Like the proverbial "Pandora's Box"...i.e. when you open it and let all of the illegal drug-loaded "she-he's" come "spewing-out" with their husky, masculine, voices, masculine-looking features (including their genitalia), etc., you have left a handful of dedicated, competing, all-female, all-natural, bodybuilders (practically all amateur!)...even less in number when you consider those competitors competing WITHOUT their breasts being "artificially augmented"...i.e. ALL-NATURAL THROUGHOUT...WOW!!
Here are two of the VERY BEST of this VERY RARE breed...JODI MILLER and RHONDA DETHLEFS...to give inspiration to all girls and women contemplating taking up the lifestyle of ALL-NATURAL weight-training, or "bodybuilding", along with intelligent dieting, to improve their appearance, health, strength and athletic ability, NATURALLY.
Who knows, maybe just some (if even only one!) girl/woman will be inspired by "resurrecting" this dormant thread...if so the effort will be worth it!!...
JODI MILLER's pic. and some of her comments/viewpoints on dangerous drug use in female bodybuilding...
I've been tempted too. I've had trainers, fellow competitors, and various men in this industry trying to convince me that anavar, Growth, primo, and a multitude of other "supplements" would do me a world of good. I thought long and hard about the pros and cons of taking steroids and of remaining natural. I chose to remain natural and I'd be happy to state the long list of reasons as to why. I have busted my ass in the gym for 15 years to gain the type of muscularity you see in my physique. In fact, I trained from the time I was 18 to the time I was 26 before ever "dieting down" for a show. Pete Grubbs, who works with Tanji Johnson, helped me with my nutrition this year, and I told him expressly...no ephedra, no diuretics (not even over the counter), no drugs. I wanted to do this the way I knew it could be done, the way it should be done. I wanted other women to see what can happen when you put balls to the wall, throw everything you have into the workouts, follow the diet, discuss things openly with the person helping you with your diet and your training, and don't fall prey to what is the popular method at the given time.
I have personally seen girls faces change in the last two to three years...I do mean in person, right before my eyes. Every single time I thought about what a bit of anavar could do for me (judges were telling me I was too tiny...in figure, mind you), I clicked on these very same girls' sites and compared their photos from two and three years ago to now. The changes scared me every single time I pointed my mouse to their websites. It was all I needed to say no. I have been very outspoken about my opinion of gear use in this industry amongst the women and will continue to be whenever someone will take the time to listen to me.
And then there is RHONDA DETHLEFS' (a.k.a. "Insomnia") pic. and some of her comments on the fabulous leg strength she has built NATURALLY...
Thank you for the acknowledgment Richard! Yes, I can in fact legpress 1655 lbs...for 3 reps. That is 36 plates, and that is the most I have done, ever.
The day the video was shot, was 2 days after the Team Universe..my energy was low and I felt depleted and dehydrated, so i did not attempt to max out..safety was my main concern. I started with 6 plates on each side, for 20 reps, then added 2 more plates for each set, each set being 20 reps. I worked my way up to 32 plates that day, which I believe to total 1485 lbs, for 7 reps, and I did 3 sets of that weight. No wraps, no spotter. I went parallel (knees to chest), but no further, on the heavy sets. The video doenst show me drop setting the weight until it was back down to 6 plates. After that was SL deadlifts.
I squat 405 raw, and at age 15 I was able to leg press 800 lbs, after 2 months of training.
Rhonda's mind-boggling angled leg-press of 1655 lbs. for 3 reps., at a mere approx. 165 lb. bwt., is approx. 10 times in excess of her bodyweight (!!!)... which is pound-for-pound of bwt. arguably MORE than the approx. 300 lb. MALE, drug-bloated, pro.BB FREAK, the multi-Mr. Olympia winner, Ronnie Coleman can do (i.e. an equivalent weight of 3000 lbs. for 3 reps.)...and Rhonda is an ALL-NATURAL
FEMALE bodybuilder...imagine that...utterly amazing!!
