If you're a novice, the first decision is to compete and set yourself a date goal then choose the organisation which has the closest date to your goal.  If you don't quite reach it, they'll also be another show.  Don't get stressed out by which one. Decide after you've competed that you actually like bodybuilding competition and all its challenges, then perhaps choose the path of which organisation you like.

All organisations offer the bodybuilding classes so in the end it just comes to your preference or which one your friends is doing.  In the end, its about having a goal and living a healthy lifestyle, and bodybuilding competition is just an element!

Lisa

Binge eating, calorie restriction, body weight fluctuations, starving, limiting food groups, taking dieting supplements….

These are all words that are associated and frequently happen with competition prep, dieting for shows and on/off season.

Reason No.1…..You develop a warped sense of what’s ‘normal’

This picture taken back in 2012 stands out in my head for me, I posted it on my competing page and I remember writing the caption ‘Abs are disappearing after the America trip, loving my off season though!’