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   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   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   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 […]

Natural Iowa History: 2010   2010 was a very memorable year for the NANBF Natural Iowa!  The competitor roster was stacked!   Figure kicked things off with Coreen Sweeney and Amanda Bendorf going head-to-head in the open.  Bendorf got the overall, but Sweeney also ended up winning the Masters title too!  The Natural Iowa state figure […]

Natural Iowa History: 2009 2009 was the 15th anniversary of the NANBF Natural Iowa. From teen to grandmasters, there were many memories made at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines that year!   In in the open Figure class, the overall came down between Natasha Murtha and Leanne VandeBerge. Note that VandeBerge was also the […]

Natural Iowa History: 2008 2008 was an awesome year in the history of the NANBF Natural lowa! Starting things up was the Figure class.  There was three huge classes of competitors, with Sabrina DeWispelare, Sheri Hofhuis and Kori Propst going head-to-heels for the overall title and pro card.  In the end, Kori Propst was crowned the winner […]

Natural Iowa History: 2007 Let’s travel back in time to the 2007 NANBF Natural lowa! May 12, 2007 not only marked the day before Mother’s Day, but it was also the day for the thirteenth annual Nutri-Sport Natural lowa and Central Midwest Bodybuilding, Figure and Xtreme Fit Championships. The stage was set in the elegant and […]

Natural Iowa History: 2006 Let’s take a look back at the 2006 NANBF Natural Iowa! This year, like the others, showed an amazing turnout of competitors to the historic Hoyt Sherman Place stage.     Winning the short class and taking the overall women’s Bodybuilding title from the medium and tall competitors was veteran competitor Coreen […]