Say No to Drugs: Natural Female Bodybuilding

Natural Female Bodybuilding refers to female bodybuilders who do not use any form of drugs to develop muscle mass. There are many sites on the internet of the individual woman who are training for natural female bodybuilding. These web pages contain photos of the female bodybuilder as well as access to updated videos if you become a member. Most homepages of the individual female bodybuilders are restricted to adult viewing only and you must be 18 years of age.

In natural female bodybuilding contests bodybuilders are routinely tested for illegal substances and are disqualified for any violations in future contests. Athletes are tested for substances with urine samples and often lie detectors. The main categories considered "illegal drugs" are Anabolic Steroids, Prohormone and Diuretic.

Many bodybuilders are attracted to Anabolic Steroids as it increases muscle mass and strength at a faster rate than naturally. Prohormones achieve the same hoped-for benefits or advantages without the use of anabolic steroids themselves. A diuretic is any drug that elevates the rate of bodily urine excretion

Natural bodybuilding organizations include NPA (Natural Physique Association) and NANBF (North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation). A woman who disciplines in Natural female bodybuilding will claim that her method of sport is more focused on competition and a healthy lifestyle than other forms of bodybuilding.

Perfect Combination

Natural bodybuilding is the process of building muscle though the combination of weight training, daily calorie intake and rest. As a sport it is classified as competitive bodybuilding.

Bodybuilding had it beginnings in the late 1800s and was promoted by a man from Prussia named Eugen Sandow. He became popular because he allowed an audience to view his body physique in muscle display performances. Sandow created a number of stage show built around these muscle display performances. He later created successful businesses and the first to market products for bodybuilding. He invented and sold the first exercise equipment of dumbbells and pulleys for the public.

In the 1970s bodybuilding competitions became popular with women. Women were training with weights for exercise and fitness purposes as a way of attaining an attractive physique. Bodybuilding was also recommended by health professionals as a way to prevent bone loss. Bodybuilding also prevents the loss of muscle mass which naturally occurs as a person's body undergoes the aging process.

The main goal of natural female bodybuilding is to develop an aesthetically pleasing body according to bodybuilding standards in a healthy means. The competitors display their physiques by executing a number of poses and are subsequently assigned a number of points by a panel of judges.