Welcome Aboard!
First and foremost, Happy New Year!! 2026 will be a huge year for natural, drug-free athletes, and NattyCompetitors.com will hopefully be one of your regularly-visited websites. I want this website to be all about you – the natural athletes. My goals will be to focus on physique-based sports (e.g. bodybuilding), natural strength sports (strongman/woman, powerlifting, arm wrestling, etc), and all other DRUG-FREE athletes from track & field to even NCAA sports. The primary goal is celebrate natural athletes, or NATTY COMPETITORS as we like to say here!
Natural is the formal term, but natty is the accepted term among meatheads, gymrats, and mainstream culture. When a person says they’re natty, it feels less threatening to folks who juice, but it also seems a lot more chill and laidback. You say a lot by saying less. You’re flying the DRUG-FREE flag without saying you’re DRUG-FREE. Bodybuilding has always been all-inclusive and while NATTY COMPETITORS don’t need to pin exogenous, synthetic hormones to get gains, they’re also VERY mindful that folks who do ALSO work very hard, also diet hard, and also pay their dues. No one is taking anything away from anyone. The decision to stay NATTY is a personal one and for many, it’s a lifelong commitment.
The one FACT we need to challenge far more is that there’s more money in untested bodybuilding. The better way to say it in my opinion is, there’s more money in untested bodybuilding for now. That can all change. Because at the end of the day, the goal is to grow bodybuilding. One of the biggest dreams of the late, great Ben Weider, the founder and mastermind of the IFBB, was to see bodybuilding included in the Olympics. That cannot happen with untested bodybuilding! Untested bodybuilding will never be in the Olympics, the Pan-American Games, or any other tested, global event. Untested bodybuilding will also never garner mainstream appeal. How do I know? Because it’s been over 60 years and it’s failed to do so. Untested bodybuilding is huge within its niche and it will always pack the house in Vegas, Columbus, Dubai and elsewhere. But that house is small potatoes compared to what natural bodybuilding and fitness can do. The only thing that’s needed is top talent, innovative marketing, and patience. It will take off!!
I’m not saying that NATTYCOMPETITORS.COM or any single website can make that happen, but collectively, it’s happening as we speak. A big issue as far as I’m concerned is keeping natural athletes on the natural path instead of “graduating” into the untested realm. The sky’s the limit for natural athletes, but growth requires money. Money to be paid by sponsors and advertisers, money to be made federations and promoters, money to be made by media. And most importantly of all – money to be made by the ATHLETES! Without the COMPETITORS – there’s NOTHING. Money isn’t the only measure of success, but man is a great place to start! Money comes creating great content, putting on contests, and growing together. It also comes from INTENSIVE MARKETING!
One of the things I really want to do is partner with companies that share in this vision. I want every contest to have banners on this page. I want there to be Athlete Profiles. There’s so much I want to do. And even though this is Day 1, take a look at the letterboard and/or the the banners. Even from the first post on the first day, this page is already promoting so many top-notch athletes. And this is just the beginning!! I hope you’ll check out this page often, as well as follow @NATTYCOMPETITORS on Instagram and join the @NATTYCOMPETITORS Facebook Group!!
