"The fitness guru who dared to dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>THERE are few things that Advocate Peete Libe is as passionate about as bodybuilding. Libe, from Boiketlo, Mazenod, took up body building from a young age.
\nHe was drawn to engage in physical training by societal influence as it was a norm at the time for young boys to show off their physique among their peers.
\nIn the early 1990s, training in martial arts had gained ground in his community of Mazenod. There was a boxing club at Ha-Paki, the Mazenod Boxing Club, which held its practising sessions at T\u0161ebelisano Hall near Swallows ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy late brother used to go for gym sessions there and I got inspired by him as he transformed his body and had protruding knuckles which I envied,\u201d Advocate Libe said.
\n\u201cI therefore joined my brother for the training there around 1994.
\nLater in 2001 when he was in secondary school at the Mazenod Vocational School, now called Bishop de Mazenod High School, he met a teacher who practised kickboxing.<\/p>\n

The teacher had evolved into a trainer having trained in South Africa, so he encouraged young boys to take part in the sport. It was not difficult for Advocate Libe to heed the call.<\/p>\n

The style of kickboxing at play was referred to as ring contact fighting art. Training intensively had become his daily bread. Later, he joined a bodybuilding team when he became a university student.<\/p>\n

He joined the National University of Lesotho (NUL) Health and Fitness Club, which he is still part of. Having been in the bodybuilding profession for quite a long time, Advocate Libe has established himself in the industry and has also established a gym which has produced a number of big names.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am into the bodybuilding sport as a founder and personal trainer at a fitness club situated at Mazenod, Ha-Ngoatonyane,\u201d he said. The club is known as Parallel Dimensions Fitness.<\/p>\n

This club has produced some of the biggest names in the industry such as Mohapi Thinyane, who features in modelling agencies in Lesotho. Besides doing personal training sessions there, Advocate Libe also helps clients to attain their desired fitness goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a personal trainer, I assist members with bodybuilding exercises with a proper form in which those exercises are to be safely executed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also assist with aerobics, cardio and calisthenics exercises for people whose fitness goals are not strictly body building, but want to lose weight, tone their bodies or enhance their body strength.
\nAdvocate Libe helps others with martial arts training for self-defence purposes as well as coaching people about proper nutrition for various fitness goals.<\/p>\n

People join the bodybuilding sport for various reasons. Some want to achieve short term goals such as attaining \u201cthe summer body\u201d while others have long term goals of making it in the profession, he said. Advocate Libe highlighted that fitness training can be a source of livelihood if taken seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to an increase in health and fitness awareness locally and abroad, there are many business opportunities opening up which include personal training, distribution of health and sports nutrition, software development of fitness apps, production of fitness magazines and fitness DVDs,\u201d Advocate Libe said, dismissing claims that bodybuilding is only for \u201ccertain age groups\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no hard and fast rule or any age restrictions for one to participate in bodybuilding,\u201d he said. Advocate Libe said some people join body building programmes expecting immediate results with a lack of patience and do not last in the profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll things being equal, taking into account the level of consistency and dedication, it takes about six weeks or two months for one to feel a difference,\u201d he said.
\nIt also takes about three to five months for close people to notice a difference, but developing one\u2019s full potential takes time and dedication, \u201cjust like any other worthy pursuit\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A lot of people get injured during body building exercises due to lack of awareness of safety issues. \u201cIt is therefore good to take safety into consideration before engaging in any bodybuilding exercise.<\/p>\n

For example, it is essential that people warm up before working on any muscle group. They also have to stretch the affected muscle after working out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThey should adopt a proper form in doing any particular exercise. This means it is not about how heavy one can lift but how correct the exercise is done.<\/p>\n

The use of proper equipment and safety belts to protect the backbone especially in exercises that often require heavy lifting like deadlifts and squats come in handy.
\n\u201d Equally important, Advocate Libe, is a dietary guidance.
\n\u201cDiet plays a major role in bodybuilding.
\nI would say bodybuilding is dependent on 50 percent of the diet one consumes, 30 percent of the workout and ultimately 20 percent of rest for muscles to recover.<\/p>\n

\u201d Without managing one\u2019s diet, he said, a fitness journey would be useless. People join bodybuilding for various reasons but there are shared goals among these genders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is more about looking good about one\u2019s body which boosts confidence and self-esteem. Some people\u2019s goal is to participate in bodybuilding competitions locally and abroad as a career. \u201d
\nAdvocate Libe is optimistic that the bodybuilding industry is gradually growing in the right direction, with athletes from Lesotho competing in global bodybuilding events.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of bodybuilding in our country is currently growing because we now have people from Lesotho taking part in international bodybuilding competitions,\u201d he said.
\nAt the moment, Advocate Libe is fully committed to operations of Parallel Dimensions Fitness Club in Mazenod and is hopeful it would keep on growing to meet the contemporary demands of the bodybuilding industry and also nurture athletes who would make it to the international level.<\/p>\n

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