{"id":355635,"date":"2021-11-11T06:02:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=355635"},"modified":"2021-11-11T06:02:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:02:15","slug":"first-timer-wins-tall-physique-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/first-timer-wins-tall-physique-category\/","title":{"rendered":"First-timer wins tall physique category"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_355638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355638\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dee-pix-4.jpg\" alt=\"Jolo Berueco topped the physique tall category of the 2021 Dee Clayton Classic\" width=\"600\" height=\"830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-355638\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jolo Berueco topped the physique tall category of the 2021 Dee Clayton Classic last Saturday at the Saipan World Resort. (LAO ZHANG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Jolo Berueco, first time was the charm during last Saturday\u2019s 2021 Dee Clayton Classic at the Saipan World Resort.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old topped the men\u2019s physique tall category after getting a perfect 9 points from judges Jonas Barcinas, Dan Chase, and Ferdinand Lagmay. Bernard Lopez received 5 points to finish runner-up with John Jimeno completing the Top 3 with 4 points. Jovie Tuquero won the teen men\u2019s physique title with 3 points as the lone participant of the category. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was actually my first bodybuilding competition! I was pretty surprised because I really wasn\u2019t expecting anything from doing my first show. I just wanted to join for the experience,\u201d said Berueco, a Northern Marianas College graduate of business management.<\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019s been training seriously for about a year now and for last Saturday\u2019s show he dieted for 16 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took up bodybuilding because I found that it was really fun training and the idea of pushing your body to its limits and seeing how far you can go was really interesting. I would say the main benefit of bodybuilding is the discipline it gives you, you have to be disciplined to always be on top of training, what you\u2019re eating, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berueco, who is studying to become a personal trainer, said the COVID-19 pandemic was a hurdle whenever he tried to train, but thankfully the gyms eventually opened up and he was able to go full throttle. <\/p>\n<p>He also dedicated the victory to all his family and friends and everyone who supported him while training for Dee Clayton Classic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to especially thank my mom and dad\u2014Malou and Julian. They helped me much more than I could ask for. I am very thankful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Results of the classic physique category of the 2021 Dee Clayton Classic will be published in tomorrow\u2019s issue of Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Jolo Berueco, first time was the charm during last Saturday\u2019s 2021 Dee Clayton Classic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":355640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}