Lots of projection by the homophobes here
I believe you can learn a hellava lot more about your own bodies capacity and mental strength through the process of competing. The cosmetic side tanning,shaving etc I admittedly could do without...If you don't want to compete that's cool but don't bash it. Having a solid goal like competing and getting shredded & dry while holding as much muscle as possible, will push you harder to learn than just trying to look good for the beach. Maybe it's not your thing and I respect that. But process of serious competitive BB to me is fucking hard-core, an extreme discipline, there's nothing sexual about it to me at all! The guys you see nowadays who gyrate around in glittering thongs like strippers are an embarrassment. Sure you get some dodgy people & odd people in bodybuilding that make bad moral choices (G4P etc.). They just have a distorted view of what it's all about.
Don't paint all serious bodybuilding competitors with the same brush.
Proud to say I’ve done 40 shows and still learning...
CONTEST HISTORY....
1994
1st place IFBB PMB Intergym (Junior Bantamweight)
OVERALL BEST ROUTINE
1995
2nd place IFBB regional Novice (Bantamweight)
3rd place IFBB regional intergym (Bantamweight)
1996
3rd place IFBB SA Natural Championships (Bantamweight)
1997
2nd place IFBB intergym (Bantamweight)
3rd place IFBB Novice (Bantamweight)
4th place IFBB regional Champs (Bantamweight)
1998
1st place IFBB intergym (Lightweight)
3rd place IFBB regional Champs (Lightweight)
1999
3rd place IFBB Natal Champs (Lightweight)
1st place IFBB SA Natural Champs (Lightweight)
6th place NGA American Natural Champs (Lightweight)
2000
1st place IFBB Pmb intergym (Lightweight)
3rd place IFBB Natal Champs (Lightweight)
2001
2nd place IFBB Natal Champs (Middleweight) - OVERALL BEST ROUTINE
1st place IFBB SA Champs (Welterweight) - OVERALL BEST TEAM POSING ROUTINE
2002
1st place IFBB Natal Champs (lightweight)
2nd place IFBB SA Champs (lightweight)
Represented South Africa at the IFBB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Egypt-Cairo (did not place)
2003
2nd place - All Africa-Muscle Mania (3rd May) (lightweight)
2nd place - Natal IFBB Champs (30 August) (welter weights)
3rd place - South African Champs (13th Sept) (welter weights)
2004 – had shoulder operation
3RD IFBB Natal Championships (Light Weight) - Toti) - OVERALL BEST POSER
2nd IFBB South African Championships (Light Weight)
Went as a Spectator to IFBB World Amateur Champs – Moscow
2005
2nd IFBB Natal Championships (Welter Weight)
1st IFBB South African Championships (Light Weight)
Competed but did not make top 15 - IFBB World Champs (Welter Weight) - China
2006
Took the year off
2007
2nd IFBB Natal Championships (Welter Weight)
2nd IFBB South African Championships (Light Weight)
3trd SA NABBA (2nd class )
4th IFBB Classic Bodybuilding World Cup (Open Bodybuilding class) - Spain
2008
2nd IFBB Natal Championships (Welter Weight)
6th IFBB South African Championships (Welter Weight)
4th ME Classic (2nd class )
2009
2nd IFBB Natal Championships (Welter Weight)
3rd IFBB South African Championships (Classic Bodybuilding)
2nd Samson Classic (2nd class )
8th IFBB Classic Bodybuilding World Cup (under 170cm class ) - Madrid Spain
2010
2nd IFBB Natal Championships (Welter Weight)
1st IFBB South African Championships (Welter Weight)