In June 2011, I competed in a figure/bodybuilding competition as a form of embodied research. This photograph shows me standing onstage during the Northern Alberta Bodybuilding Championships, wearing ...

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah -- What does it take to make a woman strong? There's a lot of free advice out there to help women merit the qualities of a strong woman: Stand up for yourself. Believe in ...

A foot injury derailed Wendy Fortino’s Olympic aspirations in 2008, cutting short her promising career. The injury could have marked the end of her career, but instead became a turning point in her ...

When Alissa Podber dons a sparkling bikini and flexes for the judges at a figure competition next month, she’ll bare a thumb-sized device on her arm that monitors her blood glucose levels. It’s her ...

In her 16 years as a weight loss coach and figure competition trainer, Melissa Johnson has 23 professional shows, finishing in the top four in 21 of those, and went on to win a world American Natural ...

The 35th Annual NPC Southern States Fitness will feature exciting competition in Figure, Fitness, Bikini, Physique and Bodybuilding. The contest one of the largest NPC regional national qualifier East ...