James Hollingshead pulled off brutal squats in preparation for Arnold Classic UK 2022

The second edition of the Arnold Sports Festival UK will take place at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre from 23-25 September and will feature home-grown racer James Hollingshead. He intends to dominate the event and qualify directly for the Olympics. This is due to take place in Las Vegas in early December this year. Two weeks ago you may have seen an article in our magazine where we showed you what James' form looked like one month before the race. In a recent video, Hollingshead also wanted to pass on some life advice to his fans, which was as follows:

Put yourself first. Don't think about everyone else all the time. Life is too short. Focus on being your best. If that gets you a golden ticket to the Olympics or a medal or an award - nice. But if it doesn't, don't let it dictate how you should feel. Don't let it take away from your own satisfaction or your own efforts.

Our pro Josef Květoň was also invited to the Arnold Sports Festival UK, but he had to decline the invitation. Pepa commented on his non-participation in an interview for our magazine.

But let's go back to James. Yesterday, he shared a video on his Instagram of him doing squats with a giant weight. You can see that Hollingshead is working really hard and is going for first place at the 2022 Arnold Classic UK and an invitation to the Olympia.

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