Natural bodybuilding is the practice or participation in bodybuilding competition without the use of banned substances (most commonly referring to the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs

Performance-enhancing drugs

Performance-enhancing drugs are substances used by athletes to improve their performances in the sports in which they engage.- Types of performance-enhancing drugs :...

, such as anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, insulin

Insulin

Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....

 and exotic plant extracts such as: tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terrestris is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia. It can thrive even in desert climates and poor soil...

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Professional class

Natural Bodybuilding has many organizations with competitions where one can earn the rank of a natural professional bodybuilder. Professional natural bodybuilding organizations include the PNBA (Professional Natural Bodybuilding Association), professional affiliate of the INBA, IFPA (International Fitness and Physique Association), professional affiliate to the OCB and NANBF, WNBF (World Natural Bodybuilding Federation), professional affiliate to the INBF, and Musclemania and NGA, professional affiliates to their counterpart amateur organizations of the same name.

External links

• Australasian Natural Bodybuilding Association
• International Natural Bodybuilding Association
• The International Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation
• North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation
• History of Natural Bodybuilding
• International Drug Free Athletics