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2026 NATURAL IOWA CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION

2026 Natural Iowa Championships Information May 9th, 2026 is the date for the 32nd annual NANBF Natural Iowa competition, known not for just being THE natural bodybuilding competition in Iowa but also one of the longest-standing natural competitions in the country! The location is the Franklin Center: (https://www.franklinjrhigh.com/). Online entry registration for the 2026 NANBF […]

2026 NANBF NATURAL IOWA TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE INFORMATION

2026 NANBF Natural Iowa Transformation Challenge Information May 9th, 2026 is the date for the NANBF Natural Iowa Transformation Challenge. The location is the Franklin Center: https://www.franklinjrhigh.com/). Online entry registration for the 2026 NANBF Natural Iowa Transformation Challenge will be live soon. Follow us on Facebook for the latest announcements here. To check out last […]

TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE SPOTLIGHT: CRAIG BENDER

TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE SPOTLIGHT: CRAIG BENDER We’re super excited for this year’s Transformation Challenge! There already is lots of interest and wanted to highlight one of the previous year’s Transformation competitors. This is Craig Bender and his transformation and story is powerful. Please share this with someone you know is on a similar journey to […]

2025 NANBF NATURAL IOWA TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE INFORMATION

2025 NANBF Natural Iowa Transformation Challenge Information May 10th, 2025 is the date for the NANBF Natural Iowa Transformation Challenge. The location is the Franklin Center: https://www.franklinjrhigh.com/). Online entry registration for the 2025 NANBF Natural Iowa Transformation Challenge will be live soon. Follow us on Facebook for the latest announcements here. To check out last […]

2025 NATURAL IOWA CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION

2025 Natural Iowa Championships Information May 10th, 2025 is the date for the 31st annual NANBF Natural Iowa competition, known not for just being THE natural bodybuilding competition in Iowa but also one of the longest-standing natural competitions in the country! The location is the Franklin Center: (https://www.franklinjrhigh.com/). Online entry registration for the 2025 NANBF […]

2024 NATURAL IOWA INFORMATION

2024 Natural Iowa Information May 4th, 2024 is the date for the 30th annual NANBF Natural Iowa competition, know not for just being THE natural bodybuilding competition in Iowa but also one of the longest-standing natural competitions in the country! The location is the historic and newly renovated Hoyt Sherman Place at 1501 Woodland Ave […]

Natural Iowa History: 2014

Natural Iowa History: 2014 Let’s revisit the 2014 NANBF Natural Iowa! Kicking things off was the men’s bodybuilding. There were three stacked classes, pitting Isaac Pilcher, Jay Myers and Tim Meredith against each other for the overall. Once the dust settled, Tim got the overall win and IPE pro card with the combination […]

Natural Iowa History: 2013

Natural Iowa History: 2013 Let’s revisit the 2013 NANBF Natural Iowa on this #flexfriday! Kicking things off were the bodybuilders. In the women’s bodybuilding class, a symmetrical Dianne Harper got the win over Lisa Takes, winning her an IPE pro card. For the men, there was fierce battle between the short, medium and […]

Natural Iowa History: 2012

Natural Iowa History: 2012 Today we are going to highlight the 2012 NANBF Natural Iowa! As has been the tradition, this year brought some amazing competitors! Starting out in Bikini, the overall title and pro card went to Nichole Goergen, who edged out Lenore Theobald (who won the state title). In Figure, […]

Natural Iowa History: 2011

Natural Iowa History: 2011 2011 was a year for the books for the NANBF Natural Iowa! For women’s bodybuilding, Christyn May earned the top spot and the pro card in a stacked class of competitors. For the overall men’s bodybuilding class, it was a battle. There were 3 large classes of competitors. Showing […]