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National finals for Chalfont St Giles muscle man

BODY builder Adam Taylor says his addiction to work-outs has taken him down a path which he hopes will ultimately see him become a professional.

The 26-year-old landscape gardener from Chalfont St Giles has qualified for the British Championship finals after winning the U100kg class at last weekend’s UKBFF Body Building show for London and the South-East.

It was his first taste of competition and it has propelled him further down a route he never expected to take when he started getting into the fitness craze about a year ago.

Now Taylor, who trains at The Forge Gym in Slough, will be one of a dozen competitors fighting it out for the top prize in Nottingham in October.

“To be honest, I don’t really know why I got into it,” he said. “I’m addicted to training but it’s a big step up into competition. But in a way I just wanted to channel my gym work towards something.”

Girlfriend Carly Griffin, who co-owns a beauty salon with Taylor, is more forthcoming: “His friends noticed how much bigger he was getting and persuaded him he should go for it,” she said.

Parading in swimwear and flexing muscles in front of judges is not the most obvious of sports, but sport it definitely is, according to the man himself, who will have to fit in two gym sessions a day and a strict chicken and broccoli diet ahead of the finals.

“I’d say it definitely is a sport, although it is weird, I’m not going to lie to you,” he said.

“But it’s taken over my life and my dream now would be to do it professionally, which could happen if I win in Nottingham.”

Proud Carly said: “I’m very supportive of what he’s doing. I know he loves it and it’s better than just sitting in a pub.

“I’m proud of what he’s achieved because I know what he’s gone through to get there.

St Giles London Highgate English School – Student Reviews « St ...

Our English school in London Highgate offers students looking to study English in London the best of both worlds.

Based in a fashionable London suburb and surrounded by its own quiet English garden, St Giles London Highgate is ideal for learners looking for a more peaceful and focused place to study English. It is however still only 20 minutes from the centre of London and all that the great city has to offer – sightseeing, shopping and much more!

Mae McCourt, a teacher at St Giles London Highgate, asked some of her intermediate students about their experience studying at St Giles London Highgate. Here is what they said:

Since I came here I’ve had a lot of nice moments, especially the opportunity to be studying with people from different countries around the world and learning about customs from different cultures and the possibility to be in another continent, knowing a lot of old monuments and historical buildings. The best thing is that it’s a country where the people only speak English, which is an advantage and also is something very good and important because it has helped me a lot to improve my English in all the ways, speaking, listening, and writing.

The best thing for me is that I met a lot of foreigners. Before I came here, I didn’t have any friends from foreign countries but now I have a lot of friends and we’ve been on trips quite often. Sometimes we’ve visited other friends’ houses. In summer we went to Spain and it took only a few hours. We had a great time there. We can go everywhere we want.

In London we can try some traditional British food. Before I came here, I didn’t expect any delicious food but some food is really nice. I recommend cream tea. It’s a traditional tea style; you drink tea and eat scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam. It’s absolutely delicious.

There’re a lot of tea-rooms in London and you can go there with your friends and you can chat there.

There’re a lot of pubs too. You can go to a pub, eat something and of course drink beer.

There’s a pub called ‘the church Pub’ and if you go there you can find your friends anytime because many St Giles students go there. I think if you come to this school, you can have a great time and enjoy your school life. Yoko Imano (Japan) I’ve already lived in London for 9 months.