Wes Nelson's body is starting to 'break down' ahead of Dancing On Ice final

8 March 2019

Wes Nelson's body started to "break down completely" this week.

Vanessa Bauer and Wes Nelson

The 'Dancing On Ice' star - who will be competing against former 'Strictly Come Dancing' pro James Jordan and singer Saara Aalto in this weekend's final - admitted that while his youth has been an advantage, he is starting to feel the effects of the gruelling skating show's tough training regime.

Speaking on ITV's 'Good Morning Britain', the 20-year-old star - who is paired up with Vanessa Bauer for his stint on the ice - said: "This is the first week that my body's starting to break down completely.

"We're all in the changing rooms in the back with rollers, trying every cream under the sun to make our muscles work."

Although he's lost some weight, Wes thinks it has benefited him because he feels "stronger" thanks to the workouts he's doing.

He added: "I've lost 10kg [of muscle], yeah. A lot. I feel like even though I've got smaller in size, I've got stronger. I suppose the technique as well, constantly lifting body weights."

The 'Love Island' hunk isn't the only one suffering ahead of Sunday's final (10.03.19), with skating rival James, 40, recently revealing the extent of his own injuries.

The dancer was forced to take some time out after suffering a hernia and he's also revealed that his shoulder injury and arthritis in his hips and knees have been causing him a lot of pain.

What's more, he was binge eating pizzas to keep the weight on after he shed 15kgs from the intense training, and admitted it's difficult not to lose weight skating all the time.

He said: "I lost 15 kilos, but that was from when the moment I knew I was going to do the show.

"Every night at the hotel I was having pepperoni and jalapeno pizzas and I've just kept burning it off. It's hard to keep the weight on."

Heading into the final, James is currently favourite to win the show with Betfair offering odds of 1/3, while Wes follows closely behind at 5/2. Saara is the outsider at 29/1 on Betfair's exchange at the time of writing.