| There has been a very strong movement of the last | | | | natural bodybuilding organisations. One will do IOC style |
| decade or so to clean sport up and get drugs out the | | | | blood testing, another urinalysis and some even go for |
| door. Bodybuilding in particular has been under intense | | | | polygraphs. And the all have their own banned |
| scrutiny regarding doping issues and there have been | | | | substance listings to further confound the issue. Natural |
| several notable moves made by the big players in the | | | | bodybuilders earn the rank of natural professional |
| industry to get the sport in line with current drug free | | | | bodybuilder through their membership and of the many |
| trends. | | | | drug free bodybuilding association, but what is the |
| One organisation that has done much to promote drug | | | | status of that rank once earned. Bodybuilders using |
| free bodybuilding is the INBA (International Natural | | | | banned substances with impunity will probably always |
| Bodybuilding Association). The INBA is extremely strict | | | | pip the natural bodybuilders to the post when it comes |
| regarding its drug free policies and adheres to | | | | to sheer bulk. So where is the incentive to go drug |
| International Olympic Committee drug lists and testing. | | | | free? |
| This approach is in stark contrast to groups such as | | | | At the end of the day, public sentiment and the work |
| the NPC (National Physique Committee) which only | | | | done by drug free bodies in getting the message out |
| tests for anabolic steroids, prescription diuretics and | | | | regarding the benefits of clean sport are the only really |
| prohormones. | | | | effective entities when it comes to instituting reform. |
| It is this lack of consistency when it comes to the anti | | | | That and universal solidarity on issues such as banned |
| doping controls that sometimes sideline natural | | | | substance classifications, testing methods and the |
| bodybuilding competitions and their competitors as | | | | structure that natural bodybuilding competitions are to |
| being somehow inferior. As long as there is no | | | | follow. It is inevitable however, if one considers global |
| universal ruling regarding the use of banned | | | | trends, that the door will eventually shut permanently |
| substances and even which substances should be | | | | on the silent support that banned substance use in |
| banned, there is very little chance of bodybuilding ever | | | | sport so often gets. It will, of course, never stop their |
| being totally drug free. | | | | use which is sad really as the standards seen in |
| Testing methods prior to natural bodybuilding | | | | natural bodybuilding competitions are every bit as high |
| competitions also differs greatly between the different | | | | as any non-controlled events. |